October | 2011 | Jacomino bar project 2011 October | So, I decided to build a bar. Here's what happened…

Day 15 – Let there be light!

October 18, 2011 by Felix

You gotta have atmosphere in a bar setting!

Running total: $804

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Day 14 – Top grouted… End in sight!

October 17, 2011 by Felix

Followed the instructions on the grout box and all went smoothly. Wish I had another sponge or two. Found myself rinsing the one I had every 2 minutes.

: ***Shiny***

: First glimpse of the final look!

: Wiping off the haze

: My beautiful daughter!

: First wipe

: Charcoal grey grout

Running total: $771

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Yup, cheap bathroom tile! Spent $13.58 on black ceramic tile for the inside of the bar as opposed to the $105 it would’ve cost to use the same trim as on the outside. Stuck those suckers on with mastic and because they were nice and light, I didn’t have to use clamps or anything.

Once this dries, I’m ready to grout the top!

Running total: $759

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Day 12 – Done with outside edges

October 11, 2011 by Felix

When you’ve got the right tools, it makes things so much easier! The 3-way clamps really made things easier by holding on to those edges which were quite heavy!

Thanks to this photo I found, I was cut the edges for the angled corners precisely at 22.5° so they’d meet perfectly at the 135° corners.

: Gonna have to paint again w black.

: Feels good to see the edges finally covered up!

: Yes, THOSE are the 22.5° cuts there! (Shoutout to Mr. Leineker, my geometry teacher!)

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Day 11 – Got the EDGES Finally!

October 10, 2011 by Felix

Finally got the 14 one-foot black granite edges I needed! My challenge was how they were going to stay put as the mastic got hard enough to hold them in place. I had an idea of what I needed but wasn’t sure if it existed and sure enough…. the 3-way clamp! At $8 each, I did NOT want to buy 14 of them to get it all done at once so I just bought 3 and will just have to do 3 at a time. If I get up 1/2 hour earlier each day, I could then do 6 a day if it hardens enough in 12 hours.

Then, I grouted the walls with just plain white, non-sanded grout. Nothing to this really. Mix, spread, wait, wipe, wait, wipe, wipe, wipe.

: Why my beautiful, darling, sweet, PATIENT wife wants me to finish already!

: Edging the angled corners should be a simple challenge

: Grout ON, Grout OFF!

: Before the first wiping of the grout

: Gaps to be grouted

: I’m so SICK of seeing this bare edge!… Not for long!

: $6.95 x 14 + 7% = $104.11

Running total: $745

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Day 10 – A tribute to Johnnie

October 3, 2011 by Felix

There’s something about black that’s just… bar-like. As you saw yesterday, I started to paint the underneath of the bar black and today I (almost) finished painting the back, inside all black. I think it looks great and takes away the focus from everywhere except the parts that I want people to notice. Namely, the top and walls.

: With flash… Not quite done detailing.

: Don’t see much, eh? That’s the point!

: Did this much with a roller

Running total: $602

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Day 9 – The Wall

October 1, 2011 by Felix

Today I finished the tiling on the long side plus the edge at the end. Had to get another bucket of mastic for this and now have plenty left over.

When I went to Home Depot today, I found the edges I’m going to use which was cool but darn expensive! $6.95 isn’t much… until you need 14 of them! Still, all in all, there’s no less expensive way to have a bar built.