Failed skateboard pimping
When my 3rd niece was born, I thought it would be cool to avoid the ubiquitous name tag made of wooden letters.
![boring boring](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/letter.jpg)
Instead, I wanted to print/stick/paint her name onto… a skate deck, that maybe she would use later on as an actual skateboard. The project was a massive failure. Out of laziness, I did not test the procedure. If I had, I would have for example realized that I should have removed the tape before the paint had completely dried.
First, do some doodling.
![trials trials](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/draft1.jpg)
![more trials more trials](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/draft2.jpg)
![even more trials even more trials](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/draft3.jpg)
![WINNER! WINNER!](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/draft4.jpg)
The right way would probably have been to print the wording on some kind of sticky paper, not use paper and tape. I don’t know. Again, I should have tried various techniques.
![tape the deck, glue the wording onto the tape tape the deck, glue the wording onto the tape](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/1.jpg)
Cutting the letters out on the board was dumb, because I was basically cutting into the wood. Obvious, no?
![cutting out letters cutting out letters](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/2.jpg)
Last minute changes…
![fix the shitty “a” with another one fix the shitty “a” with another one](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/3.jpg)
It was tricky to remove all of the glued paper, but I should have. Because while applying the paint, the remaining paper detached and I panicked, thinking it was the tape.
![done cutting, remove (most of) the paper done cutting, remove (most of) the paper](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/4.jpg)
Paint it black.
![so far so good so far so good](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/5.jpg)
The result looks pretty good!
![TADA 🎉 TADA 🎉](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/6.jpg)
Except, close up, it does not. At all.
![sticky tape + dried paint = oh no sticky tape + dried paint = oh no](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/7.jpg)
![what have you done, you fool! what have you done, you fool!](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/8.jpg)
Sparkling stars to the rescue!
![Fixed (not) Fixed (not)](/assets/img/2019-09-30-Failed-skateboard-pimping/9.jpg)