Some paint applied!
The two major colors are on the dormer, under the eave and the scales.
Anything up there that is white is still in primer, I ran out of time that day.
Two colors left…a high white for some of the trim, and the darker color for the sills/sashes and some other highlights.
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Paint
Some Paint Applied!
Projects
Got wood?
Imagine this…show up at your local “Homeowner Hell” big box home improvement store and ask for one of these:
“Yes, I’d like a 16 foot long, one inch thick, and none of that 3/4 inch means 1 inch crap…I want true 16 foot long by 1 inch thick by 12 inches wide, red cedar tongue and [...]
Projects
Waspy Armageddon
I attacked them from behind…
An excerpt:
I held down the button. Full auto fire! “SPRITTTTTTTTTTZZZZZZzzzzzzz…….” Gawd that ammo goes fast!
“Another! Quick! Agh!” I hollered as another nest, far to the left, emptied out. Some took flight. I cut them down ruthlessly. “Die you gravy sucking bastards!”
Ammo flew with impunity. I might have screamed. Certianly there [...]
Tools
Ordered another tool…
Well, after spending several weekends of rooftop acrobatics getting this dormer ready for paint…lots of scraping, manufacturing new and repairing some fishscales, reattaching many of the rest, repairing the trim, and rebuilding the sills, I finally got to the point where it was time to paint.
Well, prime, actually. I’m slapping on a coat of Sherwin [...]
