MilitiaMan
Well-known member
So ... I am finishing up my MultiWilliams cabinet. I bought a Joust control panel from someone here that had already gone to the trouble of plugging all of the original holes with bondo (saved me some work, thank you).
I have completely sanded the control panel, applied some additional bondo to smooth things out even more, and sprayed a coat of primer on it. This thing is smooth as a baby's ass and ready for the MW overlay. I am still going to apply a coat of black paint before applying the overlay.
Here is my question:
This thing is perfectly smooth right now and has NO holes in it whatsoever. Should I ...
A. Apply the MW overlay first before cutting the holes and then drill the holes after the overlay adheres properly?
or
B. tape the overlay on, mark the holes, drill the holes, and then apply the overlay over the newly drilled panel?
My concern is if I drill the holes before applying the overlay that the holes might not match up perfectly once the overlay is applied.
My other concern is if I apply the overlay and THEN drill the holes that I may rip or tear the overlay with the drill bit.
What would you do?
Just looking for opinions here ... there are no wrong answers. ;-)
Steve
MM
I have completely sanded the control panel, applied some additional bondo to smooth things out even more, and sprayed a coat of primer on it. This thing is smooth as a baby's ass and ready for the MW overlay. I am still going to apply a coat of black paint before applying the overlay.
Here is my question:
This thing is perfectly smooth right now and has NO holes in it whatsoever. Should I ...
A. Apply the MW overlay first before cutting the holes and then drill the holes after the overlay adheres properly?
or
B. tape the overlay on, mark the holes, drill the holes, and then apply the overlay over the newly drilled panel?
My concern is if I drill the holes before applying the overlay that the holes might not match up perfectly once the overlay is applied.
My other concern is if I apply the overlay and THEN drill the holes that I may rip or tear the overlay with the drill bit.
What would you do?
Just looking for opinions here ... there are no wrong answers. ;-)
Steve
MM
