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[Miss the Pontiacs]

@jon72vega
@burger

With the Polyaspartic fleck flooring it is really easy to lose small hardware. The best way to find the lost item is to put your ear to the floor and scan the surface. Or you can simply kneel down and impale it into your knee at a later date.

 

[jon72vega]

I like the hammerhead for the door-pull.

 

[burger]

I like the hammerhead for the door-pull.

Whoa. Stealing that idea!

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I picked those up at one of those $ type stores. I used one handle for a bowl gouge. The rest are waiting to be repurposed into something else. Time will tell their fate.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

My Daughter and Grandaughter had to come into town for some appointments and stopped in for a quick visit. Well 2 of them went shopping (Daughter & Wife) and I got to spend a portion of the afternoon with my favourite Granddaughter.
She turned up a little bit Hollywood and after finding the dog’s Harley hat she turned biker chick.

 

[Coolabah]

@jon72vega
@burger

With the Polyaspartic fleck flooring it is really easy to lose small hardware. The best way to find the lost item is to put your ear to the floor and scan the surface. Or you can simply kneel down and impale it into your knee at a later date.

Similar idea to yours but I think it is faster and you don't need to get down so low- I place a torch on the floor and move the beam around like a lighthouse beam, even a tiny eyeglasses screw will throw a long shadow- (so you will also find stuff you didn't even know you'd lost) as well as the thing you just dropped
I do tend to feel that finding that sharp tack with your knee ( or your ear in your case ) at a later date might be considered extremely time efficient but perhaps just a little bit lazy ?

 

[Dh3256]

Similar idea to yours but I think it is faster and you don't need to get down so low- I place a torch on the floor and move the beam around like a lighthouse beam, even a tiny eyeglasses screw will throw a long shadow- (so you will also find stuff you didn't even know you'd lost) as well as the thing you just dropped
I do tend to feel that finding that sharp tack with your knee ( or your ear in your case ) at a later date might be considered extremely time efficient but perhaps just a little bit lazy ?

I do the same thing but with a flashlight, so the open flame of a torch doesn't catch the floor on fire

(I tried hard to resist, but in the end could not lol)

(for those who may not know, "torch" is the British/Australian term for a flashlight)

 

[Coolabah]

I do the same thing but with a flashlight, so the open flame of a torch doesn't catch the floor on fire

(I tried hard to resist, but in the end could not lol)

(for those who may not know, "torch" is the British/Australian term for a flashlight)

Oh… nice ! Yeh I wouldn’t have held back for a millisecond in your shoes . Too funny

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Similar idea to yours but I think it is faster and you don't need to get down so low- I place a torch on the floor and move the beam around like a lighthouse beam, even a tiny eyeglasses screw will throw a long shadow- (so you will also find stuff you didn't even know you'd lost) as well as the thing you just dropped
I do tend to feel that finding that sharp tack with your knee ( or your ear in your case ) at a later date might be considered extremely time efficient but perhaps just a little bit lazy ?

Great idea. I’ve also got this big magnet with an extendable handle saves me from changing elevations.
I realize you can’t get down to the ear to the ground as the brim of your lid doesn’t give you that kind of clearance.
Another reason to place my ear to the ground is I have a pretty large neighbour this way I can hear him coming and lock the door pretending I’m not home. Otherwise he clears out my beer fridge. I’m just kidding eh!

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I hired a young guy I met when he bought some small hand tools from me as he wants to be a mechanic. We chatted a bit and I found he was being raised by a single parent and gave him a pretty good break on the price. I thought he might like to make a couple of bucks and I was right. He helped with the cleanup of the yard and always liked being paid on completion of the days work.
Well today I thought he could help out by staining the fence. Told me he had stained before and I thought great. Checked up shortly after he got started. I reinforced him on handling the brush, stroke and shake up the can on every pour. Went back after a period of time and realized he needed some vinyl gloves, the reason for the way he held the brush. When refilling his bucket he forgot to shake it up. Thought I would do the tops of the fence as he being a little shorter needed a step ladder. Thought I would do the top 2x4s so he could work the panels and not need the ladder. Again forgot to give the can a shake when filling his bucket. After this he seemed fine. Said the stain was getting darker I again reinforced shaking up the can and didn’t pay much attention.
Went back a little later and holy **** this is what I seen.

