With a 3 day weekend off work, I needed a haircut and to take care of some new fish I ordered online that fedex dropped off mid-morning in 20 deg weather.\u00a0 So I called it a day at lunch and took care of business.\u00a0 Beings that only lasted me about 2 hours, I took advantage of the time for some basement tinkering.<\/p>\n
Prepping for assembling the bar tops I glued together the rows in strips of two or 3 for the long and short ends.\u00a0 Not working on the middle leg just yet as I plan to get the ends done and cut, then I’ll sit them on top of the middle section to line up all the joints for marking and cutting.<\/p>\n
After swapping out pieces of wood for less warps and cleaner joints and getting wood glue all over my fingers I decided I needed to sample the stain I bought last week.\u00a0 I grabbed a scrap piece of flooring, the scrap from the filler piece I put between the back and side wall cabinets, and a rag.\u00a0 I was pretty happy with the match to the vinyl ‘cheat sheets’ I used on the front, and just love the overall coloring the stain gives the Oak.\u00a0 Comparison pics below.<\/p>\n
While grabbing the glue at lowes I wandered over to the glass isle.\u00a0 They can get special order frosted and colored lexan.\u00a0 I asked the guy if they had actual samples on hand to look at and he said no, he also said that most of them are just clear lexan with a tint backing… bummer.\u00a0 But, now I think what I’ll do for the light boxes is order up some true milk white plastic and back it with tint.<\/p>\n
Speaking of tint, below are pics of the samples I ordered.\u00a0 There is a translucent and an opaque.\u00a0 I think translucent will be the way to go as the colors are a lot richer.\u00a0 I just wish it came in a green\/tan instead of blue\/tan… I shall flex my google-fu and find what I’m looking for I’m sure.<\/p>\n
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