Although I am still at college, I still think about this project quite often. Right now, I am once again reconsidering stripping the paint, and I'll tell you why.
To start with, as soon as I put the first coat on, I wasn't very happy with it; as soon as it dried, it felt rubbery, weak, like I could easily bring it back to the white primer by scratching it with my nails. I ignored this voice in my mind, and kept adding coats, until it was as black as it should be. It was soon after this that I had my wisdom teeth pulled. This kept me from hauling it upstairs, as I am sure you already well know. So there it has been sitting, in my shop, since then. I did put the t-molding on, and strangely enough, that seems to be the main thing holding me back from stripping the paint. I say it's strange because that has probably been the easiest part of this entire build. The other thing that has been keeping me at bay is probably the greatest asset of them all. And that is college. What I mean by that, is that if I do end up repainting, I will use an oil-based epoxy. This takes about 24 hours for each coat to cure, and I don't see why 168 hours (7*24) would be any worse. The implications of this would be that I could come home and apply one coat of paint once a week. By the time I am done with this semester of college, and am home for the winter, everything will be painted. And depending on how ambitious I am, maybe even upstairs in my room, or even totally completed; that sure would be cool!
To start with, as soon as I put the first coat on, I wasn't very happy with it; as soon as it dried, it felt rubbery, weak, like I could easily bring it back to the white primer by scratching it with my nails. I ignored this voice in my mind, and kept adding coats, until it was as black as it should be. It was soon after this that I had my wisdom teeth pulled. This kept me from hauling it upstairs, as I am sure you already well know. So there it has been sitting, in my shop, since then. I did put the t-molding on, and strangely enough, that seems to be the main thing holding me back from stripping the paint. I say it's strange because that has probably been the easiest part of this entire build. The other thing that has been keeping me at bay is probably the greatest asset of them all. And that is college. What I mean by that, is that if I do end up repainting, I will use an oil-based epoxy. This takes about 24 hours for each coat to cure, and I don't see why 168 hours (7*24) would be any worse. The implications of this would be that I could come home and apply one coat of paint once a week. By the time I am done with this semester of college, and am home for the winter, everything will be painted. And depending on how ambitious I am, maybe even upstairs in my room, or even totally completed; that sure would be cool!
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