{"id":4319,"date":"2024-01-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2024-01-23T19:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T00:26:59","slug":"zombie-jesus-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4319","title":{"rendered":"Is my PC an Autobot? Not YET."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Autobot<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Have you ever wanted to have something custom? Something made so it’s uniquely yours, and different from all other versions of that thing\/ Some people customize their cars, or have custom jewelry designed, or have clothes made that are one of a kind. I get this urge every once in a while, but I often ignore it. Not this time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Spray<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This time I went for it. My PC was going to have an Autobot badge on it. Spray painted and messy, like it had been applied hastily in the war with the Decepticons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step was the stencil. I’d tried making one before, and I’d ended up with some mixed results. So I took a good friend up on his invite to a crafternoon, and set to work. I tried jigsawing through thin wood, but it snapped when one cut got too close to another. Plan B was gluing two sheets of card stock together, then gluing the outline to that. An x-acto knife did the work of making the holes, and the stencil was ready!<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Stenciled<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It had been so long since I’d spray painted that I was basically starting over. Wait, had I ever used spray paint before? I had to have. Well, the primer\/paint mix worked really, really well. It covered great, and two coats was probably a little too much. I had made one mistake, though, and MonkeyLinkMega<\/a> saw it right away. I’d left the stencil at 8.5″ x 11″, rather than squaring it up more tightly around the symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Spray<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

He had a solution, as well. He suggested taping over the symbol, and then going over it in blue. I used painter’s tape to make the square, and hit it with a light-ish (probably heavier than I wanted) spray and let it dry. It looked SO much better! But I wasn’t satisfied with it. Not yet. It needed just a little bit more.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Customized<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I taped again, even tighter around the symbol, and did a very light spray of red. That did it. It was just what I wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may have asked yourself why I usually ignore the urge to customize my things. I’ve got a story to tell about that, so stay tuned for a blog post down the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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