Well, harder than usual. About six years ago, as far as I can determine from checking dates in iPhoto, I scraped, sanded and repainted the surroundings of the front door and the windows on either side. I started removing the paint on the other door and windows that exit into the solar space at the downstairs front of the house. Somehow or other the project stalled there. This week is the week that it will, by hook or crook, be finished!
I have a free week, no commitments other than the usual cooking, housekeeping and preparing music for Sunday's service. Did I mention that I've been playing organ for the Knox United Church here in town? They are very appreciative and it's very good for me to practice, prepare and play the music for the Sunday morning services. But other than that, it's a free week, so this is THE WEEK to finish that project!
It was an all day effort, beginning with using the heat gun to loosen the paint and the scrapers to bring it down to bare wood again. The problem was that it had been sloppily painted some time in the past. What really bothered me was that it seemed the paint had been applied over a build up of fly dirt. Hence the need for a thorough stripping.
Sanding followed the stripping, and was followed by a primer coat of KILZ2 and then the first coat of the brown finishing paint. It will need a second coat to insure the white of the primer does not show through. But WHOOEEE! I got all that done! It's looking good. Later this week the window beside it needs the same treatment.
I have a free week, no commitments other than the usual cooking, housekeeping and preparing music for Sunday's service. Did I mention that I've been playing organ for the Knox United Church here in town? They are very appreciative and it's very good for me to practice, prepare and play the music for the Sunday morning services. But other than that, it's a free week, so this is THE WEEK to finish that project!
It was an all day effort, beginning with using the heat gun to loosen the paint and the scrapers to bring it down to bare wood again. The problem was that it had been sloppily painted some time in the past. What really bothered me was that it seemed the paint had been applied over a build up of fly dirt. Hence the need for a thorough stripping.
Sanding followed the stripping, and was followed by a primer coat of KILZ2 and then the first coat of the brown finishing paint. It will need a second coat to insure the white of the primer does not show through. But WHOOEEE! I got all that done! It's looking good. Later this week the window beside it needs the same treatment.
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