Work round Xmas
Dec24 (Sat)
Spend 4 hours cleaning accumulated debris out of house:
4 bags dust and small bits, coupla other bags and boxes of larger debris (polystyrene packing from oven, joint compound boxes, etc). Looks much better
Dec 25th Xmas Day - nothing done on house.
Dec 26th Mon
Varnish all the new fitted rimu skirting bds, architraves and exposed new wood in Dining room and kitchen hall openings. One coat (matt) about 15% thinned with turps. Wood looks really good.
Tues-Thurs
With Dad + Eb And Jamie and Kaits help put interior undercoat/sealer through all the interior walls.
Do the back Porch/Toilet, Bathroom and all the Bedrooms Tues.
Bedrooms were done fast so its a bit uneven.
Found that the gibstoppers didnt stop around the windows in the bedrooms so leave the edges unpainted pending that being fixed.
Lounge+Dining room and part of Hall Wed - nice clean even job.
Finish Hall, Linen cupboard (Dad calls it the boiler room), Hall, porch and bathroom and Laundry ceilings and do Kitchen Thursday.
Finish by touching up uneven coverage in bedrooms.
Anticipated about 4 buckets (40L) paint - used just under 6 in end - 3 on first day. Best result (for me) seems to be using roller on a pole and working round room. Apply first coat to seal/cover, let dry(mostly) then a cover coat to even it up. Others have slightly different approached none of which give an even a job as my way.
We put a coat on the laundry (painted) panelling and back room ceilings which lightened/cleaned them up a lot.
Looks really good with just white and rimu trim. Havent been able to persuade shonagh we should leave it like that.
Taking new year off to go up to Rotorua.
Spend 4 hours cleaning accumulated debris out of house:
4 bags dust and small bits, coupla other bags and boxes of larger debris (polystyrene packing from oven, joint compound boxes, etc). Looks much better
Dec 25th Xmas Day - nothing done on house.
Dec 26th Mon
Varnish all the new fitted rimu skirting bds, architraves and exposed new wood in Dining room and kitchen hall openings. One coat (matt) about 15% thinned with turps. Wood looks really good.
Tues-Thurs
With Dad + Eb And Jamie and Kaits help put interior undercoat/sealer through all the interior walls.
Do the back Porch/Toilet, Bathroom and all the Bedrooms Tues.
Bedrooms were done fast so its a bit uneven.
Found that the gibstoppers didnt stop around the windows in the bedrooms so leave the edges unpainted pending that being fixed.
Lounge+Dining room and part of Hall Wed - nice clean even job.
Finish Hall, Linen cupboard (Dad calls it the boiler room), Hall, porch and bathroom and Laundry ceilings and do Kitchen Thursday.
Finish by touching up uneven coverage in bedrooms.
Anticipated about 4 buckets (40L) paint - used just under 6 in end - 3 on first day. Best result (for me) seems to be using roller on a pole and working round room. Apply first coat to seal/cover, let dry(mostly) then a cover coat to even it up. Others have slightly different approached none of which give an even a job as my way.
We put a coat on the laundry (painted) panelling and back room ceilings which lightened/cleaned them up a lot.
Looks really good with just white and rimu trim. Havent been able to persuade shonagh we should leave it like that.
Taking new year off to go up to Rotorua.
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