I got some mineral spirits and tried to wash it out, didn’t really work, maybe a little. He now knows to do a full board end to end at least. I took the pressure washer to it and helped a little but the stain is still in control. Once it dries I’ll probably talk an orbital sander to it and that should erase most of the ****.
The stain was Thompson’s Teak and I bought it a number of years ago with this project in mind. But due to pallets of paving stone and barrels of sand were in the road so the project was delayed. The cans were never opened and the tin seal was still in place. I’ve never had oil stain go bad maybe a skin on a previously opened can but just peel it off and maybe add a little mineral spirits added and onward. But never turned black on me before. Solids change hue? Metal of the can deterioration? Bad batch? Or could the darker solids not have totally mixed out due to not enough shaking?
I’ve got one more can to use. If I’d been doing it I’d have caught the problem before it got to this stage.
Don’t get me wrong I wasn’t upset with the young fellow he just did what he was told and hopefully learnt something during the project.

 

[The Cobbler]

I'm guessing the solids settled out & didn't get mixed back in . as you got lower in the can it was getting more solids and therefor darker

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I'm guessing the solids settled out & didn't get mixed back in . as you got lower in the can it was getting more solids and therefor darker

Your likely right, I should have paid more attention to the situation.

 

[Coolabah]

Your likely right, I should have paid more attention to the situation.

Interesting. Did you look at what was left in the bottom of the can that was used? I only ask as I just recently opened a 35 year old (plastic) pail of green fence "paint",not sure if you have this stuff in your part of the world but it is like a green limewash for want of a better description , so not your exact situation of course. There is no way just shaking the container would have done much at all - there was a modelling clay/ plasticene like sludge sediment at the bottom an inch /~25 mm deep that took 10 minutes with a drill attached mixer to get anywhere near back into a suspension. Plus, if it was a metal tin I've sometimes found with other old paints a black rust inside the tin (acidic contents??) that gets mixed in when you shake or stir the container.
BTW, looking at photos of Canadian Pontiacs , I can surely understand why you miss them !!!

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Interesting. Did you look at what was left in the bottom of the can that was used? I only ask as I just recently opened a 35 year old (plastic) pail of green fence "paint",not sure if you have this stuff in your part of the world but it is like a green limewash for want of a better description , so not your exact situation of course. There is no way just shaking the container would have done much at all - there was a modelling clay/ plasticene like sludge sediment at the bottom an inch /~25 mm deep that took 10 minutes with a drill attached mixer to get anywhere near back into a suspension. Plus, if it was a metal tin I've sometimes found with other old paints a black rust inside the tin (acidic contents??) that gets mixed in when you shake or stir the container.
BTW, looking at photos of Canadian Pontiacs , I can surely understand why you miss them !!!

The can was part of the problem and the stain was purchased long ago. I wasn’t thinking the old school lid cans are easier to mix out with a driller mixer. You can see your progress and dip to see if any solids are present. I guess I was surprised at the dark pigment not thinking it could have been possible for the colour Teak. I made a makeshift mixer but will likely just cut the top and see what actually is happening.

Didn’t have time today my buddy’s Mom’s funeral was today and he lost his Dad a few months back. Interesting story my buddy and his wife till just lately had both sets of parents alive. Being 70 and having even older siblings, I always found that remarkable. To top it off his Wife’s parents were at the funeral and in their early/mid 90’s. In fact when her Dad was aged 90 he went hunting alone bagged a deer, brought it home and dressed the damn thing. Last fall he just tagged along on the hunt. Remarkable genes, tough old buggar.
As for the Pontiacs my favourite is the 65-67 GTO ragtop. Ever owned one but never say never. Been a fan since I was a kid. I remember a new Red 2+2 also how long it took me everyday to deliver that guy’s newspaper.
The Australian Holden intrigued me when we were out your way. I bought a Holden jersey and tucked it in the closet, wife seen it and cut off the tags and garbaged them. Then washed the damn thing, was I ever pissed as I was going to frame the damn thing. Have only wore it once to the big car show that I took my Grandson to.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Here is a pic of the jersey.

