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November 09, 2007
Lookit!
As soon as my wife left this morning, I unmounted the bathroom door to finish what I started two days ago.
I tired myself out with a lot of scraping and scrubbing on Wednesday, so I decided to let the Jasco sit a few minutes longer. I also laid the door horizontally on the drop cloth; shorter strokes are much easier on arms and shoulders.
I was liberal with the hose to reduce lead dust, so I was dripping from head to toe when I hauled the door back upstairs. An extended session with some sandpaper couldn't hurt, but I'm very happy with the results:
Liz has suggested setting aside the idea of painting the door fin favor of a two-tone color scheme: rich, red stain for the center panel and black stain for the outer rectangle.
Black and red don't appear anywhere else in that part of our flat, so it should make a bold statement. Once it's underway, I'll post the progress here.
I'm feeling a sense of accomplishment and pride. It's nice.
Posted by Your Protagonist at November 9, 2007 08:48 PM