Gentleman start your Paint Prep
Fri Nov 11:
More old sarking out of house and piled up, cleanup rubbish from MBR for Gibbing to commence there. Spend rest of day wiping down and wiping off kitchen side of house prepping for painting. Wipe down with wet cloth ( water + sugar soap) then wipe down with clean wet cloth.
Slow and tedious cos theres no water on site so had to use coupla 10L pails brought up from Brendas. Did all of bottom of wall and about 1/3 of top.
Down to Lepperton school to pickup Finbar and a mate of his and take back to Brendas. The Mother died on me at end of the road when heading back up to the house. Out of gas (When its in the red zone on the indicator its empty and theres no other warning light... bloody 70's technology).
Walk back to Brendas, take Lawnmower gas back to car, tip it in. Back to House and get Shonagh to take me back down to the Mother. Up to the garage and get car and the lawnmower gas can refilled then finally get back up to the House.
Clean two of the window overhangs and put 4 calf meal sacks of sawdust alongside the drive.
Sat/Sun:
Stay away from house apart from some tours for Sams (Wills wife) parents (Saturday) and Brendas husband (who'd not seen the place yet).
Went to Placemakers and got several hundred dollars of paint scraping tools, wire brushes, hole/gap/space filler gloop, handles, brushes and rust stopper/primer (for the shed) so I'm set for next week.
Mon Nov 14:
Some errands in Stratford in morning so not get to House tillabout 11.00. Boys doing gibbing of Lounge and dining room - going at a great rate. Rooms look immense (and different) when gibbed up.
Spend afternoon using brushes and scrapers on rest of kitchen-side wall and using the gloop to fill in the major holes, gaps and depressions.
Shonagh bought me a cell phone for use while I'm at the house and shes elsewhere so I spent the evening configuring that.
Its the cheapest model available ( Nokoia 1100) but its still bloody expensive for what it is ($130) and the cell phone rates are more than extortionate (49c/minute minimum) which is why texting is so popular here....
More old sarking out of house and piled up, cleanup rubbish from MBR for Gibbing to commence there. Spend rest of day wiping down and wiping off kitchen side of house prepping for painting. Wipe down with wet cloth ( water + sugar soap) then wipe down with clean wet cloth.
Slow and tedious cos theres no water on site so had to use coupla 10L pails brought up from Brendas. Did all of bottom of wall and about 1/3 of top.
Down to Lepperton school to pickup Finbar and a mate of his and take back to Brendas. The Mother died on me at end of the road when heading back up to the house. Out of gas (When its in the red zone on the indicator its empty and theres no other warning light... bloody 70's technology).
Walk back to Brendas, take Lawnmower gas back to car, tip it in. Back to House and get Shonagh to take me back down to the Mother. Up to the garage and get car and the lawnmower gas can refilled then finally get back up to the House.
Clean two of the window overhangs and put 4 calf meal sacks of sawdust alongside the drive.
Sat/Sun:
Stay away from house apart from some tours for Sams (Wills wife) parents (Saturday) and Brendas husband (who'd not seen the place yet).
Went to Placemakers and got several hundred dollars of paint scraping tools, wire brushes, hole/gap/space filler gloop, handles, brushes and rust stopper/primer (for the shed) so I'm set for next week.
Mon Nov 14:
Some errands in Stratford in morning so not get to House tillabout 11.00. Boys doing gibbing of Lounge and dining room - going at a great rate. Rooms look immense (and different) when gibbed up.
Spend afternoon using brushes and scrapers on rest of kitchen-side wall and using the gloop to fill in the major holes, gaps and depressions.
Shonagh bought me a cell phone for use while I'm at the house and shes elsewhere so I spent the evening configuring that.
Its the cheapest model available ( Nokoia 1100) but its still bloody expensive for what it is ($130) and the cell phone rates are more than extortionate (49c/minute minimum) which is why texting is so popular here....
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