Rob got to work on doing the finishing touches (i.e. scraping down the corners, sanding out any remaining edger swirl, etc) as soon as he got home from work. I met him shortly there after with all our supplies. We made decent time and even had several visitors!
We discovered running the buffer is so much fun!! I really enjoyed it.
We started our first coat, Quick Dry sealer, at 10 p.m. and with some quick cutting in from Rob around the edges and me running the longer pole, we accomplished the first coat of finish in approximately 30 minutes! It was really cool to see that coat go on and really make the beauty of the wood and the amber richness come out. After we finished, I was sooo hungry (since Rob had eaten at a work meeting, we didn't really have dinner). So we headed to Jimmy's, of course! It was nice to get out of the house for our 4 hour time frame because it was stinky!!
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| Rob's mask to help keep the stink out! |
When we got back from Jimmy's we still had another two hours to wait, so we took a little nap in the car, hauled boxes into the house, and finished laundry.
At 2:30 am, we started our second coat. We discovered the second coat is a lot harder to see if you've got any skips (missed spots) because there is already the amber color to the wood. But we accomplished our second coat in approximately the same time as the first. We make a great team!
Then we headed back to the apartment and went straight to bed!
House-wise today will be pretty quiet, since we have the wedding, BUT it is so nice to have a day off once in a while and we are looking forward to seeing my whole family!
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| Painting out the closet |
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