École des Bro-Arts

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Switchy leatherman into bad puns, thick boys, and distributed systems. Purveyor of fine jockstrap selfies. Woof.group admin.

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Show threadÉcole des Bro-Arts14h ago

This is my best coat yet, and it proudly highlights one (1) Freddie hair.

Seriously, it doesn't seem to matter how many tests I do, every time I do a coat of varnish it does something new and awful. Surprise! You thought you resealed the can but now there's a skin inside! Surprise! You poured wrong and now there are ten thousand bubbles in the cup. Surprise! Your tipping technique was *slightly* uneven and now there's a huge ridge. Surprise! Ripples for no clear reason. Surprise! White spots!

École des Bro-Arts1d ago
Holy cow the milkweed I planted a couple years ago has attracted its first monarch, and just now this massive black swallowtail showed up! It's mostly going for the catmint.
Show threadÉcole des Bro-Arts3d ago

This time I hung sheets around the workpiece, closed the windows, turned off the air, misted down everything every 30 minutes with a spray bottle full of water, used a tack cloth continuously during sanding instead of letting it build up, and dipped my brush in mineral spirits to displace air bubbles before first brushing. Five hours later...

Still bubbles everywhere. Goddammit.

I know it's not dust because I can break them with a well-placed drop of mineral spirits.

École des Bro-Arts6d ago
Kringle time
Show threadÉcole des Bro-ArtsJul 4

After trying a bunch of brush technique changes and going for a thicker application...my second coat is somehow even worse than the first. Fuck, I wanted to have this done before the party on Sunday. Now I have to reassemble the sink, clean up all the newspaper and tape, clean, host, and set it all up again after.

Next round I'm gonna try thinning it a bit with mineral spirits, and also dipping the brush in spirits first.

École des Bro-ArtsJul 3

Re-varnishing the wood countertop today. The glue-up has developed a few hairline cracks, but rather than rip the whole thing apart and rebuild (ugh) I'm hoping to get away with just redoing the varnish and flowing it into the cracks a bit.

I don't know how finishing experts do their magic. Never, not once, have I gotten an even finish.

École des Bro-ArtsJul 3
Freddie got into his bike trailer without freaking out and we got to go all the way to the beach!
École des Bro-ArtsJul 2
@SirMaci Hey, we got a spam report a few minutes ago that you're DMing people with messages to boost before checking, and it looks like that's not an isolated thing. Mind giving this a rest? You don't have to, but I think we'll probably limit your account if this is gonna be an ongoing concern.
Show threadÉcole des Bro-ArtsJul 2
Just found this in-game encyclopedia entry and it reinforced my belief that the only way to play Death Stranding is to, when confronted with another completely nonsensical thing, to say simply "Oh, OKAY 😎"
École des Bro-ArtsJul 1
This is my second ever time playing a console game, am I doing it right