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Originally posted by tomsC10R
For those of you who have seen checkmates painted... How bad is it? I'm willing to do the extra coats and sanding, but how is the finished product compared to a smoother, more expensive cover? Would you suggest going with a different cover because of what the paint will turn out like?
J, let us know how it turns out!!
Thanks
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The checkmates can look nice IF you do a lot of blocking, priming, blocking and finish it up with a guide coat to get it striaght. If my friend had of did one more blocked primer coat and one final guide coat, it would have been near perfect. To a trained eye, you could see where it could have been prep'd a little more, but to the average Joe, it looked fine. The main problem with his is it was wavy.
The other option you have if you want a cover like the checkmate is to make one from 3/4 or 1" boxtubing and skin it with some 18ga. sheetmetal or aluminum...