House in Progress Diary

How do we know it's Spring?

Because we see daffodils?  Because we see robins?

No.

Because the Silent Paint Remover came out of its case, saw its shadow, and decided to blast a few layers of paint off of some exterior trim.

This was a project that I had started right before I became pregnant last year.  Every day, when I would walk through this door, I'd feel impatient.  I wanted to finish this so badly!  But no wood stripping for me for (gah!) a whole YEAR!

Today, Grace's grandmamma took her for the afternoon and I was able to fire up the SPR and finish the job.  Once that old paint was off of the trim, I repaired some of the wood with some Abatron.  I love that stuff SO much more than traditional wood epoxy.  It's like Play Doh, only more helpful.  Just a pinch of both parts and knead them together in your gloved hands and....VOILA!  Wood repair putty.

I'm now anxious to pop the old storms out of the sills and strip them, as well as prime and paint the wood I've stripped.  It will be so lovely to come home and be motivated by this very sweet little porch.

Now I have to figure out a way to clean the stucco from the "incident" that we had this winter.

Ah.  It feels good to be back.

Posted by jeanne on April 16, 2006 at 8:03 AM (1)