30 Minutes Hard Labor
So the plan was to take Friday off so I could get a jump on a solid long weekend of house work. Maybe, we figured, if we could just put some solid effort in on finishing the trim we could actually do this "moving in to a clean, finished space" we've heard so much about. Unfortunately, my day job interupted this fantasy and I ended up having to work until about 4pm yesterday. Sigh.
Undeterred, I figured I could still press on. If I could at least just get done with filling the old nail holes and putting down a coat of stain I'd still be pretty close to schedule! So, I pulled out the stripped boards from the garage and got out the tools. A quick run to the local Sherwin-Williams and I was ready to go!
I made quick work of the wood filler, and after about 30 minutes I'd plugged all the holes. As I was putting the cap back on the bottle, that's when the problem hit...
2-6 hours dry time!?
That put my window of opportunity for staining past sun down. From prior experience trying to do house work in the semi-dark, I decided against it. No sense screwing things up at this stage.
So, I'm up early this morning and cracking to get ready. If I can get the staining done early I can probably circle back and put on a few layers of shellac this evening before it gets dark.
Wish us luck!
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Comments
I predict you guy's will be kicking bootay all long weekend. Monday night you might just HAVE that "clean, finished space".
Go forth and progress!
Posted by: Nathan | September 3, 2005 8:29 AM
Not to be discouraging, but (for us anyway) putting trim back on took a while... I hope it's faster for you, but it's what Steve likes to call, "finish carpentry" and there's a reason why it's so costly to hire out.
It's worth the time and effort though as it's so much more special and homey than the cheap trim that gets put in today...Okay, I'll shut up now.
Posted by: Jocelyn | September 5, 2005 4:15 PM