Thread: Girls Jewelry Box (Paint-Grade)

Looking good. I quite liked the moulding at the top.
What sort of paint are you spraying with, a can or a gun?

Thanks. The only change to the top moulding is that its now part of the lid instead of getting a separate lid on top of the moulding.

Im spraying acrylic with a gravity-feed HVLP. Its my first time using any spray equipment. It was intimidating at first but after doing some research and experimenting with different mixtures i think im close.

Primer went on nice and clean, but my first paint coat has a little orange-peel texture to it.

My mixture was 15% water, 5% or less Floetrol and the rest is paint. I may need a little more floetrol or just more practice )

Heres my first paint coat over 1 coat of primer. The pics dont really show the color but its a very subtle pink (Behr Plus Premium 'Powder Blush'). It actually looks pretty decent in person but theres a little bit of texture that i need to get out of it.

Oddly, the primer i used took alot more water to get the same thickness as the paint and they are both behr premium plus. The primer is latex-acrylic, the paint is 100% acrylic. Im not sure if that has anything to do with it or not.

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Daughter will love it!!!

Looking good. Can't wait to see it finished.

I dont get to work on these much during the week but i did spray another coat of paint and did the drawer liners. I should probably take a testosterone pill and watch some football after doing this girly stuff... )

They are felt simply glued in with craft glue.

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I just have to keep telling myself that Paris is gonna love it!

Test fit and assembled. Door and drawers need slight adjusting, paint needs detail and touch up, a few interior details, hardware and im done. )

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Here it is with exterior hardware. The pulls were made by dismantling a bracelet, drilling holes in the back of the hearts and epoxying them to small dowels. I couldnt find anything i liked for less than $6 each so i had to get creative. All thats left is the fuzzy interior carpet and jewelry hooks!

Perfect for a young lady!