So pretty much every project I’ve ever taken on has 4 distinct steps. Great start with much promise, Once I can see the end I start to loose steam, I screw something up, I stress and work hard to finish up on time. While the Pong Table was going on this path for a while, I thought that it would avoid some of the final steps. Most notably I haven’t screwed up yet. at least nothing that I couldn’t fix with paint That was until last night…

So we’d always planned to “frost” the plexi-glass so that the lights underneath would be diffused and the glow would be softer. I’d bought a can of “frosting spray” from Home Depot and tested it out on a scrap piece of plexi. It went alright, I thought that It would work better if I used more of it. But I wasn’t really worried about it. SO….

Last night I decided that it was about time I finished up that step. I get out the spray, get the pieces ready, but them flat on a box to spray. and then it happened… I strike again. The spraying was going good, then drip… drip… oops… let me just fix that… oops… shouldn’t have touched that…. oh god…. panic maybe I can… oops… PANIC…uh…

So if you didn’t catch that I kind of gummed up the beautiful plexi triangles with a semi-transparent mess. Right now they’re soaking in turpentine in hopes that I can scrub off the sprayed on finish. I really hope that I can get them looking good. I’ve told a lot of people that this beast will be ready for the party this weekend. And who knows this thing may be the start of a great business opportunity. Pongfather Out!