October 10, 2004
Now that the 2 layers are stuck together, you can
use your Xacto knife to trim off edges that don't
line up 100%.
What we want to do here is to create the most smooth
outer surface without distorting our perfect circle
shape. |
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October 10, 2004
Get your kids to help you on this part :) take your
paintbrush and paint the insides of the grooves and
inside thickness of the foamcore sheet. |
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October 10, 2004
After about 5 minutes, your table should be dry.
Using water based Acrylic paint is the best but make
sure to NOT water it down too much, it will WARP the
table. Not good :P |
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October 10, 2004
Now we can't have a white ugly table in a Evil Death
Star :P Get out the same Mac Tac you used for the
floor and cut out a piece that fits the table top. |
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October 10, 2004
Carefully peel off the backing and apply the sticky
surface to the table making sure to avoid air bubbles.
Darth Vader would not be too happy about that - LOL. |
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October 10, 2004
Now here is a step you need to TAKE YOUR TIME with.
You have to carefully and as precisely as you can,
remove the Mac Tac that covers the Control Panel Slots.
Using your V Shape Blade is the best for this task. |
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October 10, 2004
15-20 minutes later, your table should look like
this. |
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October 10, 2004
Of course it's almost impossible to get perfect cuts
everywhere, so here is a great little trick :)
Take a black marker and cover all areas that were
bruised by the Xacto blade. Your table will look perfect
in no time. |
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October 10, 2004
Next step...we need to slice into the thickness of
the Lower layer in order to have a nice flush finish
for our Cantrol Panels.
Get the V Blade and GENTLY slice in between the side
of the foamcore. Try and slice only between the 2
arrows. Also use a NEW blade, we don't want to mess
up our cuts. |
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October 10, 2004
Now CAREFULLY pull up the sliced foamcore and cut
it down the center.
DON'T CUT THROUGH to the other side. you don't want
to have a hole in the table !!! |
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October 10, 2004
Now we move on to the outside edges of the table
that will hide the ugly styrofoam edges.
Print and cut out the table edge strips. |
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October 10, 2004
I printed mine on sticky label paper to avoid having
to apply glue. If you don't have label paper, use
a Glue Stick on the back of the paper to attach it
to the edges of the table.
Align one edge with the Top of the Table. This photo
shows us the Bottom. |
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October 10, 2004
Now is one of the easiest parts of the table process...Use
your Xacto Knife to trim off the excess label using
the bottom of the table as a guide.
With a sharp blade, it should slice like butter and
not tear the decal. |
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October 10, 2004
Now flip the table over on it's proper side with
the shiny surface facing up.
You can see in the photo how the decals were aligned
with the surface. However we can't leave it in this
state... |
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October 10, 2004
S-L-O-W-L-Y slice through the decals aligning yourself
with the Foamcore edges and DO NOT cut all the way
through, STOP at the base of the Lower layer. |
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