Cornhole boards are surprisingly expensive- even used ones, and I've been lurking online for reasonable used ones for a few months. I wanted regulation length of 4 feet. I'd seen a few on FB Marketplace, but if you don't move fast, they're gone. I finally caught a pair on FB Marketplace that were posted only an hour or so earlier. After a drive to Apple Valley and $35 these wood ones with the Apple Valley hockey logo were mine.
On closer inspection, I saw that the surface was really some kind of contact paper. Fortunately, it peeled off in one pull, but the logos still persisted underneath.
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| Contact paper peeled off, behind |
I gave them a quick sanding for rough spots, then primed them, two coats on the fronts and one on the backs, which were unfinished wood.
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| After priming |
After much thought and rejected design ideas I decided to go with a Swedish flag- the design lends itself to the shape, and the colors are bright. Using the published flag proportions, I did a little basic math then used a measuring tape and straight edge to pencil the outlines. I had more paint mixed that I used on the
benches, and applied two coats of each.
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| Flag dimensions |
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| Taped and ready for paint |
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