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Post by ncboman on Jun 4, 2006 16:54:44 GMT -5
Painting sucks, especially windows.
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Post by Rock Chuck on Jun 4, 2006 17:45:13 GMT -5
I hate painting. At least I have vinyl windows. I also got my house painted for free labor last summer. My brother-in-law is a teacher who paints houses in the summer. He painted my house and I roofed his double-wide. Not a valley on the roof. Shingle jobs don't get much easier than that. As far as I'm concerned, I got by far the best of the bargain. It helped, though, that my house didn't take any scraping whatever. I did it before it started peeling.
I assume you've noticed that paint jobs always seem to grow. A couple months ago, I decided that my alum boat needed painting. It's a faded blue and I want it deadgrass green for duck hunting. That should only require some light sanding and slapping on the paint. Yeah, right. It used to belong to my dad. Somewhere back in ancient history, he painted the bottom with a rubbery, non-slip stuff that's 50% peeled off. The other 50% doesn't peel off. I've been using a grinder with a cup brush to attack it. Then the seats were getting rotted so I have them dismantled to replace the wood. Then I took a look at the transom. Yech. Off to the lumber yard to buy a sheet of 1 1/8" plywood flooring. I replaced the transom and now have 7' of flooring that I have no use for. In between working on seats and the transom, I grind on the rubbery stuff until I get bored, which doesn't take long.
It has 3 seats and the front one is never used. So, I got the bright idea of removing it and building a storage box in the bow for life jackets, etc. That turned out to be easy part of the job.
Since I'm painting the boat green, I also need to paint the blue motor. It's a little hard to paint over old grease, so I'm slowly cleaning it off with solvent & Gunk engine degreaser. A LOT of engine degreaser. Have you ever carefully looked over a boat motor to see how many little grooves & holes there are that can hold grease? There are millions of them. Before I'm done, I'll probably have used enough Gunk to have just bought a new motor of the right color. I just hope I can get the job done before the lakes freeze over.
Dick
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Post by ncboman on Jun 4, 2006 21:13:44 GMT -5
I need new windows and doors more than anything else but I can't afford them right now. I've got to get a new front entrance door anyway. The one I have is coming to pieces. I hadn't noticed until I pressurewashed but the hurricane sandblasted the wood on the north and east sides. The soft wood between the grains has been eaten away considerably. I intend to re-side the entire house with vinyl siding and wrap all the trim with pvc coated aluminum anyway but given the worn condition of the woodwork, I figured a couple of coats of oilbase primer will go a long way toward overall longevity. I work on a lot of older houses where the woodwork under the siding was rotten when it was wrapped. Mine ain't gonna be like that.
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Post by Rock Chuck on Jun 5, 2006 8:23:02 GMT -5
My former boss tried to use an angle grinder and cup brush to remove the old paint from his house. He hired a guy to do the work. Turned out that the siding was redwood, which is very soft, and the brush just chewed it up. It looked terrible but he painted it anyway. Then, being a roofing contractor, he had a lot of white masonary paint on hand, used for painting parapet walls, etc. (We had a lot on hand because no one wants their parapet walls painted). It said right on the can that it wasn't for use on wood, but he thought it would be great stuff so he used it anyway. Within a year, half of it had peeled off. By that time, I wasn't working for him anymore and very glad of it. I'm pretty good at many household repair jobs and he often had me do work on his house between roofing jobs. That was a mess that I wanted nothing to do with.
Dick
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Post by ncboman on Jun 5, 2006 22:47:55 GMT -5
That may be why the hurricane etched mine so much. It's cypress and fairly soft wood, not to mention the paint was in need of attention even back then. When I put the facial boards up years ago, I just painted with latex and no primer. Soon as I finished a painter friend remarked, "I'd a never done that." Kinda rewarding though. Besides looking much better, I can see the oil base getting sucked into the wood as I go so I know I'm doing more than just coating it. I may go back with a good coat of enamel to buy more time. What's better for a durable white enamel top coat, latex or oil base?
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Post by Rock Chuck on Jun 5, 2006 22:52:19 GMT -5
The trouble with enamel is that few other paints will cover it. A topcoat of latex will peel off. They've done a lot of improvements in paint in recent years, though, so check it out to see what's available now.
Dick
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Post by ncboman on Jun 5, 2006 23:15:08 GMT -5
Yeah, but enamel is very hard and durable. I'll call my painter friend and quiz him.
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Post by Rock Chuck on Jun 6, 2006 9:08:10 GMT -5
Let me know what you find out. That kind of info is useful to have at times.
Dick
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