Thread: First restore in progress--Dubl Duck Perlduck

Waiting on the stain, so more pictures!

1. Test fitting the wedge.
2. The wedge drilled and cut to shape.
3. The scales almost complete. They've has two more coats of stain since this picture and I think they are where I want them to be color wise.

Seriously, this is the last update tonight. I'm washed up from being outside and now I'm headed to bed.

It's a little teaser shot. The wedge is just sitting between the two scales. I'm leaving the wedge unstained to provide contrast.

Now I have to wait on epoxy. Might be a bit, but that's where I'm headed. One question though; how do I pour the scales then get the wedge to have the same amount of layers? I'm guessing I should have waited on the wedge, huh? Maybe I'll just go with poly instead.

Went with poly cause I already made my wedge. Now of course my wedge is missing. What the heck did I do with it!?

First coat of poly is on! Need to find that dang wedge!

After three coats of poly, I said screw it and went to the hardware store and got some epoxy. I will be using this from now on. A little buffing compound on top of the epoxy will make that curly maple pop!

1. Started with.
2. Went to.
3. Now we wait.

Allright brother, that's happening now. Can't wait to see the next phase!!

M

Well, we are about 27 hrs 17ish min in now. Looked under the box. They are lookin' good! I think I didn't coat quite evenly on the bottom of the scales on the "show" side, but I'm going to wait and see what happens in a couple of days. I work a 24 HR shift tomorrow, so by the time I get home, it will be every bit of 70+ hrs. A little bit of high grit sandpaper and some turtle wax and we'll see what they look like. I'm getting nervous now because I'm wanting to see the finished project!

In other news, I was playing with the piece of walnut that the guy gave me. Remember, the one that was figured nicely? It is even nicer than I first thought. It is going to be freaking amazing under the epoxy! I really want to do a full brass liner with brass washers and pins, but I'm not sure I have the skills to attempt it.

This restore is fasinating, I keep coming back to see how you are doing. Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see the final outcome.

Good stuff

Originally Posted by HigherFasterNow

This restore is fasinating, I keep coming back to see how you are doing. Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see the final outcome.

It is strange how excited I get about other peoples projects. I am on pins and needles to see the end result.

Thanks for all the great comments and interest guys. I really appreciate them. This morning I kind of wondered if anyone was still looking at this thread. Then like magic a bunch of people posted. Thanks again.

I am excited. As I type this it has been 53 hours, 51 minutes, and 26ish seconds (I started the stopwatch on my phone, cause I'm that crazy/anal) since I poured the epoxy. I have to look tomorrow when I get home, but I think that there are a couple of spots that are going to need to be "fixed" with poly. Hopefully not, but I think probably so. The epoxy didn't cover to the same depth (looks like a little bit of wrinkle down on the bottom edge) in a couple of places on the "show" side, so I will probably hit it with some sand paper and see if it smooths out. If so, great. If not, poly. Ugh. When I do the walnut scales on my Shumate, I will know better how to mix and pour the epoxy and won't mess it up as badly.