Term 4 Week 5

On Thursday, I began lacquering. I managed to complete the actual lacquering fairly quickly, but than was left to wait the rest of the period for it to dry. On Monday, I took down my board and observed the lacquer finish. it looked nice and glossy, and made the original graphic look 100x better. I then began the task of griptaping. I begun by hand-pressing the griptape down, but the finish didn't look too good because of the many air bubbles. To get them out I used a technique Big Sam taught me which involved using the rubber end of a file to press out the bubbles. I then filed the edges, so there was a clear line in which I was to cut with a craft knife. I cut the edges carefully, but there were still some places where my handiwork didn't look that good. After griptaping I had completely finished the practical side of DTM, and only have to finish my checklist to finish the course. Yesterday I also published my evaluation - design process, this took a while because there was soo much to write about. Today I'm blogging, adding photos and touching up the remaining items on my checklist. We dont have DTM on Thursday because today is the last day of term.