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After lengthy delays imposed by slow drying ceiling fire proofing we are back into the submarine boardroom project at last. Donna will be giving us a hand once more over the next while as we strive to get the painting done before the floor goes in in about a week.... THANKS DONNA!
Today we finished the priming at last, after gluing the last of hundreds of rivets on yesterday. We also tested the colors to make sure everything went together. The dark taupe color that the interior designer had insisted on for the upper walls simply didn't work... and we felt another round of 'discussion' was worth the effort to get it right. I wasn't backing down this time.
After spirited discussion onsite I asked for a reconvening of the meeting back at our shop. There I plugged in the sub sign that was almost finished which featured a light metallic blue paint together with blue LED's. Happily it won the day and tipped the balance in our favor!
So then it was time to pour on the bright white paint as a base along with the blue undercoats on the wainscoting. The upper walls and ceiling will fade from a light iridescent blue on the ceiling to a darker blue on the walls. Blue LED lighting will wash down the walls from the hidden valence under the big pipes. It should be pretty cool! We also started the rust paint on the big pipes. It looked horribly dark and black as we left but we know through experience that by morning a beautiful rust patina will start to form.
Tomorrow the room will start to look more like it will when we are done at long last. The ceiling will be a curved T-bar with 2' square tiles. We'll route rivets for each corner of the tiles to carry the theme overhead and make it completely immersive.
-grampa dan
[ September 18, 2010, 12:21 AM: Message edited by: Dan Sawatzky ]
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one time I went to a meeting, and the interior decorator started in with the "I want a magenta base with TOUPE highlights and tuscany themed colors. I knew it was time to leave.
Seems like Dan had to deal with that mindset too. At least the was well armed to fend off the assault.
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The room is still pretty much the same size as when we started... 14' 6" x 24' We just have lots more tools, paint and junk taking up room. With the tile guy working just outside the door and limited access today, we brought everything in and tried to minimize out coming and going.
-grampa dan
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Well this is coming to together better then I pictured and now is really making sense, you sure know what works, way to go looks outstanding as normal. gees what creative minds can do.
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With Donna helping Bec & I today we made great progress. As always there were a few hiccups... the glaze we tried on the upper walls looked terrible on the white - meaning we had to first apply two more coats of a baby blue to the upper panels first. Since the area is still somewhat damp from the ceiling fire proofing the paint didn't dry as quick as we like - even with four fans roaring in the room.
But we managed to keep busy by jumping around the room painting everything in sight from top to bottom.
The rust paint we put on yesterday has started to form a cool rust finish. It's the first time we have used Modern Masters rust paint and we weren't quite sure what to expect - especially with the high moisture content in the air. But the rust is coming along nicely already....
We got some pearescent blue and the first coat of darker glaze on the wainscot panels. They feature a Rapid Texture generated in EnRoute. With the pearl base colors and a metallic blue glaze it really shows great. A plum/brown glaze will make it perfect tomorrow.
Tomorrow we return to do as much as we can while the building is quiet. Thanks for all the help today Donna!!
-grampa dan
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I hope you ran that change in colour over your interior designer first, Dan.... It's looking good!
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Any sound effects being incorporated into this room Dan? I could "hear" a pressure moan of metal every 10 minutes or so, or a whale song note at noon.
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We had briefly talked of some sound effects like whales... and I love the idea of a pressure moan... but I suspect it would get tiresome if they are in a long training session. Or if a client is almost ready to sign a big contract for a fancy router it might be too distracting.
Its something we could always incorporate at a later point as there will be a T-Bar ceiling with hidden electrical above.
-grampa dan
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It appears to me you guys are having waaaaay too much fun! And to think I heard you get paid for this too? Wow, I'll have to see about catching the Toonerville Trolley north real soon. I would really like to see this one in the flesh. Great job, by the way. Work hard, make lots of money. Don
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It's looking VERY cool.
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