Paint

I think about this picture every time I go to the paint store…

I don’t know what all the fuss is about paint stripping. There are SO many tools that promise to make it swift and easy. I’ve seen: Wire flails to go in your drill…I can just hear my Mom yelling, “You’re … Continue reading →

Didn’t get all that much done this weekend…we chose to relax most of Saturday. Ate nice meals. Drove around and looked at property. Talked. Solved all the worlds problems at one time or another. Sunday, we trimmed some trees and … Continue reading →

Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. … Continue reading →

*schhniiick* “Full power restored.” “Excellent! More than a match for poor Enter….” Oh…wait…that’s a different movie. Ah well. This weekend was a change. A real change. I’m not quite sure what to make of it yet. See, for the first … Continue reading →

No pictures this week. Just cleaning, and scraping paint. We had nice weather, but too short a weather window (rain starting Sunday night) to get to work on the roof or the exterior door painting. Instead, we concentrated on scraping … Continue reading →

Alternate title: “Destruction, mayhem, windows.” Oooookayyy…a bit of a LONG overdue update here…sorry about that. Several things happened to put the window project on a back shelf. 1) I got the sills/etc rebuilt and water tight. 2) The worst window … Continue reading →

I sure am going to have strong arms when I finish scraping the Sunroom ceiling though! Got the wiring in (mostly), and the cans in…and the ceiling repaired…now I just need to scrape every surface in the entire room, prime … Continue reading →

Well, here’s a pic after this weekend’s work: If you pretend the sill has been painted the same color as the trim against the roof line (very dark slate blue), and that I’ve given that same piece of trim up … Continue reading →

Alternate title: “Destruction, mayhem, windows.” Got a chance to use the Paint Crew pro this weekend. Finally, it wasn’t raining on the weekend! Spraying Sherwin Williams A-100 oil based exterior primer. It worked outstandingly. Astoundingly. As in, I’ve used one … Continue reading →

Alternate title: “Destruction, mayhem, windows.” Well, after spending several weekends of rooftop acrobatics getting this dormer ready for paint…lots of scraping, manufacturing new and repairing some fish-scales, reattaching many of the rest, repairing the trim, and rebuilding the sills, I … Continue reading →

Just a quick update… Spent a lot of time on the roof today…in the 30-40 mph north winds, stripping paint off the fishscales. Some of it was practically stripping itself. Finished….this is a couple hours work…in biting cold, heavy wind. … Continue reading →

Edit: Worked on some damage this weekend…some new information gleaned whilst working, and some input from the former owner added below… Gad…what a can of worms this opens up. It’s a seemingly simple question. What to prime my house with? … Continue reading →