On the road, good pass, on the road to medford oregon.. more carnage as cars continue to break.. got my co driver back ( son) so am enjoying the ride..
A few pics of cars in madras....
And a few more
Had a little talk about this with the PTB today. If we had access to a panel sander or dip tank, it might make sense to restore what was originally cheap-*** pub furniture. If it comes down to Timm with an RO sander and maybe some stripper? Buy new.You're thousands of miles away most of the time? I'd buy once, cry once.
You know how sometimes you look back on your life and think of things you'd like to do over if you could?
That's one thing I can do over.
I haven't done any bright finish on wood in a few years and got greedy. I laid down unthinned polyurethane with a brush, resulting in a very uneven finish, with laminated bugs, bubbles and dust. Once I get it all sanded down and restained, I'll take it inside the warehouse--the least buggy and dusty place I can find--and wipe thinned poly on with a cloth.
Just letting it sit in the sun for an hour or two longer so it doesn't clog my sandpaper so quickly.
Iāve always loved planted aquariums. Nice one!Not exactly in the garage, but right when you step into the house from the garage
Been super busy and haven't done a water change in over a month now. I do however trim the plants once a week and throw away a ton of floaters.
I've also been out of co2 for about that whole month so I need to get my bottle refilled.
Had these guys a few years and they never minded a late change since the plants always take up the excess nutrients (and grow like crazy).
Like this alone is excess trash (overgrowth).
Yes, that is a consideration. One of our houses is 30 minutes to almost anywhere. The other, like you, is 1+ hours for major shopping, so it's a tradeoff and takes some planning, and sometimes I lose. I like the convenience of stock on, too.
) to find the web site lied about them stocking whatever I'm in need of...Agree, I can sometimes waste an hour or more looking for a product or a person to help me in Canadian Tire, and once I do find someone to help, they usually donāt know anymore than myself. Unless I have a product code, which they can then put the number in their device and tell me which isle itās in. For example yesterday I called asking for cv axle grease, the employee says, āwe have a multi purpose grease?ā I said ā I need cv axle grease ā she said ā let me google thatā i wouldnāt mind paying the 20 to 30 percent premium to have it in stock, but usually not if itās going to cost me 30 minutes of driving and an hour looking in the store, and their website isnāt the greatest so thatās not always an option. Usually prefer sitting in my chair, finding 6 different options available for next day delivery within 5 minutes and then having it left on my door step. Out local Napa is a different story. Real knowledgeable guys there, this is what I need, donāt need a sku or part number and within minutes they will let me know what I need.For me there is little trade off, and I have 2 BB stores withing 10-15 min each way, a decent Ace in 15 min; but all in different directions.
As badly as those are generally stocked, I'd rather have my "Home Hardware Store", as the time it takes to chase these is often a huge waste. a "trip to the store" for something often turns into 1-1/2 hours, and wandering stupidly organized isles, (thanks marketing for making me go from one end of the effing store to another for related items, just on the off chance I'll do an impulse buy!
It's amazing how much I buy on line to avoid a trip.. its a self fulfilling prophecy that brick and mortars, even the big ones, are killing themselves... We are back to Sears catalog mail order. No wonder Amazon is winning.
I thought you would be older,Brought the daughter's desk in from the shop.
Average sized son for scale.
Also emptied the truck of all the extras that came with the free trailer. Extra set of wheels. Extra hubs, and some other odds and ends.
I shaved today.
I tell myself the same thing. Once we move Iām hoping to purge a lot since by then I will be done with the repairs related to the moving. Then Iāll let the box store hold the stuff thatās common and properly label the expensive stuff thatās accumulated for spares if I am using it in the house.
Forget the door!Painted the personnel door on the detached garage; waiting for the paint to fully dry before I put it back.
I've hung a temporary door to keep the critters out.
Y'know what they say? "If at first you don't succeed, become completely obsessive and let it dominate and ruin your life until you do."
I just couldn't let that damned table go. I figure the first try was on the clock and now it's all mine.
I spent half of yesterday scraping off as much of the finish as I could with a carbide scraper. I'm not used to removing fresh finishes, just old ones, and the rate at which it clogged RO disks was unsupportable. Got a hell of a workout with the ol' scraper and filled the big shop vac twice with sticky shavings. I was quite surprised to find much of the stain still so uncured it left stains on my hands.
Finishing up with 40 grit Diablo from the local hardware store--no Cubitron on the shelves here:
I was able to remove 90+% of the finish with the scraper, but the remaining <10% still clogged the disks fast. Some of the planks of the top were really stubborn. I went through 5 disks to get to that point.
A clean slate:
That's after 80-150-220 Cubitron II on the RO sander. It's really incredible how much faster the Cubi cuts compared to the conventional disks--but, of course, the conventional did the heavy hauling. I need to order more 80 and some 40 in Cubi.
Now to start laying on lots of thin coats, starting with the stain. I can probably get the stain and first coat on this afternoon and maybe a scuff sand before I move the table into the warehouse, where I can spend the rest of the week working on it. I just needed to get the heavy sanding done outside, as we store empty cans in the warehouse. Any sanding from here on out will be wet sanding by hand.
It'll be the best polished turd in the house when I'm done....
āDonāt get good and what you donāt want to doā.
Still going on the house doors. This is finally the last one.
21 doors!! Whew!! And did I mention I hate painting?!
Somehow, it doesn't look stupid to me. A couple of nibbles before big bites can work.Finally reassembled the repaired bunk bed ladder.
Yes, the rung spacing is weird. No, I donāt know why.
Haha. Funny!āDonāt get good and what you donāt want to doā.
Nice job!
