Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Arts and Crafts, Part 2

When we left off last week, I had all the pieces I needed to get new dressage letters made, I just needed to carve out some time to actually do it! Saturday after we got home from my lesson, DH and I broke out the spray paint and got to work.  


Originally I had made a paper template to lay over the letter to try to prevent overspray, but as you can see on our first attempt above... that did not work. At all. Luckily we still have a shit ton of construction and renovation supplies left over from building the house, so it wasn't hard to find a roll of thick painters tape to protect the edges, so we didn't make that mistake again. 


We use the car lift for a lot more than just lifting vehicles hahaha. 




Also, you can clean up spray paint overspray with carb cleaner. WHO KNEW?!
(that's a joke, DH knew, obviously, lol). 


Ta-da!

I left them in the garage to dry overnight, and then didn't actually find time to get back to them until Monday. I had some clear coat spray paint so I figured it wouldn't hurt to top dress them for a little extra protection from the elements. 


Although in retrospect, it seemed to react a little with the black paint and some of the letters went from very crisp and clear to a little smudgey looking? Oh well. Doesn't have to be perfect, I'm literally the only one who has to look at them. Next up, mounting them in the arena!


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  1. I didn't realize that the V was resting in the arm of the car lift and was really impressed with your physics defying abilities. However I'm most interested in how you mount these!!

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    1. 🤣🤣 it does look pretty physics-defying, doesn't it! I think the tentative plan right now is to drill a hole in the top/bottom and then use a zip tie to affix to the fence - stay tuned 😁

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    2. Yeah, it's the hole drilling through the plate that I'm most curious about! I am not good with precision drilling.

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    3. Oh yes, I envision it being a shit show 🤣🤣 haha.

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    4. I think I'll leave the drilling to DH, he's better with power tools than I am 🤣

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  2. With fancy new dressage letters + a sweet, sweet newly dragged arena - the jealousy will know no bounds!

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    1. It definitely makes my heart happy 🥰 I wish I could tell me as a child what was coming, sigh.

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  3. These came out great! Hope the drilling goes smoothly!

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    1. I'm sort of hoping DH will take the initiative to do them himself while I'm gone this weekend 🤣 we'll see how that works out for me!

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