Both Susan and I had to work at our various and assorted extra jobs on Saturday. So not much was accomplished by us during the day. However, we got ourselves geared up to stain on Saturday night. It took us about two hours to get through 500 square feet of staining.We got up the next morning and I was not very happy with the results of our first coat. We had some repairs to do before we put down another coat. The repairs required using the belt sander to remove blemishes, paint drops, and over flowing wood putty.
Once we fixed the boo-boos, we went to work putting down the second coat. This we did in much less than two hours and I was much happier with the results. The picture above shows the bedroom half way between coats one and two. I could almost argue for another coat, but that might make it too dark and then we would have to start over. The photograph below shows one of the repair areas.
The second coat filled the whole house with fumes so we left for a little bit and went to ArtFest. ArtFest is annual event held in a park with lots of artsy craft venders. I actually made a purchase of a hanging hammock, which I intend to enjoy on the back deck. Some day!
When we returned, we found the house still full of fumes (don't light a match) and the floor still kind of tacky. We had hoped to put down a coat of Polyurothane before the end of the night but that was not to be.
So, that is our goal for tonight. Get down a coat of Urothane. Then, we have to completely block off access to the upstairs from the cats and ourselves and sleep on an inflatable mattress in the living room.
Tune in to our next episode to see how we do.
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