Comments on: Building and Installing a Giant Faux Beam on the Ceiling https://sawdustgirl.com/building-and-installing-a-giant-faux-beam-on-the-ceiling/ Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Caroline https://sawdustgirl.com/building-and-installing-a-giant-faux-beam-on-the-ceiling/#comment-112446 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:53:47 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40734#comment-112446 That beam looks amazing! One of the best faux beams I have seen. You are right, I would not have realized those weren’t metal brackets.
Can’t wait to see more!

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/building-and-installing-a-giant-faux-beam-on-the-ceiling/#comment-112443 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:11:48 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40734#comment-112443 In reply to James Burke.

Thanks James. I’m assuming the Bondo and plastic wrap was to create a smooth steel looking item. Great tip. I almost kept messing with those faux brackets to hide the wood grain but I’ve been working hard at forcing myself to embrace the imperfections. Imperfections but not total crappiness. LOL

]]> By: James Burke https://sawdustgirl.com/building-and-installing-a-giant-faux-beam-on-the-ceiling/#comment-112434 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:02:02 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40734#comment-112434 I love that you do these things. My dad died when I was 6 and my mother was extremely capable. Valedictorian high school and college. Worked in an industrial plant during the war. When I interviewed women for my business I was expecting all women to be as capable as my mother! I learned that was not the case.

Besides congratulating you for what you do I wanted to pass along a tip. I’m a professional photographer and was given this tip by a professional set builder for the auto industry. We had lunch and I was planning a prom set and asked this guy for set building tips. The theme was ‘dock side’ and he suggested using concrete forming tubes to make pier tieup posts. He said cover them with automotive bondo, then wrap with Saran wrap to form the bondo before it hardens. After it sets, peel off the Saran wrap and paint. Worked very well.

Anyway, if you haven’t worked with bondo, keep it in mind.

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/building-and-installing-a-giant-faux-beam-on-the-ceiling/#comment-112432 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:06:35 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40734#comment-112432 In reply to Bill.

LOL. I’m not sure if you’re throwing shade at me for not including a photo of Terry with the circular saw, cutting off a couple feet of each section or not. 🙂 But I’m taking it as a compliment because it took me over two weeks to finish writing the post after combing through footage for relevant screen shots to explain. LOL

]]> By: Bill https://sawdustgirl.com/building-and-installing-a-giant-faux-beam-on-the-ceiling/#comment-112431 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:41:59 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40734#comment-112431 Great progress! Like reading a good novel with a new twist coming in the next chapter. I always liked the plot where the hero is left dangling off the ceiling and at the last moment – the beams are cut to equal lengths – and “poof” a new adventure begins… : )

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