Thursday, October 18, 2012

Where to paint...

First things first - John finished caulking today.  That means everything between the windows and their casings got caulked; where the siding meets the trim got caulked; where the soffits meet the roof on one side and the trim on the other got caulked; and, for good measure, his hands, fingers, pants etc. also got caulked.  And this was in spite of what felt like 40-50 mph winds, strong enough that he couldn't keep his hat on.

What needs to be painted, you ask...  While we used mostly pre-primed wood, any exposed cut edge such as the trim under the roof line has to be primed before it's painted.  I managed to at least prime everything that needed it on the door wall of the sunroom.  After caulking and priming, everything needs at least one if not two coats of paint.  I started painting the white trim on the front of the porch (you can see it's now white instead of the yellowish color) but the wind forced me to give it up.  Painting will have to take place another time.

Back inside, Gus was hard at work testing fabric being considered for curtains? slip covers?

Because painting isn't very exciting and because rain is predicted and because this project is winding down, I won't be posting again until next Wednesday.  Hopefully by then I'll have some great pictures to show you...

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