naturalsteel -
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 10:49am
Laura
I agree with the advice you've gotten so far. If you're looking for warmer tones cleaning some of the rust and clearcoating will give a nice look but on your original design you do need more width to hold the glass.
But what I got thinking about last night as I was thinking about your other table is, what about wood construction? I think you'd be able to make something close to it out of a couple of sheets of plywood, tops. To get a metal finish, I'd try something like the metal coatings from Sculpt Nouveau (there are other places, I just had a link handy) http://www.sculptnouveau.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=42&category=6
It's a paint containing ground metal that can then be patinaed to look like metal. Just a thought, as I don't think you're going to get it custom fabricated for anything close to $200 (+ $100 for glass).
Good luck with this project and please let us know how it comes out.
Robert
a thought for the other table
Laura
I agree with the advice you've gotten so far. If you're looking for warmer tones cleaning some of the rust and clearcoating will give a nice look but on your original design you do need more width to hold the glass.
But what I got thinking about last night as I was thinking about your other table is, what about wood construction? I think you'd be able to make something close to it out of a couple of sheets of plywood, tops. To get a metal finish, I'd try something like the metal coatings from Sculpt Nouveau (there are other places, I just had a link handy) http://www.sculptnouveau.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=42&category=6
It's a paint containing ground metal that can then be patinaed to look like metal. Just a thought, as I don't think you're going to get it custom fabricated for anything close to $200 (+ $100 for glass).
Good luck with this project and please let us know how it comes out.
Robert