I was helping a high school student build a backgammon board for his senior project and disaster struck in the 11th hour. Here is an explanation.
We painted the game surface in three layers to account for the dark, light and the board colors. I used a repositionable contact paper to overlay the triangles as I painted each layer. This worked very well. When the surface was finished, we sprayed the game surface with multiple coats of a clear gloss. The next day I covered the entire game surface with the same contact paper to protect the surface while we completed the outer frame, hardware, etc. When everything was done and we unveiled the game board and to our horror, more than half of the clear coat came with it. The entire surface had blotches of glossy and flat spots all over and the glossy spots had very visible edges. I felt terrible for this kid because of what happened and didn't know what to do so we decided to recoat with clear paint to make the surface look uniform and glossy. The edges of the original gloss layer was completely visible and it did not look great. We worked very hard for several weekends and it all went to crap in a matter of minutes.
This may have been caused by cool temps while painting or not completely dry before covering with the contact paper. Either way, my question is...what is the best way to correct this? I have a few last resort ideas but was hoping someone has advice from past experience.
The game surface is a lamination of hardboard and oak plywood to make the inner and outer surfaces. This is all surrounded by a border of oak hardwood to make the frame and box.
Sorry for such a long post and thanks for any help you can offer.
Mark
We painted the game surface in three layers to account for the dark, light and the board colors. I used a repositionable contact paper to overlay the triangles as I painted each layer. This worked very well. When the surface was finished, we sprayed the game surface with multiple coats of a clear gloss. The next day I covered the entire game surface with the same contact paper to protect the surface while we completed the outer frame, hardware, etc. When everything was done and we unveiled the game board and to our horror, more than half of the clear coat came with it. The entire surface had blotches of glossy and flat spots all over and the glossy spots had very visible edges. I felt terrible for this kid because of what happened and didn't know what to do so we decided to recoat with clear paint to make the surface look uniform and glossy. The edges of the original gloss layer was completely visible and it did not look great. We worked very hard for several weekends and it all went to crap in a matter of minutes.
This may have been caused by cool temps while painting or not completely dry before covering with the contact paper. Either way, my question is...what is the best way to correct this? I have a few last resort ideas but was hoping someone has advice from past experience.
The game surface is a lamination of hardboard and oak plywood to make the inner and outer surfaces. This is all surrounded by a border of oak hardwood to make the frame and box.
Sorry for such a long post and thanks for any help you can offer.
Mark