How and How Long:
- Use pliers to bend handle of mailbox backwards to look like a nose.
- Use templates to cut out all pieces of sintra and wood.
- Use Dremel tool to sand edges of all pieces.
- Use 100 grit sandpaper to lightly sand all pieces and the entire mailbox.
- Use heat gun to bend pieces of Sintra to fit contours of the mailbox, and around the eyes.
- Use 5 minute epoxy to attach eye, ears, wrinkles, and teeth. Note: You can use small screws in addition to the epoxy to keep the wrinkles in place - the Make It Stone will cover them up.
- Use Dremel tool to dig in and make extra wrinkles on jowls.
- Prime entire mailbox with Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Gray Primer. Let dry for 10 min.
- Mask over eye, teeth, and collar area with painter's tape.
- Spray Krylon Make It Stone over entire mailbox. Let dry for 10 min.
- Using Krylon acrylic black paint, lightly stipple black paint around several wrinkles to create depth.
- Lightly dust with Krylon Make It Stone to blend in properly.
- To lighten up the muzzle area, start from the bottom and lightly spray Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Satin Ivory, fading up as you go. Then repeat with Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Gloss Tuscan Sunset.
- Unmask all areas. Paint teeth and highlights around the eyes with acrylic white and paint eyes and nose with acrylic black.
- Mask area around collar using painter's tape and newspaper. Spray on Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Gloss Banner Red. Let dry and repeat coats as needed.
- Unmask collar.
- Drip hot glue down wrinkles and muzzle to simulate drool.
Bulldog Mailbox by Melissa Corrado
Approximate project time: 2-4 hours.
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