The Bar Project

Well, after 2 Cuban box seals, 7 box decals, 2 Dominican box seals, 4 types of glue, 729 bands, and 14 coats of polycrilic, I'm damn near done with my bar project. All that's left is a generous coat of tongue oil and a new trim piece to wrap the exposed front and side.

I want to thank everyone who was able to send me bands for my project. I received them from 7 different states and one province. I never would have been able to finish it without the great guys on cigarsmokers.com!


Sorry about the poor picture quality.....


The naked back bar (love that orange formica!)
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...blankslate.jpg

End of day 1
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...ndofdayone.jpg

End of day 2
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...py74/done1.jpg

Pre topcoat
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...74/prepoly.jpg

Detail
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../upclose-1.jpg

Leftover bands
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../leftovers.jpg

I'll try to get a better picture when it is completely done.

That's bad ass, lmao at the leftover bands. :smiley20:

That looks awesome!! I can't imagine why you couldn't find a place for that mac band. :smiley2:

Nice. Looks like something from The House Of Blues.

Very, very, very nice! Looks totally cool and I like how you mixed up bands with the box labels and seals.

Wow Amazing work !!!!!!!!!! I love the combo of labels and bands :smiley20:

It looks really good Hefty! :smiley27:

Looks awesome man. Glad I could be of help!:smiley20:

freaking sweet! Great Project.

I guess it's alright.




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I seriously admire all that work you put into there... Can I come over? lol

What are dimensions of that counter top. I am also collecting bands for a similar project, and what to see how many more I have to collect. I know I have a long way to go though.

Thanks everybody!


Korean- The bands cover an area that is 14" X 8'. I think without the box decals, I would have needed around 850.

JJM, if you're ever in MT you're welcome to come over...all the guys from this board are more than welcome. Well, except for Chris. :smiley2:

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Originally Posted by heftysmokes

Thanks everybody!


Korean- The bands cover an area that is 14" X 8'. I think without the box decals, I would have needed around 850.

JJM, if you're ever in MT you're welcome to come over...all the guys from this board are more than welcome. Well, except for Chris. :smiley2:

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not 2 months ago you invite me to come live in your basement!

i'm sorry i can't let you in the CCC, but there's nothing i can do about it.

This is pretty awesome. I'm trying to do something like this myself sometime soon. I'm looking to put together almost like a picture frame of bands that can be put up as a decoration. However I'm gonna need to work on getting way more bands first. Great work!!

Looks really good!!! What a great idea too. You should go into bizz for yourself and sell em on ebay.:smiley20:

Daaanngg! How thick is the acrylic on top?

There's actually no poly on top in those pics. I currently have 20 coats of poly on it, but I have found a product called Enviro Tech to finish it off. I'll post some pics when it's complete.

looks damn nice!

Hmm... I'm only a board newb but I'm thinking of running up to MT to shoot me a deer this season.... Could also use a place to butcher it..... Mind if I just make myself at home?

Awesome job on the bar. I'm going to start saving my rings just in case I ever feel like scrap booking on a piece of furniture.

Pretty sweet man. I have a buddy that owns a bar and he did a similar thing with bottlecaps and autographs that he had collected from sports players, nascar drivers, and other assorted famous people. He even had Johnny Cash's on a $50 bill!!!

Beautiful!

Finally, it's ALL finished.
Right around 300 beer bottle labels and the big bar is done. I was worried about the wrinkles in the labels, but early two gallons of envirotex flattened all but a few of the labels super smooth

A huge shoutout to the whale. Without his help I'd never have been able to get this done without any duplicate labels.
Much appreciated man.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...4/DSC02250.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...4/DSC02252.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...4/DSC02253.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...4/DSC02254.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...4/DSC02255.jpg

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I did not send the bud light label.....:smiley36:

That's beautiful.

Will

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Originally Posted by badwhale

I did not send the bud light label.....:smiley36:

That's beautiful.

Will

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Heh, had to represent...Bud and Bud Light, Busch Light, Coors Light, Michelob, all in there somewhere!

Nice Packers logo.:smiley20:

Damn, I have a couple of thousand cigars bands kicking around. Anyone need any?

Damn that looks good :smiley20:

Dude, that looks great! Nice job :smiley20:

-Buzz

Very nice work man!

Nice work.

Deserving of a bump IMO. Great Work! It's been a while....obviously. Have you had any problems with flaking or yellowing at all?

Thanks for the compliment.

As for your question, none. It has held up really well. In fact, I just used the enviro-tex on the countertop of a vanity I made for the kids' bathroom. The stuff is pretty durable.

Aaron, That is absolutly FANTASTIC !

What Paddy said!

Very, very nice job.

Thanks, guys.

you are some legend bro, looks absolutely amazing.. im sure your well proud.

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Originally Posted by famouscigars

you are some legend bro, looks absolutely amazing.. im sure your well proud.

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Oh fuck off with the leg-humping......please, go the fuck away!! That's my second nice request.