In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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The three windows are fully insulated as well as the door. Parting stops installed.
I was worried that my friend's dad might not be coming to finish the job after a message I got from him yesterday, but it was a misunderstanding. The PET scan really knocked the wind out of his sails was all. He's going to be coming on Monday to help me wrap everything up, so I just finished the insulation and cleaned up the porch and the garage and did a little house cleaning today.
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Dry for my walk but the dark clouds are rolling in for more rain at some point this afternoon or this evening into tomorrow morning.
Discovered that I can now lift my right arm over my head and I am not in pain.Even managed to get it behind my back. That should please the physio therapist tomorrow afternoon. I know I'm happy about it.
Wow. That's progress! Great to hear, Brenda.
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It is a huge improvement and my right hand is stronger now. I can hold a pen and write for a lot longer than I could a couple of weeks ago. I still get a little twinge now and again but nothing like it was. Also the muscle in my upper arm is loosening up too.
Sweet.
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I know. The exercises the physio recommended have really helped.
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Well... It looks like neither god nor man has come up with a primer or paint that will cover candle wax. Bummer.
I got about 99% of it out of the basket woven top of that entryway table I want to paint. It's really just going to be in the nooks and crannies that aren't likely to get anything put on top of the table rubbing on them.
I bought myself a new toy from Harbor Freight of all places recently though, and since I was already paying for shipping I got myself a cheap little rotary tool/polishing kit. I don't expect this thing to last very long since I had a brand name Dremel years back that bit the dust only 2 years after I got it, but it should be enough to at least try to get deeper in the weave.
I still have half a bucket of the "snot" that I used to strip the kitchen cabinets, but I'm afraid that if I tried using that in the weave I'd never get the residue out and it would end up being worse to try to paint over that than the wax would be.
Since I'm going to be waiting until Monday for my friend's dad to get back to the windows and I'm going to have my aunt and Grandma over today or tomorrow, I think I'll spend my free time this weekend working on that table.
My living room floor is going to be my workshop for quite a bit this winter, most likely. I have some other things I need to restore like a medicine cabinet and that other cabinet that sits over the toilet for the bathroom, and after I build those two drawers for the kitchen they're going to be painted out there too. There's a few other things I have out on my work bench in the garage that need to be finished so I don't have to look at them anymore. I've got myself a nice little work table that I made that I can bring out to the living room so I'm not sitting on the floor while I'm working on them. It's nice not having a monster project like painting all those kitchen doors and shelves that will require me to be sitting on bare concrete while painting everything again. Even if I work on two or three pieces at a time I should be able to rotate them on the table without having to constantly clean brushes while waiting for things to dry.
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Car's back in the shop. Fingers crossed that the next stop isn't the junk yard.
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Quote:Good deal, BRENDA!
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Dry for my walk but the dark clouds are rolling in for more rain at some point this afternoon or this evening into tomorrow morning.
Discovered that I can now lift my right arm over my head and I am not in pain.
Wow. That's progress! Great to hear, Brenda.
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It is a huge improvement and my right hand is stronger now. I can hold a pen and write for a lot longer than I could a couple of weeks ago. I still get a little twinge now and again but nothing like it was. Also the muscle in my upper arm is loosening up too.
Sweet.
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I know. The exercises the physio recommended have really helped.
Got derailed (again) the past few days. Had a three-month followup with my rheumatologist on Thursday, but when I showed up for it they told me it had been canceled back in September. Apparently all her afternoon clinics had been canceled due to some schedule change.
Gee, it would have been nice if someone had told ME! Fortunately, they found an appointment at 8AM Friday, but that was 1 1/2 hours wasted, right in the middle of the afternoon, and 2 hours yesterday.
Then while I was at clinic I had to make an urgent-care for hubby for a hospital-acquired infection (fortunately, not on an incision) and since he can't drive I had to take him there myself. Another 2 hours gone on Friday. In all of October, including 6 at-home visits by physical therapy, hubby's hospital stay-days, and various Dr office visits, there were almost 20 medical appointments/visits. Sometimes I feel like I'm tying to run thru a pond of glue.
The house is dusty and the yard is still a mess. But there are only 4 family medical appointments on the calendar in November, so I once again hope that my schedule clears up ... and STAYS clear ... and that I can gather my thoughts and figure out what I'm doing next.
One thing on my "list of things to do" is get regular exercise. Yes, I tkae the dog for a walk every day and it's better than nothing. And I manage the occasional hour r two of yardwork.
But like with you, BRENDA, I have assigned exercises (mine, for lymphedema and shoulder range of motion) plus I want to add some more rigorous exercises for the larger muscles like thighs etc. My dream is to get into shape for skiing this winter, which was tremendously fun when I tried it many years ago. And if I can't get into shape in time, I'll aim for sailboarding or some other water sport for summer. I dangle this in front of me to give me something to aim for.
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Quote:Oh, dear. I hope it's not too serious.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Car's back in the shop. Fingers crossed that the next stop isn't the junk yard.
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BTW, wax might be dissolvable with toluene, xylene or kerosene, and the nice thing is they evaporate. However, you run the risk of dissolving the wax only to spread a thin film through everything, which will make large portions unpaintable with water-based paint.
what about using a heat gun to melt the wax, and then some sort of absorbent material, like paper, to soak it up?
All else fails, you can wipe it down thoroughly with toluene/xylene and try painting it with oil-based paint. (But test a small portion first to see if the wipedown/oil-based paint approach will work. Preferably on the underside, if there is candle wax there too.)
