It has taken a =long= time to work my way through almost 300 messages to catch up. Several times I wanted to comment, but of course couldn't until I worked my way current in the thread.
@DavidofDeLand : David, you are truly an artist! I am so impressed with some of your finished works. Really inspiring, making me wish I had time, energy and $$ for this project. Not anytime soon. But I am saving some of the info as well as a few pics as reference for the future.
So much good information here. Seems to me =SOMEONE= (cough, cough) needs to author an article soon!
Also,
@Sharon recently offered some good information re: paints and sealers.
@ckatNM provided pictures of her portable stand. There have been other important notes scattered through the thread. This type information needs to be included in the article as well. A multi-author article? Or maybe a main article with additional important info added in as comments?
At any rate, this thread has evolved from something interesting into something really significant. A lot of progress has been made here, thanks to a number of people providing their input.
Of course, the downside of so much input is that someday in the future when I can't resist any longer and just have to get cement on my hands, the sheer size of the thread is daunting. I can't see myself wading through several hundred comments to cherry-pick the important information. I've set up a text file where I can copy/paste nuggets of wisdom re: this project as I find them, but what about all those other people that might want to try their hands at this some time in the future?
So, uh, David? Anyone...?
