The Bitching Thread

[Animeniax]

You could have painted the pieces...

They look like laminate over particle board, not sure how well they take paint. What he really needs are some nice book ends to class it up and keep the books vertical to spare their spines.

I don't know if making my own shoes and props (preparing wood from scraps, etc.) and what not counts as construction experience, but I am learning how to use all the heavy machinery in shop. It's so sexy.

Sure that counts too. Next time you have to use a hammer or saw, you'll have that previous experience to rely on.

Try a relax fit, perhaps? I decided my jeans are a little too much on the baggy side, and decided to finally spend enough time at a jeans store to figure out what really fits well, and ended up with a staight fit.

You wear Levi's jeans? How gauche.

[Kraco]

They look like laminate over particle board, not sure how well they take paint. What he really needs are some nice book ends to class it up and keep the books vertical to spare their spines.

Who knows. I got pieces of old but high quality particle board with both sides laminated. I roughened the surfaces with sandpaper and they painted just fine, as long as the paint was applied sparingly. Maybe it's just the quality of the photo, but it looks like the surfaces have seen better days. However, the edges look like raw, sawed surface (as far as I can see). When you buy a shelf, the edges are always veneered, painted, or otherwise finished, so that's the norm to follow also when doing it yourself (unless it's real wood and you decide to leave it as is, of course).

Mechanically removing old, industrial paint from "scrap" particle board to repaint it was sheer madness, however, which I won't soon repeat, so I wouldn't recommend it to anybody else either.