Reclaimed Frames

srdzevon · Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:24 am

Yeah, rattle cans. Rustoleum i think. Metallic silver and dark gray automobile primer.
This is my first try. I'm liking the results. After this one, i'm going to try to actually cut one up and resize it. That was my intent when i found this one, but it turned out to be the perfect size so i didn't get to make any sawdust.

jamesgunter · Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:35 am

Great job Steven! ...if you end up doing more frame salvaging there are some good products out there made for frame touch ups that would work great for this sort of thing too.

srdzevon · Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:38 am

Thanks James!
Rub 'n Buff huh? I'm an old pro at that!

...did i say that out loud?
But seriously though, yeah that looks way easier than what i'm doing.

murdock · Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:33 am

That framing looks awesome! Now give that bird the matt he deserves!

deancc · Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:24 am

great work, man. looking' good.

KSUvet · Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:34 am

srdzevon wrote:I'm pretty happy with it so far. i think the black might be a bit dark. Kinda wish i'd gone with a little lighter color, but I think it's going to be just fine in the end.

Really nice transformation. I'd agree that it looks a bit dark right now, but I think that's because of the light mat. Throw a gray mat in there, and I think it'll be greatness.

IWish · Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:58 am

srdzevon wrote: so i didn't get to make any sawdust.

Too bad. I love the smell of sawdust/woodshops - the smell of hardware stores. Yeah, I'm weird that way. It doesn't come close to that new print smell of ink and paper, though.

Nice job on the frame. We all need to recycle more often.

srdzevon · Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:18 am

KSUvet wrote:
srdzevon wrote:I'm pretty happy with it so far. i think the black might be a bit dark. Kinda wish i'd gone with a little lighter color, but I think it's going to be just fine in the end.
Really nice transformation. I'd agree that it looks a bit dark right now, but I think that's because of the light mat. Throw a gray mat in there, and I think it'll be greatness.

I went with a white mat, so it's actually going to be brighter than that old mad in the picture. The frame lightened up quite a bit after that photo. It was taken right after i wiped the whole thing down with a damp cloth and i think it was still a little moist from that. I put another coat of black on the whole thing and resanded, looks pretty boss right now i think.

murdock · Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:30 am

Get that camera out again, man!

Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:35 am

That's a great frame. I'll have to get tips from you. Would love to do one myself.

srdzevon · Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:05 am

murdock wrote:Get that camera out again, man!

This weekend hopefully. Have to wait on the mat to come in. Apparently they didn't have any white mats in stock

I need to start dealing with James.

machination wrote:That's a great frame. I'll have to get tips from you. Would love to do one myself.

Hell yeah! Hit me up. Just keep in mind, i'm making all of this up as i go

We can learn together!

srdzevon · Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:03 pm

Welp, I finally got around to finishing this mfer. I think it turned out pretty sweet.

sidewaysscott · Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:18 pm

thats nice

smellmysocks73 · Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:19 pm

Bad ass. Nicely done.

srdzevon · Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:20 pm

smellmysocks73 wrote:Bad ass. Nicely done.

Don't you have some TV to watch?

Thanks guys