Topic: No runs, or drips on the bottom, a point deduction?

[67gta289]

I've personnally been very happy using a syringe with thick needle.  I cover the floor, then squirt matching tinted epoxy above the area where the drips should be.  The epoxy runs down to the low points and drips down onto the temporary disposable floor cover.  Because of the waste on the floor I work from the inside out.

The thinks I like about this method is (1) less waste, (2) same material as floor, (3) same color throughout, (4) no rush, (5) I can survey the look and go back and add more strategically to add to the randomness if and where needed.

[Toploader]

I've personnally been very happy using a syringe with thick needle.  I cover the floor, then squirt matching tinted epoxy above the area where the drips should be.  The epoxy runs down to the low points and drips down onto the temporary disposable floor cover.  Because of the waste on the floor I work from the inside out.

The thinks I like about this method is (1) less waste, (2) same material as floor, (3) same color throughout, (4) no rush, (5) I can survey the look and go back and add more strategically to add to the randomness if and where needed.

It's worth a thought. A once sloppy hasty assembly line routine has now turned into a process akin to an artist's work on his canvas...

[drummingrocks]

It's worth a thought. A once sloppy hasty assembly line routine has now turned into a process akin to an artist's work on his canvas...

That's exactly right.  It's amazing the lengths we go to just to replicate something that was slapped together on the assembly line.  It's the same with seam sealer, firewall sealer, etc.

[67gtasanjose]

I could find a way to complicate a grain of SALT!

[67gta289]

How about a different spin?  While the factory method was certainly fast, and the particular process did not require a high level of skill, consider what it would take to replicate it exactly.  A moving assembly line, a "bath" of primer, spray nozzles with pumping and pipes/hoses to connect the dots.

So when we talk spray cans, syringe needles, and other alternatives, I think it is more of combining inginuity and frugalness.  I think the alternatives are less complicated in comparison to the original method.

[Toploader]

Good point.