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Hey, thanks to every one of you for all of your concern , thoughts, and prayers.  He's a mess to look at, but everything went well, and hopefully he'll be back in his apartment living the single life soon.  Going to have to scalp the other side of his head now since they only took the hair off half of his head.  That, or dye it purple and drop his pants to his butt. 
 

 
 

Just a quick update on this for those who care   I got the backer board for it cut last night, torched, and stained. I had to do the stain because the 2 colors contrasted too much. All I have to do now is get the hangers on the board, and get the steel screwed to the wood. I am excited to see this on my basement wall in the next day or two! 
 
This was with just the wood burned:

 
And after the stain:

 
And lastly a preview of what the two will look like together:

 
I cannot wait to get the steel screwed to the wood with the spacers. I think that the depth will give it some great dimension and shadowing. 

Thanks everyone! I went with a matte finish and I bought a lot of supplies before starting but only used a couple. The scotch brite pad took and gave me the finish I was looking for. After the scotch brite I took compressed air to it and cleaned it all off. After that I put mineral spirits on a rag to get rid of any finger prints then dried that and clear coated it.
 
This picture is when I was waiting for the mineral spirits to get completely dry:

 
I have 3/8 inch spacers that I am going to put around it to give a bit of a shadowy look between the board and the steel. And I am still torn between a super dark stain, or a matte black paint for the backer board.
 
Progress is being made, and I think it is looking pretty good so far. I am hoping to have this all finished by this weekend! I will be sure to keep this thread updated.

Dawn dish soap,walmart sponge and dry with bath towels!I don't think microfiber towels even existed then.
Hurts just thinking about it.

More like what did i do this past weekend...lol.
Knowing it was going to rain today, I still washed and applied h20 G&G to the car on saturday just to get some pics of the new wheels and tires I got friday. Loving my new setup. Here a few pics.

If you have some brilliant glaze try some on a microfiber towel on a small area and see if that removes it.Unless you had rocks or diamonds in your clay It would be unlikely you would harm glass with clay.

Managed to polish and seal one side of my cab and a fender.And did some Lichtenberg fractal wood burning.

Happy national hear fireworks set off 24/7 by drunk people you wouldn't trust with a glow stick day!

Had our 9 year old granddaughter yesterday and took her for her first ride in the Vette, and her first ride in a convertible.  Looks like she enjoyed it!!   She's one of the best things that has ever happened to me. 
 

Managed to polish and seal one side of my cab and a fender.And did some Lichtenberg fractal wood burning.

Managed to polish and seal one side of my cab and a fender.And did some Lichtenberg fractal wood burning.

Managed to polish and seal one side of my cab and a fender.And did some Lichtenberg fractal wood burning.

Managed to polish and seal one side of my cab and a fender.And did some Lichtenberg fractal wood burning.

Managed to polish and seal one side of my cab and a fender.And did some Lichtenberg fractal wood burning.

Managed to polish and seal one side of my cab and a fender.And did some Lichtenberg fractal wood burning.

Guard and gloss is your best friend here.
Something else that helped me lately is brilliant glaze.After washing I had dried soap film and water spots all over my truck that detail spray or dilluted rinseless would not touch.The brilliant glaze cleaned it right up with no effort at all.

Well, if we are working on the theory of Pork.....
 
So that is Bacon, wrapped in pork, wrapped in Bacon....Yeah its that good too. 

Dawn dish soap,walmart sponge and dry with bath towels!I don't think microfiber towels even existed then.
Hurts just thinking about it.

Dawn dish soap,walmart sponge and dry with bath towels!I don't think microfiber towels even existed then.
Hurts just thinking about it.

Dawn dish soap,walmart sponge and dry with bath towels!I don't think microfiber towels even existed then.
Hurts just thinking about it.

She decided she was going to wash and wax the car yesterday. I drove in the drive to see her doing a two bucket wash.  Brought a tear to my eye   

Looks like it ate something solid,ouch $$

I've hated the gray cloth upholstery in my truck since I bought it so today I replaced it with beautiful black leather.changed all the trim pieces and seat belt buckles to black

Looks like it ate something solid,ouch $$

I've hated the gray cloth upholstery in my truck since I bought it so today I replaced it with beautiful black leather.changed all the trim pieces and seat belt buckles to black