MOTM

I was roaming around Lowes (Home Depot clone) and noticed some interesting 
paints that could possibly be used inplace of Tolex on cases.  I picked up a 
can of spraypaint made by Krylon that is called "Make It Stone".  It's made 
to give any object a stone or granite look and it has a thick bumpy tolex 
type texture.  I sprayed a little pine with it, let it dry and it looks very 
promissing (once black is sprayed over it).  It comes with a small can of 
protector spray for about $10.  Not to be confused with Krylon's $8, one can 
stone spray, which looks more like grain sized sand mixed with paint and 
doesn't have nearly the thickness of texture or style of their $10 product.

Also I saw some kind of textured paint or covering in large plastic 
housepaint sized cans that are meant to be applied with a roller.  I'm 
tempted to check that stuff out too.

-Elhardt

From experience...

Be careful with the textured paint. It tends to crack and break off in 
chunks if not applied and taken care of correctly. I painted a primered 
metal panel with this stuff once and the paint eventually started to chip 
off. Just my experience

Thomas White


>From: elhardt@...
>Reply-To: motm@egroups.com
>To: motm@egroups.com
>Subject: [motm] Paint can maybe replace Tolex
>Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:46:42 EST
>
>I was roaming around Lowes (Home Depot clone) and noticed some interesting
>paints that could possibly be used inplace of Tolex on cases.  I picked up 
>a
>can of spraypaint made by Krylon that is called "Make It Stone".  It's made
>to give any object a stone or granite look and it has a thick bumpy tolex
>type texture.  I sprayed a little pine with it, let it dry and it looks 
>very
>promissing (once black is sprayed over it).  It comes with a small can of
>protector spray for about $10.  Not to be confused with Krylon's $8, one 
>can
>stone spray, which looks more like grain sized sand mixed with paint and
>doesn't have nearly the thickness of texture or style of their $10 product.
>
>Also I saw some kind of textured paint or covering in large plastic
>housepaint sized cans that are meant to be applied with a roller.  I'm
>tempted to check that stuff out too.
>
>-Elhardt

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Good point. Fancy finished usually need to be "baked' on to hold well. Or
coated in a heavy layer of sealer, which changes it.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	thomas white [mailto:djthomaswhite@...] 
Sent:	Wednesday, 10 January, 2001 12:20 PM
To:	motm@egroups.com
Subject:	Re: [motm] Paint can maybe replace Tolex


Be careful with the textured paint. It tends to crack and break off in 
chunks if not applied and taken care of correctly. I painted a primered 
metal panel with this stuff once and the paint eventually started to chip 
off. Just my experience