Spent another day on my piano coatrack, all of it sanding and finishing. So much sanding...
Got the main piano coatrack finished, up next will be the frame
All but four of the keys rotate, but not sure it'll usually be more than a few open at a time.
Process below:
Sanded from 80, all the way up to 400 grit for the white and black keys. Then started applying some homemade shellac. Ended up doing an amber shellac for the black keys and a blonde shellac for the white keys.
After about 6 coats of shellac, sanding with 400 grit between the last three layers, I did a few layers of my homemade beeswax finish buffing till smooth.
On the recent episode of the MWA podcast, we had a discussion on my favorite finish, and I went on about my love for shellac, and especially seedlac. I've written about why Everclear is a better solvent for making your shellac than denatured alcohol, and one thing to look out for when buying Everclear.
In case you live in a place that doesn't sell 190 proof Everclear, Brian Glendenning let me know about another source for 95% ethanol. Culinary Solvent sells 95% and 100%(!) ethanol. I haven't tried this myself yet, but Brian mentioned that he has 2 gallons of their ethanol, and he didn't complain about it to me.
I have no idea how this is legal, but as Brian mentioned to me, the 2 gallons of it in his shop should disprove any skepticism.
I put together some plans for the Piano Coat Rack so that if anyone else wants to try to make one they have a starting point. I ended up putting them on itch.io for free since tumblr doesn't really like PDFs or zip files. The plans are free for non-commercial use. I also have a section describing some of the process to hopefully make it fairly easy to replicate.
I put these plans together in FreeCad, so along with a PDF version of the technical drawings there are also full 3D models that you can use to get a better understanding of how it goes together. If you notice any oddities or mistakes or have any question please just me up!
Also if you make one please tag me, I would love to see it!
yoo i thought this sketch was kinda cute about some character i'm tryna cook up. i'm having a bit of trouble with the rednering process and for the last post, i'm tryna make a small rendering process video for that. here, i can't seem to render this well :( !! i hope i can get a good render on this but i might not make a video out of it.
sorry about the long time it's been since i've made a post. i've been drawing, trust !! it's just, i'm not really posting anything isnce i've been thinking some of my art isn't the best shit i've made these days and i don't want that type of art under my name. i wanna do my best for ya'll !!
it's that time of week! i'm back (hopefully) to my regularly scheduled program of sneak peaks. I'm into the editing phase/ epilogue of put the pieces back together... 😿
but we have a new story. when all is lost. the first chapter is up on ao3 and wattpad so go check them out and leave them some love and a comment ^.^