Hey thank you Vitamink.. that's very kind of you to say soo..
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it's always to GREAT to hear that sir.. thank you so much the kind words..
I'm going back into the safe thou.. I'm actually adding in this LOL..
and a few other things that were suggested to me on anther...
thank you sir and best of luck with your project.. Actually here's the thread where I walk you thou step by step on how i did it.
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=384261
the base coats were duracoat the rest of the paint / colors were HOK and then I sealed it..
please...
Love it!.. but I'm in So-Cal thou.. PM coming to see if things can be worked out.. ;)
thanks..
thank you sir.. that's very kind of you to say..
have a great one big guy
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thank you sir, that means a LOT.. I know my stuff is,nt for everybody but I do appreciate...
hahhaa.. Yep... :D you do.. lol.. Yeah thank sir.. the other side turned out pretty cool too..
hahahaha.. hey thanks for the offer sir, but I'm in So-Cal.. so the shipping would be more than the paint job.. I'm just here having fun and showing others what’s possible with a...
So It’s finally finished! team. And personnel I think I did a pretty cool job.. I’m defiantly liken my new safe..
So here’s what it looked like Friday night… ie Before
Here’s what it looked like Sunday night.. After…
Thank you all for your time team..
Have a...
Progress continues with the following start on the zombies ;)
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GOOD NEWS!!!! It’s done..
Forward progress continues
I put my attention to the safe door handles, I’ve got a pretty cool idea for them, trust me lol…
Now it time to paint up keypad. That was...
So anyway, I mixed up some WWII paint
and sprayed away..
Then I peeled off the letter covers and got this.
Shoot forgot the M lol.. sorry about that..
So now the fun really starts for me. Hahaha I get to spend the night adding in the blood splats, bullet...
So (with that said) forward progress continues ;)
I pulled of all stencils and covered the words
I was thinking, yeah I know I hate when I do that hahahaa.. Anyway I decided to make a change in the overall design / concept of the project. Instead of making it look like an actual...
Forward progress continues / Just a quick update for the team,
I finished my stencils
Installed all of the stencil and painted everything
Tomorrow I’ll cover the painted letters with the cutouts, paint the safe and boarders and pull off the lettering...
Then I whipped it down and proceeded to build my paint enclosure and start on my primer coat
Primer is all done
Now I sanded it again this time with 400gr, ie prepped the safe for the first coat of base paint, these are the materials I used
Note, I’m just...
Here’s how it all started, just a boring old safe
I started off by removing the touch pad and the door spindles, encasing the touchpad in plastic (for now at least)
Then I sanded down the safe
I also did the inside corners and edges
Hey team, Yeah it me link that weird guy who paints, this time around I’m custom painting my safe and I just thought I would share it with the team.. You know me I’ve a giver, lol..
So basically I’m turning my safe into a big can of whoop ass (zombiefied) ;)
It going to mix of these:
Once everything is tight, not its time to remove the excess, I’m using my cutting wheel here, I’m also protecting the side and bottom with some cardboard and of course eye and ears gentlemen..
Now that your safe is bolted down, it time to put it back together and move on with...
Once the holes are lined back up, reinstall you bottom and electrical if you have it
Now get out your anchor bolts and a big heavy hammer and pund in the botls like so. FYI just srew the nuts down till there flush with the bolts and then pound them down.
Once the...
This what you should have not, 4 nice and neat holes
Remove your bottom cover to expose your metal bottom plate, I had to remove my electircial box too.. not a big deal
Now it time to put the safe back, once you have it over the holes you can make your fine adjustment...
Put some tape on the bit so you know how far to drill down
Ok so your floor is marked, you drill bit is maked and your got your eye and ears (check)
Now its time for the drilling (no turning back here) just make sure that your drilling straight up (not at an angle) and go at...
Move the safe away and check your layout
Get out drill & bits, I’m using a Milwaukee rotor hammer
Verify your drill bit size, I’m using 5/8 lag bolts and thus takes a 5/8 bit
Now you need to know how far you’re going to be drilling in the concrete, I just used a...