Well…after trying to not talk all the time about working on this house, I give up…it’s about all I do anymore so if I don’t talk about it, I won’t talk about anything at all and that just isn’t going to happen…so, here goes….I did finally get on the trim in the bathroom this morning and got a bunch of the old paint sanded and removed so the finish will be much better when I paint but I still need to do some filling first but that won’t happen today…my thumb is howling at me after using the sander this morning and I need to rest it or take something for it and I’m not sure which I want to do….we’ll see….one thing I did discover after starting on the heat register from the big bedroom is that heavy duty oven cleaner works better than strip on both the frame and grates and I only have one more application to do on the grate and it will be almost completely paint free…the frame is already ready for sanding and painting after two applications and the paint just slid off with a copper pan scrubber…and this spray on oven cleaner is so much easier to use on the grates to get into every corner than trying to brush on strip…will do one more application on the grate tomorrow and then the rest will come off with the heat gun…and that only leaves three to do but won’t get working on those until summer where I can spray them outdoors and won’t have to eat the fumes…but, I am done for the day now unless I get to doing the filling in the bathroom….it does feel good to make progress but I did remember to tell myself I’m not on any schedule and just hope to have the bathroom done by the end of April and then on to the big bedroom that should take about 6 weeks to finish once I start in there…and then I’m taking all of July off…running out of time to enjoy myself as I get older and don’t want to waste the time I have left making a really nice house for the next owners…but, you’ve heard me say that before…still applies….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well…after trying to not talk all the time about working on this house, I give up…it’s about all I do anymore so if I don’t talk about it, I won’t talk about anything at all and that just isn’t going to happen…so, here goes….I did finally get on the trim in the bathroom this morning … Continue reading Now, back to the house…<\/span>