Walnut would be best i think. Cream goes with it very well
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Walnut would be best i think. Cream goes with it very well
I think you may be right Grant. Dark Walnut has that 'black coffee' tone to it that should compliment the cream.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
I think I'll go with that, much as I like Rosewood, which is more expensive anyway.
We've gone from this:
http://i64.tinypic.com/2vhvx4i.jpg
To this:
http://i68.tinypic.com/34qaf6v.jpg
The blue streak is a reflection, by the way.
The underside of the platter had corrosion patches and a couple rather odd small dings that looked a bit like knife marks. Anyway, I gave the worst a rub down with fine wet & dry paper, then cleaned out any pitting and the dings with a fine brush and thinners and filled them with a fine smear of epoxy filler. Then I put the platter upside down on another GL75 and poured a bit of soapy water in, then used fine wet & dry for ages across the idler bearing surface. Now, despite some slightly discoloured marks, it is as even as new and smooth as silk. Should do the job!
Radiusing the platter edge tomorrow, I have ideas about going about this. Should be fun.
Looking good Geoff . Can you tell me which epoxy filler you used ? It's always handy to know which product to use for each application . If it's cheap enough I'll buy some for future jobs .
One GL75 platter with bevel edge radiused. I put it on top of another GL75 turntable (surprising how much torque these things have) and used an angle grinder, then a belt sander (both very gently), taking off the same amount of metal all round. Sanded the rough surface with wet & dry paper and then skimmed the new radius with epoxy filler. This will be wet smoothed later. It may sound like butchery, but remember, this was a battered and corroded platter (see all the scratches and scores on top) and is going to be painted! It'll look fine. :)
http://i68.tinypic.com/30m3987.jpg
Tricky thing to do. The metal can just drop off in chunks if unlucky. Sounds like youve managed well
GL75 platter. The epoxy filler around the newly created edge radius was rubbed down along with the whole of the tatty looking platter top and then the edge was checked for concentricity all round.
Then a coat of grey primer:
http://i68.tinypic.com/2qu22s3.jpg
Another quick flat down followed with a coat of cream acrylic enamel:
http://i67.tinypic.com/8x4hzp.jpg
The gloss has (as always) highlighted a couple of very minor irregularities in the finish and a hair seems to have been picked up. Not to worry. It's only the first coat and will be flatted once properly dry and another coat applied before lacquering.
Should look nice against the cream top plate.
http://i65.tinypic.com/2d9ps1v.jpg
Yes, they are the same colour. It's just lighting variations that make it look different.
Here they are tried together:
http://i63.tinypic.com/2z7o9k7.jpg
It's this stuff Brian:Quote:
Originally Posted by brian2957
http://i68.tinypic.com/2lu47j7.jpg
Probably overkill. I reckon any epoxy filler would be OK.
Thanks Geoff , I like ''overkill'':lol:
This project is starting to take shape very nicely . Excellent work sir :)