So what did you do today?

[Cray Squirrel]

I have been moving buckets of rocks from one of my rental storage units to one of my shipping containers.
Primed most of my remaining bacca because of a freeze hitting tomorrow.
Applied an amazing top coat to an epoxy, faux granite countertop. A lot less glossy and a lot harder. First time using this.

 

[Redleaf]

You had a busy day.

 

[Cray Squirrel]

You had a busy day.

Naw I lie alot... hehehe busy every day..have lots to do before winter. If I get the house finished and get moved in, the other one sold I might get to Thailand or Malta for winter..cold here eh?

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

If you go away, who will tend the curing tobacco?

 

[Cray Squirrel]

You had a busy day.

Naw I lie alot... hehehe busy every day..have lots to do before winter. If I get the house finished and get moved in, the other one sold I might get to Thailand or Malta for winter..cold here eh

If you go away, who will tend the curing tobacco?

Mines for dip... dont need to cure it.. just get it color cured, dried and ground to flour. Store bone dry...ez peazy.

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

does fermenting not affect the flavor of the end product in dip?

 

[Cray Squirrel]

does fermenting not affect the flavor of the end product in dip?

Fermenting is good for bacterial growth? Fermenting is an inexpensive way to age tobacco..
Not sure..lots more smarter guys than me probably know.. I'll still be better looking though..hehehe

does fermenting not affect the flavor of the end product in dip?

Raises carcinogens I believe. More opportunity for the bacteria to cause baddies. Hopefully someone will come along and clarify it.
Heres a picture of one of the things I did today. Any guess on what it was? Hehehe

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Were u smelting?

 

[Cray Squirrel]

Were u smelting?

Nope..
Next guess is free.. what did you do today?

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Going into work...

 

[Cray Squirrel]

Burned construction waste and turned a pile of compost to prep it for top dressing next springs planting beds. Have to water newly planted garden beds. Many Colorado winters are dry so you need to make sure you aren't hooking up hoses and watering in January. Collecting carrot seed. Like many veggies, carrots produce seed the second year so you need to mulch them heavily to protect the plants crown in winter.

 

[Cray Squirrel]

Hope y'all day was more intetesting than mine..
Working on plumbing an old house I'm rebuilding...
Did a bit of epoxy work, harvested 2 seed bags from Black Mammoth and Madole, installed a minor countertop for a computer station and fluffed up some slowly curing white burley and dark tobacco..

. great colors on the Tenn 86... leaf too big so it's a hassle to fluff the leaves that I run close together on a wire. Dont want to mold it..pretty stuff...
Sorted and washed off some rock cores from our local area. You can sure tell we have a lot of metamorphic rock from all the feldspar, granites and mica in the cores.
What did you do today??

 

[Knucklehead]

Hope y'all day was more intetesting than mine..
Working on plumbing an old house I'm rebuilding...View attachment 39577
Did a bit of epoxy work,View attachment 39575View attachment 39578 harvested 2 seed bags from Black Mammoth and Madole,View attachment 39576View attachment 39570 installed a minor countertop for a computer station View attachment 39568View attachment 39569and fluffed up some slowly curing white burley and dark tobacco..View attachment 39571

. great colors on the Tenn 86... leaf too big so it's a hassle to fluff the leaves that I run close together on a wire. Dont want to mold it..pretty stuff...View attachment 39567
Sorted and washed off some rock cores from our local area. You can sure tell we have a lot of metamorphic rock from all the feldspar, granites and mica in the cores.View attachment 39574
What did you do today??

Tell me about those gorgeous counter tops. Is it an epoxy paint on top of Formica?

 

[Cray Squirrel]

Tell me about those gorgeous counter tops. Is it an epoxy paint on top of Formica?

That's 12 layers of paints,
metallic powders with epoxies mixed in layers for depth. Then a final flood coat to seal it all in. One more layer on top this glossy layer to do a matte finish and get a really hard countertop.
Start with MDF board to build the counter top. Then a couple layers of black epoxy primers, sanded between coats so the epoxy will stick.



You use different earth and metallic colors on top of a fresh layer of epoxy. By using alcohol to carry the metallic powders when they are sprayed on an alcoholic base like fresh spray paint, they fracture and disperse.Here are 2 colors just sprayed onto the top. Note they havent spread and fractured..YET..





The sprayed droplets of metallics shatter and slowly spread across the wet paint or 94% alcohol, depending on the depth you want. Faux granite in this case. Build up layers and depth. Sanding lightly between layers. The hard, last top coat is a shiny, matte and hard as stone.

 

[Cray Squirrel]

Hard and durable after final coat.

This is same window sill but after the final coat that gives it less shine and a durable top coat.

Shiny and soft.

 

[Knucklehead]

Hard and durable after final coat.
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This is same window sill but after the final coat that gives it less shine and a durable top coat.

Shiny and soft.View attachment 39597

That looks great. I suppose you could refurbish old countertops in place without removing them? Perhaps plastic filler and primer in the dings and scratches, tape, paper, and plastic sheets. Is it a rattle can spray or air gun and compressor? You‘re doing a great job. I wasn’t sure what it was until you said epoxy.

 

[Cray Squirrel]

That looks great. I suppose you could refurbish old countertops in place without removing them? Perhaps plastic filler and primer in the dings and scratches, tape, paper, and plastic sheets. Is it a rattle can spray or air gun and compressor? You‘re doing a great job. I wasn’t sure what it was until you said epoxy.

Yep can redo old counter tops.. clean thoroughly with chemicals to get rid of all oils, soap etc. Repair chips, dings and dents with bondo epoxy..then a couple layers of bonding primer.. then start in.. rattle can.. have to get around quickly because the clock's running as soon as the epoxy starts getting mixed.. really fun, detail oriented and satisfying.

 

[Cray Squirrel]

Yep can redo old counter tops.. clean thoroughly with chemicals to get rid of all oils, soap etc. Repair chips, dings and dents with bondo epoxy..then a couple layers of bonding primer.. then start in.. rattle can.. have to get around quickly because the clock's running as soon as the epoxy starts getting mixed.. really fun, detail oriented and satisfying.

Epoxy has really changed over the years. 20 years ago I was doing Redwood burl,

I picked up on the Oregon coast or Red Cypress I'd load up on in Florida. Simple 2 step epoxies. Then they started getting more versatile. We did the inside and outside bars with it and it was great.

Let us embed different articles. I put hundreds of dried, pressed flowers in it. Fun stuff..little spendy..

 

[smallwanderings]

Today I put a new wiper motor in my '95 Dodge Dakota.

 

[Knucklehead]

Today I put a new wiper motor in my '95 Dodge Dakota.

Love those! I’m on my fourth. My first was a 95 4x4, this one is the 00 Dakota R/T 5.9L hot rod.