 

[Coolabah]

Here is a pic of the jersey.

I tell you what, that is a great shirt ! A similar story to yours but I now keep any bit of old clothing that looks newish- like I haven't worn it for years ( for the same reason as yours , or maybe I keep that shirt for special shed occasions when my mates come over for a beer) actually in my shed . My grandfather had nothing but Holdens over the years. There still exists in some corners of this country a hot rivalry between Holden and Ford, all to do with our annual Bathurst race- more so really in past years. I don't know enough to give you a Canadian equivalent. Anyway , it is not the sort of thing that leads to violence at the pub unless you are silly enough to say something derogatory and truth be told I have a general love of cars so if I like the car, the brand is not really relevant to me. Hence my comment about Pontiacs- pretty cool so I see the attraction for you.
Oh- Holden vs Ford -maybe kind of like following an ice hockey team maybe ??
Anyway , your fence is kind of growing on me - the patchwork is actually *even* patchwork so maybe I'm surprised your neighbours haven't asked you what designer you used ?

 

[burger]

I see. $5499. At least you got it when it was marked down to $4999. No need for decimal points once there's that much snow?

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I see. $5499. At least you got it when it was marked down to $4999. No need for decimal points once there's that much snow?

I know 500 bucks is 500 bucks. If we didn’t have 10 months of winter I could have had this stain up years ago.

I tell you what, that is a great shirt ! A similar story to yours but I now keep any bit of old clothing that looks newish- like I haven't worn it for years ( for the same reason as yours , or maybe I keep that shirt for special shed occasions when my mates come over for a beer) actually in my shed . My grandfather had nothing but Holdens over the years. There still exists in some corners of this country a hot rivalry between Holden and Ford, all to do with our annual Bathurst race- more so really in past years. I don't know enough to give you a Canadian equivalent. Anyway , it is not the sort of thing that leads to violence at the pub unless you are silly enough to say something derogatory and truth be told I have a general love of cars so if I like the car, the brand is not really relevant to me. Hence my comment about Pontiacs- pretty cool so I see the attraction for you.
Oh- Holden vs Ford -maybe kind of like following an ice hockey team maybe ??
Anyway , your fence is kind of growing on me - the patchwork is actually *even* patchwork so maybe I'm surprised your neighbours haven't asked you what designer you used ?

I know I had to tell my Wife to quite going through my closet and disposing of my clothing. What she did at least went to good will. Then she will say that I don’t wear certain items anymore anyway, well she does have a point there. Then my one daughter scored a bunch of unique/collectible T shirts from my younger years. At least she wears them as they didn’t exactly fit me too well anymore. She even grabbed an old suit and blazer, I guess that wearing them is a thing now.

The Holden were pretty cool in my estimation and between Fords and “The Holden” well you know which would get my vote.

As for hockey when I was a kid, me and my Brother would be getting into it pretty deep. My old man used to say keep your sticks on the ice. Don’t know where he came up with that one as he was not much of a sports fan for any sport.

I looked up the Bathurst race well I can tell you I know of nothing here that lasts 12 hours.

As for the fence the neighbour might want to know the designer but actually he is the guy that built it and I brought in and supplied the materials. He would likely **** his drawers and then straight to the dunnie. (sp??) .After pressure washing it today I might give him a bill for thorough watering I gave his trees.

I looked up Narooma we came close during our visit when we were there. We did Sydney, Adelaide, Uluru, Brisbane and Hamilton Island. We had a great time Australians I found were similar to us Canadians. Except too damn hot but the beer was great, specially the 150 Lashes. I’d like to make the trip again but there is so much we haven’t seen yet.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

My Daughter dropped by and then a couple we hang out with so didn’t get as much accomplished as I was hoping.
I thought about sanding and would have wasted a lot of sandpaper. Kay suggested I turn up the power washer. Out came the power washer and used the yellow 15 head. Even with that chewed out a bit of wood. There are definitely some high lights left behind that I may like or I can live with. This is what I have to live with at the moment.

By the time I’m done this little pleasure, the untouched wood to the right looks better all the time.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Daughter and the kids came in for the day a busy day on Friday. Grandaughter fixed the up on my giddy and the Grandson created himself a safe workspace.