In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Got my head on straight and went back to work for another 5 hours. 
The Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 will do the trick. People swear by that stuff and with the insane prep work I'm doing I can't imagine it's going to peel off. The can itself even says that it will cover glossy veneer, and mine isn't very glossy anymore.
So I cleaned the closet doors for the master bedroom that were ready to rock and got two coats of primer on them. It took about twice as long to cure for the second coat than the can says because it's cold in my basement, so I took that time to make the rest of the cuts for the tricky door on the table saw in the garage, sand the edges down so they're round, and primered them too. 
I'll just have to be VERY careful when I make my 45's for those and cut them to size because they need to be perfect the first time. I don't want to have to rip more and waste them.
As I went along with sanding the doors earlier, I also glued some veneer at the bottom of one of them and clamped it down. I had to do a lot of extra sanding and prepping at the bottom of the doors because Uncle Bob screwed that up just like he screwed everything else up. He must have cut the bottom of the doors with the dullest blade in existence.
The bottom peg on one of the doors had caved in as well, so I made a block to fit with cutoffs from the porch work and drilled a hole and popped the unit into it. Glued it and clamped it. It's more solid now than it was when the door was built.
HUGE day today. Tons of stuff done and I'm way further than I thought I would be. Our warmest day in the next two weeks is tomorrow and all I have left to do out there now is sand down the two bedroom doors and the patch work on the linen closet door... at least assuming I don't screw up one of the ripped door casings I prepared tonight.
Wish me luck. :)
Oh... P.S.
I know given my history that it seems that I'm being the cheapest son of a bitch ever by putting all of this work into the doors, but even if I bought new stuff it wouldn't be much less work, and there's actually a lot more that I would very likely screw up.
I've only ever installed a brand new inside door one time in my life, and I'm not good at chiseling out hinges or drilling holes for the doorknobs at all. I might be doing twice as much work restoring these old doors, but at least the hinges were perfect and the doorknobs were all set right.
These must have been pre-hung doors when they were installed because there is no way in hell that Uncle Bob did work that good. When there's nothing but weekend-warrior bullshit work everywhere else, he didn't suddenly become a craftsman overnight when it came to putting hinges on a door. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Too bad you're not by me Brenda. I got plenty of shelving in my garage that I could give you. Only kept it when I was de-hoarding because I know I'm going to use some of it when I do the closets, but I won't be using all of it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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The bedroom closet bifold doors look fantastic!!!
Two coats of primer and two coats of enamel paint and they look like the nicest set of doors you've ever seen. I can't wait until they dry and I get the rest of the trim and casings done so I can install them and finally have closet doors again.
I finished painting all of my baseboards and the altered casings too, so everything I need for the entire upstairs except for the windows is painted and ready to start cutting and installing. I'll probably start painting the window casings and sills as I pull the paint out to start doing the rest of the doors as I get to them just to make better use of the paint and less cleanup. I'm also going to figure out how much more I need for the rest of the house because I called up today to find out how long they'd be on sale for and was told that they were discontinued and I have to buy everything I'd need before they sell out. (No way I'm paying $9 per piece down the road when I can get them for $3 now, especially since I probably wouldn't even be able to find matching pieces when that time comes).
Going to mail out all the new rebates tomorrow. Now that I found out that I will indeed get the 11% rebate on the trim I bought, I ended up getting all of it for free and also made $9 bucks off the deal.
I already had the primer I'm using, so minus all the work and time I've put into this project so far, the only monetary cost to me has been a can of paint that I got for $22 after the rebate, $5 worth of dollar store sanding sponges, a $6 bucket of spackle, a $35 brad nailer and $5 worth of extra brad nails that will do the rest of my house and leave me with plenty leftover to do projects with down the road.
Patched doors look amazing now with one coat of primer on them. They'll all look brand new when I get 3 more coats on them like the closet doors.
Oh... I forgot I've spent about $25 on the wood I'll need to build the windows, minus the casings too. Not really fair to count that though since I have to actually build the entire windowsill and insets too.
Probably going to run all my errands tomorrow and get a much needed haircut and take it easy besides maybe doing a little painting. I'm exhausted after the last two days of being out in the cold and I think I tweaked my back a little again.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Too bad you're not by me Brenda. I got plenty of shelving in my garage that I could give you. Only kept it when I was de-hoarding because I know I'm going to use some of it when I do the closets, but I won't be using all of it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
That is too bad.
Well, I might get lucky down at the Salvation Army Thrift store tomorrow. I hope so.
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Tired, tired, tired. Been home over an hour from work. Hence the tired.
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Haircut done, rebates mailed out, all errands complete, and I still have most of the day left...
I picked up another gallon of that good primer since it was on sale today, but I think I can finish everything I still needed to prime for doors and trim with the gallon I have. I wanted to get it for when I paint the living room and kitchen walls though.
It's only 37 degrees outside with a high of 40 today, but I think I might put the second coat of primer on the two bedroom doors and the linen closet bifold since it's all staged out there already. It takes ages to dry at these temps, but it's all dry from last night and it's supposed to be above 35 degrees until the 6:00PM hour so it should be good.
I'm going to have to start installing some of that baseboard now that it's all painted. It's taking up almost the entire tiled room in the basement, and I want to move my painting operation in there so I can cut wood in the back room that is completely unfinished without kicking dust all over the paint job.
The two bifolds for the master bedroom look fantastic. I couldn't be happier. It's all dry now, but I still need to be extremely careful with them and figure out a good place to stage them out of the way so I don't nick them at all before they've had a week or so to fully cure.
Minus the bathroom, the 2nd floor of my house is going to be showcase quality.
Going to spend some time figuring out how many more casings and baseboards I'd need for the rest of the house so I can order them before they all sell out. With no credit card bonus while buying these this time, I won't be getting them for free, but a 66% discount with 11% more on top of that is something I think I can live with.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Put the 2nd layer of primer on all the doors and on all of the window insets. I didn't get to put it on the window sills yet since I still haven't made them and it's too late in the day.
It didn't even hit 40 degrees today. That was pretty miserable work... especially when I had to kneel or even half-lay-down to get the undersides of stuff. I think I'm going to be hurting tomorrow.
I'll be able to sand down the doors for a uniform finish and wash them down before bringing them into the house to begin the painting. I might have to hold off on that until I get that baseboard out of there though. I'm going to see if some of my neighbors have horses that I can borrow once I do since I only have one set. Maybe I can get all three doors up on horses and paint them all at the same time. I prefer painting straight down on them rather than doing it when they're leaning on walls, but if I only have the one set of horses that's going to be a lot of wasted paint with cleanups and a whole lot of down time between doors.
Well... too late for me to get the saw and compressor set up for only a few hours work. I know after the last three days there is no way I'm going to work until 9 or 10 like I have been. But I ran all the errands I was planning on doing tomorrow this morning and I have everything I need to start my day for once so I can get right to work on it when I wake up in the morning.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Nothing at the Salvation Army I could use. So will have to make a trip to a home hardware store at some point.
Also rain and wind today.
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More ferry cancellations for today and into this evening. Heavy, heavy winds between the mainland and Vancouver Island.
More wind predicted for tomorrow, so there will be more cancellations.
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