Primer, paint, sanding, etc

I decided to go with flat black for the base of this mixer, and a gloss ivory for the top. All of the features on top (knobs, dial plates) will be silver and black, so it should look pretty sharp against the off-white.

Just a tip: make sure your primer is compatible with your topcoat. Mine weren't, and I had to completely take the base and faceplate back down to bare metal with steel wool and a sanding block. It was not very enjoyable. I started with some generic old primer, and when I used a Krylon top coat it just dissolved the primer and everything wrinkled up and cracked. I ended up using a combo primer/topcoat from Krylon on the sanded metal, and everything is looking good so far. Here's a shot of the base with a couple connectors installed for the photo op.



Below, you can see the faceplate. I'm still adding layers to this one, I want to take my time and get a nice finish on it.



The vertical lines of holes on the left will be for the vu meter LEDs, mounted in metal bezels. The 4 holes on the bottom will be for the main volume knobs for the 4 channels, with the cue select LEDs mounted above them. Above that are the pilot holes for bass EQ, which will come later. The top 3 holes on the right are master, booth, and headphone volume, and under that is cue select and cue/master blend.