Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
A few posts back, I talked about my disappointment with my progress onstripping the paint from the radiator for my bedroom project. With the radiator already partially stripped from a prior session of less-than-satisfying paint removal, I found the chemical strippers I tried either a) didn't work well, or b) ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Does completing two projects qualify as a streak? I've just finished my second session of stripping and restoring the old hardware from around the house, and I'm on a roll.
First I cleaned some window hardware a few weeks ago. Now in the last few days I decided to ...
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
I love finding good deals on renovation supplies. It helps soften the blow of those times when I measure once and cut twice. (Why are those mistaken cuts always too short?)
I stopped in to Sherwin Williams today to pick up a bucket of Peel Away 1 paint remover ...
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Monday, July 17th, 2006
Demolition in the south upstairs bedroom has hit a stumbling block. A big, 300-pound, cast-iron stumbling block. In order to pull out the baseboard, panelling, and old sheetrock to prepare for renovation, the radiator had to be moved.
Before this, the only maintenance I have done on the heating ...
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Sunday, April 9th, 2006
What a great day for paintstripping! With a bright sun shining all day, it was finally warm enough to throw open the garage door, trot out the sawhorses and get serious about stripping the doors I’ve been picking at for weeks.
Ms. Bungalow also gave me leave of my fatherly duties ...
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