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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Looks like a blizzard is dumping a lot of snow on the Sierras. We'll probably have a close-to-normal wet season as a result.
Since last year was almost twice normal, we should be go to go for this year, water wise.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Loving America is like loving an addicted spouse - SIGNYM

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Glad you're feeling better Sigs.

Make that to-do list, but don't go crazy with it. The work ain't going anywhere.


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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Only 4 poles away from finishing that damned overlook.

Boy, what a job that was.

I'll have to paint the faces of the trim one final coat when I do the risers and trim on the stairs, but that will be for another day. I'm not working until 10PM again tonight.



So I still got this stairway project jamming me up, but at least the overlook will be done for good in about an hour.

I'll save pics for when the trim is painted.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Only 4 poles away from finishing that damned overlook.

Boy, what a job that was.

I'll have to paint the faces of the trim one final coat when I do the risers and trim on the stairs, but that will be for another day. I'm not working until 10PM again tonight.



So I still got this stairway project jamming me up, but at least the overlook will be done for good in about an hour.

I'll save pics for when the trim is painted.

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Good job!

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well, dear daughter was soooo anxious to try out this all-day brunch place she got a flyer for, we went with my friend from the foothills.

Altho I can't taste anything I think my food was well prepared, and everyone was happy with what they got. So altho from my POV it's kind of a waste of time and money I'm glad that dear daughter and friend had a nice time.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well, dear daughter was soooo anxious to try out this all-day brunch place she got a flyer for, we went with my friend from the foothills.

Altho I can't taste anything I think my food was well prepared, and everyone was happy with what they got. So altho from my POV it's kind of a waste of time and money I'm glad that dear daughter and friend had a nice time.

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Sounds like a good time.

Shame about the smell/taste for you though. Are you supposed to get that back when everything heals?

How you breathing now?

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Only 4 poles away from finishing that damned overlook.
Boy, what a job that was.
I'll have to paint the faces of the trim one final coat when I do the risers and trim on the stairs, but that will be for another day. I'm not working until 10PM again tonight.
So I still got this stairway project jamming me up, but at least the overlook will be done for good in about an hour.
I'll save pics for when the trim is painted.

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SIGNY: Good job!

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SIX: Thanks! Finally!

Yanno... I love painting, but putting the finishing touches on that thing was just not something I really enjoyed doing all that much. If I were using a paint that was more forgiving I'm sure it wouldn't have bothered me so much, but you really didn't have any time before it starting setting up on you, and if you drag the brush back over a spot that had started doing that, you get a really icky finish.

But it did force me to look at the job differently and try another approach. That 4 step approach worked wonders and allowed me to put a clean finish on all of the surfaces with no spots that look dull.

By far though, the worst part of that job was caulking the poles in. Once that was done the rest of it was not too bad.

In arguably even better news, I woke up this morning to not one single crack in the paint job on any of the caulk on the stairs. It only took a bajillion applications of paint to finally cover that, but we're finally there.

I'm going to begin my day now by putting one final coat on all the risers and trim, and one more coat on that caulk for good measure.

After that I'll get cleaned up and run some errands while that's drying.

Before I paint the steps, I need to get in those corners and scuff sand all that high gloss paint without taking any off that caulk, and I need to scuff sand the backs of the steps where they meet the risers too. I don't want any peeling action happening over time after I've gotten this far. Once that's cleaned up I can begin painting the steps themselves.

Not sure if I'm going to start painting them, tonight or not, but I really want to push myself to at least get that all sanded down and cleaned up so I can begin on the steps right away without worrying about the other steps.

We're almost there.

ETA: Oh... and boy... I really need to get around to fixing the risers and trim going up to the 2nd floor. That's a job I started about 11 or 12 years ago and never bothered finishing. Like anything else, it didn't look bad before because everything else surrounding it looked absolutely terrible, but now the unfinished job is glaring. I'm not sure if you noticed what I'm talking about on any of my previous pictures. There was some damage done to the paint the the risers (probably from my clumsy feet or hitting them with furniture when I was moving things around my house by myself). But I also got stain on the trim along the wall too and never went in with my paint and cut that back in so it was gone. I'll probably try to sand that all off by hand before putting a finish coat up there too.

That all may have to wait until later though. Our weather is finally turning for the better here, and there are more pressing issues I need to address that can be done now. I don't see any upcoming days in the next month that are below 40 degrees, with quite a few in the 50s or higher.

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I'm not sure I "love" painting, but I do enjoy it when I'm not having to rush, or in an awkward/ painful position. It can be almost meditative, and very satisfying to see a good result. When hubby was making furniture he did the woodworking and I did the finishing. Not with paint, but things like polyurethane, or polyurethane/tung oil, or varnish, tung oil, or wood wax. I also painted several of our rooms.

But I hate the way most paints work. Maybe bc the paints they are allowed to sell here are extremely low solvent. There's almost no "open time" ... time that you can rework a surface ... so it better go on right the first time. I found I absolutely need the right brushes and rollers for the right surface to get a good finish. Would absolutely love to get back to painting.

Also might try a different paint: milk paint mixed with tung oil. I used it in a couple of small projects and it dries like concrete. The only problem is it leaves a rough gritty surface and needs to be sanded afterwards.

But that will happen once I get the yardwork past the landscaping and cleanup stage and to a "maintenance" stage.

We had a rain event a week or so ago, and I checked how my little "stream bed" is working, and it is absolutely carrying water away from the downspout and around the base of the oak tree mound. No sign of that mysterious thirst hole!?

Time to finish rebuilding the stone "wall" and laying down more builder's paper weed barrier. Still a bit beyond me bc not supposed to be bending over or lifting heavy things -ENT doesn't want me to pop blood vessels in my nose ... but fortunately dear daughter is quite strong. I'll see what I can do. The more paper I lay down, the fewer weeds I'll have to contend with later.

Looking forward to getting back to it.



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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Loving America is like loving an addicted spouse - SIGNYM

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
This is a Soviet Marxist Sodom and Gomorrah 'Supreme' circus


please take it all so serious


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Duckman

Election - Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves

TNG

One Piece

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She-Hulk

Tales Crypt - The Third Pig

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Taxes suck, but enjoy the lunch Brenda.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Wow, that is some seriously fine work, SIX!

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My only concern is stairstep paint durability. The paints in our region aren't very durable. Maybe you have access to better paint than we do. I mean, people literally across our county line can get different paints than we can. But around here the only ones that stand up to that kind of wear and tear are AFAIK epoxy paints. If it turns out you need to repaint the steps, go with nonslip epoxy.

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"There are some areas in the highest elevations that could still see 10-12 feet," Alan Reppert, an AccuWeather senior meteorologist, told USA TODAY.

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