redbear, day 3

so it took me 5 hours, but i sanded the entire thing down.

the sander that i borrowed completely broke about 3 hours in so the rest was done completley by hand. this, was intense.

originally i was going to leave the bottom alone, but when it came down to it, i had to see what i could do, and then it became a mission.

this project has made me feel super accomplished, its a rad feeling.

so anyway, i got the whole thing sanded and then i applied the stain.

it looks super sick, i cant wait to put on the semi-gloss top coat tomorrow and get the electronics back in.

i decided against the plexi glass idea, if the inside of the amp was cleaner, this might rule. but i am just going to by some grill cloth and make a frame to stick in the front of it. kris suggested i just stick the grills back in and be done with it. originally i hated the grills, but after all this it might look cool, im going to try it out and see what i think.

i actually did take a couple of pics this time, but they are on my phone and i need to figure out how to get them off of my phone before i can upload them.

awesome.

redbear, day 2

so forgot to take before pictures.
and then pictures after the carpet came off.
and pictures after i used goof off to get the furry off.
and pictures after i tried unsuccessfully to start sanding it down.

i could have avoided all that typing by just saying i forgot to take pictures.
but when i was halfway though it, i felt like it would be wasteful for me to delete it all and start over.

anyway, i went to lowes today and found this really rad stain on sale for like $4 when all the other ones were $10. i was originally going to stain it black but i think this will look classier. it like a dark pine color.

i also decided that i am going to put plexi glass over the front where the ugly grate was, i think that would be sick.

anyway, sanding didnt work, the color on it is too deep and the residue left from the carpet is making it ten times harder than it should be because i have to get through that crap before any actual sanding starts to happen.

im borrowing a sander tomorrow and im going to try to take pics.

awesome, i like have a project like this going on, hopefully its going to look as rad as i think it will.

later!

redbear

thought i would make a post about something other than dumb fucking people in my life for once.

i decided, with the help of kris, that i would strip the carpet off of my recbear amp head, sand it down and stain it the same color as emperor cabinet, which is going to rule.

so yesterday, kris helped me take the chassis out and i ripped al of the carpet off. this was a serious pain in the ass. britney loaned me a pair of gardening gloves and i had some tiny pliers to work with, otherwise it would have been impossible.

i then was left with a slightly furry box of wood.

after trying, with the help of big steve, for more than an hour to sand what was left ot the fur off, i figured out that it might be a good i dea to use some sort of paint thinner or something to get the rest of it off.

so i went to lowes and bought something called goof off.

this worked wonders. the fur is all gone.

then i went to see sundrone, they killed it.

today i am going to sand everything down to the bare wood and go buy some stain. i'll post some pics later, for everyone that doesnt give a shit about this kind of thing, which is everyone but me and kris.

love, jason

i never thought i would ever fucking say this...

but,

i wish i had never met you.



done.