Painting a Door, part 1
Jun. 18th, 2020 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
butterflydreamingThis summer, I am tackling house painting projects. Well, I dot painted some rocks, but the real projects are the front door and the half-bathroom. As an "audition" so that my brother-in-law will trust me to paint anything, I'm painting the back/kitchen door.
Not only painting. It's an old door in a non-standard size, so even though it should be replaced, it can't easily be replaced. I used painters putty to patch some of the damaged area at the bottom. I didn't realize using putty would draw on my polymer clay crafting experience, but it did. Now that the door has three coats of primer to cover the ugly, faded green it was, I'm just waiting for my blue paint to arrive. Next week's weather is anticipated to be painting-friendly. I have a loose plan to paint both doors on Tuesday, color for the back, primer for the front. Color for the front, too, if time & energy allows.
I'm in such lousy physical shape that I was sweatin'. It was a workout. The bathroom project is daunting, because of all the cleaning and scraping/sanding around the windows that it needs. But I've got maybe three months before the days turn less optimal for paint drying well.
Not only painting. It's an old door in a non-standard size, so even though it should be replaced, it can't easily be replaced. I used painters putty to patch some of the damaged area at the bottom. I didn't realize using putty would draw on my polymer clay crafting experience, but it did. Now that the door has three coats of primer to cover the ugly, faded green it was, I'm just waiting for my blue paint to arrive. Next week's weather is anticipated to be painting-friendly. I have a loose plan to paint both doors on Tuesday, color for the back, primer for the front. Color for the front, too, if time & energy allows.
I'm in such lousy physical shape that I was sweatin'. It was a workout. The bathroom project is daunting, because of all the cleaning and scraping/sanding around the windows that it needs. But I've got maybe three months before the days turn less optimal for paint drying well.