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Good deal, BRENDA!
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Dry for my walk but the dark clouds are rolling in for more rain at some point this afternoon or this evening into tomorrow morning.
Discovered that I can now lift my right arm over my head and I am not in pain.
Wow. That's progress! Great to hear, Brenda.
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Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
It is a huge improvement and my right hand is stronger now. I can hold a pen and write for a lot longer than I could a couple of weeks ago. I still get a little twinge now and again but nothing like it was. Also the muscle in my upper arm is loosening up too.
Sweet.
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I know. The exercises the physio recommended have really helped.
Got derailed (again) the past few days. Had a three-month followup with my rheumatologist on Thursday, but when I showed up for it they told me it had been canceled back in September. Apparently all her afternoon clinics had been canceled due to some schedule change.
Gee, it would have been nice if someone had told ME! Fortunately, they found an appointment at 8AM Friday, but that was 1 1/2 hours wasted, right in the middle of the afternoon, and 2 hours yesterday.
Then while I was at clinic I had to make an urgent-care for hubby for a hospital-acquired infection (fortunately, not on an incision) and since he can't drive I had to take him there myself. Another 2 hours gone on Friday. In all of October, including 6 at-home visits by physical therapy, hubby's hospital stay-days, and various Dr office visits, there were almost 20 medical appointments/visits. Sometimes I feel like I'm tying to run thru a pond of glue.
The house is dusty and the yard is still a mess. But there are only 4 family medical appointments on the calendar in November, so I once again hope that my schedule clears up ... and STAYS clear ... and that I can gather my thoughts and figure out what I'm doing next.
One thing on my "list of things to do" is get regular exercise. Yes, I tkae the dog for a walk every day and it's better than nothing. And I manage the occasional hour r two of yardwork.
But like with you, BRENDA, I have assigned exercises (mine, for lymphedema and shoulder range of motion) plus I want to add some more rigorous exercises for the larger muscles like thighs etc. My dream is to get into shape for skiing this winter, which was tremendously fun when I tried it many years ago. And if I can't get into shape in time, I'll aim for sailboarding or some other water sport for summer. I dangle this in front of me to give me something to aim for.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
I hear ya SIG on the range of motion. Basically that is what these exercises are for on my shoulder and to help with the stiffness I feel in my hand, wrist and such. Have to see if I can get them printed out.
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Laundry day for me then my walk.
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Was dry when I went out for my walk but the rain arrived while I was in a local mall. But I'm in and done for the day.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Oh, dear. I hope it's not too serious.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Car's back in the shop. Fingers crossed that the next stop isn't the junk yard.
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Who knows. I didn't learn my lesson last time and it's at the same guy who did my brakes. I didn't even know he worked on Saturday since he didn't pick up either Saturday he had my car before, so that makes me believe him when he says he got caught up.
I'm leaking gas though. I called him yesterday to see if he could think of any reason why my brakes would already be leaking since I saw a puddle on the ground when I came out of the store and he couldn't think of one. He told me to have somebody pump the brakes while I'm looking at it to see if the flow comes out quicker. I hadn't gotten around to that by this morning but I looked and there was a large fresh puddle where it had been leaking all night. I started the car up and it was leaking about 10 times as much. That's when I put my finger in the puddle to smell it and it was obviously gasoline.
The "it's not a matter of IF but WHEN" certainly came up on me a lot sooner than I hoped it would.
But now that we're in a position that the car is undrivable unless it's fixed, he confidently stated that he could come up with something to fix it if I could manage to get it over to him. He also knows how to take the seat out since they did it the last time to get a look at it (and if I didn't mention, he sent me pictures of what the fuel line looked like and it was terrifying).
This isn't going to be cheap. I know he has to drop the fuel tank to do the job too. I'm just hoping he can come up with a way to fix it since a crucial part isn't produced anymore. I reminded him of that and he said he's going to come up with something. I don't have an emissions test that I have to worry about failing for another 1.5 years, so as long as it's not too much over $500 it will be worth it. Hopefully I don't have to go another 3 weeks without my car this time.
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BTW, wax might be dissolvable with toluene, xylene or kerosene, and the nice thing is they evaporate. However, you run the risk of dissolving the wax only to spread a thin film through everything, which will make large portions unpaintable with water-based paint.
what about using a heat gun to melt the wax, and then some sort of absorbent material, like paper, to soak it up?
All else fails, you can wipe it down thoroughly with toluene/xylene and try painting it with oil-based paint. (But test a small portion first to see if the wipedown/oil-based paint approach will work. Preferably on the underside, if there is candle wax there too.)
Imagine THIS surface, but on a much smaller scale (around 1/8" segments).
I've managed to pull and scrape most of it out, but it gets tricky in the valleys.
Fortunately, the surface was already painted, so I think my best bet is going to stay away from chemicals and see if my new rotary tool can get in there and chip away all the old paint... Assuming this cheap tool can be used in a way where it doesn't just rip the weaving to shreds. I don't even know if it has any way to vary the speed or if it's just full on 16,000 RPMs or nothing.
Also fortunately, I don't have to worry about painting the underside of the shelf with the wax on it. There's another weaved shelf just about 4 " under it, so nobody is ever going to be stooping down to look under it. The table isn't super high anyway, so I doubt that I'll even be painting the bottom of the lower shelf anyhow.
I'll know more when I get to it. The car thing kind of wrecked m
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