Hi guys!
Late night here in the shop trying to get as much work done as I'm able to do while the tumblers are cranking away. Before I call it quits for the night, I figured I'd shoot everyone an update and let you know where I'm at, progress-wise.
- Powder arrived this afternoon. I've sifted every ounce of each color twice, and sprayed a few pre-finish test pieces to verify. Everything looks as it should. *Sigh of relief*. Now I just need to hound UPS to figure out what the hell happened to shipment #1, but that can wait until I've gotten everyone's badges out the door.
- The tumblers are doing their thing, and it's looking like I'll be able to shift most of the emblems into the next media tank in the morning. [Once the badges are done dancing in the second tank, I run them through a final, aluminum-specific polishing media that makes the final step of hand-polishing a LOT easier.]
- I'll be dedicating most of my weekend to getting the powdercoating done. Powder is the most labor-intensive, stressful, and time-consuming part of the entire process as each emblem goes through the masking and coating process for each color, and one little slip up can ruin all the work I've done up to that point. Rest assured that they will come out as close to perfection as I can get them.
I won't have much in terms of updates between now and the time I ship everything - but as promised, everyone will get a picture of their specific badge(s) emailed to them prior to packaging. =) I can't thank everyone enough for your patience - hang in there, we're almost done!