Florin Andrei
01-06-2012, 4:12 AM
Working on some small projects, mostly 3/4" plywood. All wooden parts are coated with epoxy.
I had an idea to paint the edges a different color than the face of the plywood. E.g., a 10" x 10" piece of 3/4" plywood, I would paint the face flat black, and the edge flat white. I used spray paint and masking tape.
It does look pretty cool, but I've a problem. I can't make a neat straight line between black paint and white paint. In some places, a bit of white invades the black surface; in other places a tiny black droplet puts a dent into the white band. I ended up fixing those little defects by hand, but it's very time consuming and it still doesn't look perfect if you look closely.
It should be a simple matter of keeping the black paint on the face, and the white paint on the edge - but no, it's not as simple as I thought.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
I had an idea to paint the edges a different color than the face of the plywood. E.g., a 10" x 10" piece of 3/4" plywood, I would paint the face flat black, and the edge flat white. I used spray paint and masking tape.
It does look pretty cool, but I've a problem. I can't make a neat straight line between black paint and white paint. In some places, a bit of white invades the black surface; in other places a tiny black droplet puts a dent into the white band. I ended up fixing those little defects by hand, but it's very time consuming and it still doesn't look perfect if you look closely.
It should be a simple matter of keeping the black paint on the face, and the white paint on the edge - but no, it's not as simple as I thought.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!