Anybody I used to know still post around here??????
POSTED BY: 6ixStringJack
UPDATED: Thursday, May 23, 2024 14:59
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Hey JO753,
I did read what you were doing before, but I commented that it was beyond me. I can't even pass a college Algebra class. It really sounded impressive though.
Good luck on figuring out the V5 and perfecting it. Hope business picks up for ya sometime soon. You seem to have very valuable skills. Maybe you just need an agent? Know anybody with good PR skills who could sell your product or services?
The finger is MUCH better today, thanks for asking. I thought it was pretty much healed until I bent it backwards a little while painting and it was excruciating for about 10 seconds. Doesn't hurt to type right now though like it still did last night. Probably will be like new in a day or two. Really lucked out on that whole ordeal. 
I got the last of my painting done, besides a few last minute touch ups I'm going to take care of tomorrow while I'm prepping the floors for sanding.
Behold, the 2nd Bedroom!
Not sure if you remember the clown colors of yesterday, but besides pictures as proof, they are all a distant memory. In the end, I ended up going with a blue-gray shade of Aura called "Instinct". It turned out a little darker than I was hoping for in a smaller room that doesn't get a ton of sunlight, but I think it's a very relaxing and peaceful color for a bedroom.
Also, there is no zero evidence of the ghetto rigged electrical boxes that were placed above the drywall.
This pic shows the nice contrast between the blue-gray bedroom and the middle-beige hallway.
Finally, here's a shot of the contrast of both bedrooms and the hallway from the viewpoint of the 2nd bedroom.
Also, after paint there is zero evidence of the work I did to bring the light switch into the room from across the hall outside of the room.
Getting ready to refinish the floors soon after taking care of other non-house related things that have been piling up. It's so exciting to be this close to done with the 2nd floor now!
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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OMG! You RE-painted the whole room??! I mean, you made the right choice, but DAMN... You make MY fingers hurt just thinking about it!
I put in a planter bed fulla strawberries! Soooo pretty...
No word on the jobs front lately?? There's bound to be something popping up with the warm weather coming...
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Originally posted by Wishimay:
OMG! You RE-painted the whole room??! I mean, you made the right choice, but DAMN... You make MY fingers hurt just thinking about it!
I put in a planter bed fulla strawberries! Soooo pretty...
No word on the jobs front lately?? There's bound to be something popping up with the warm weather coming...
Hey Wish,
Long time no hear
I didn't re-paint anything that I did before, just painted over the BS old colors an 2 months of prep work. The final coats of paint only took about 5-6 days. Tons of prep goes into perfect walls before you paint them though
I'm glad you like the colors.
I want to make a video to post when it's all done. You can get a better idea of the final touches then.
My finger is good. It's been better, but in a few days it shouldn't hurt anymore.
You know it's been a warm winter when you're planting strawberries in southern IN before March... lol.
I've got a job interview with the pipefitters on Monday at 8AM. I got an early slot on the first day of interviews, so I'm assuming I must have done very well on the test to get such a prime position. If I was scheduled for 4:30PM on Tuesday, I'd be a bit more worried.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
Wish me luck,
~6
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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Looks very smooth! I like the shade. At least on my screen it looks very similar to the color I did my room in. Therez no name for it kuz I just got wite & added blue & black tint till it looked OK.
I started trying to make it a gradually deeper blue az it went up, but it alwayz looked like eazily vizable zonez, so I just went with a uniform shade.
No, I don't know anybody with salez talent that will work with me. I've tried, but I'm sucha bad salezman I can't even talk salezmen into believing that I can't sell!
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Hi Six,
Good to see ya. 
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So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)
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Originally posted by JO753:
... At least on my screen it looks very similar to the color I did my room in. Therez no name for it kuz I just got wite & added blue & black tint till it looked OK.
My kinda kludger!
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Haha, J (and Wish).... I'm not that artistic. I need pre-approved colors before I mess with anything.
Hey Canttakesky!, good to see ya too.
What do you think of the rooms!!!
Well... I broke down and ordered the drum and edge sander for 24 hours starting tomorrow, much earlier than I usually care to wake up.
It turns out, I still have NO idea how I'm going to stain the floor though...... 
I originally wanted this type of floor:
But after researching stains, I'm starting to think this floor was painted, or at least had paint mixed in with the stain. I definitely don't want to paint the hardwood, and I'm WAY too novice at this to try dicking around with mixing stain and paint to still see a subtle difference in the grain.
I've seen some posts in blogs where people get close to what I want, but they stained the floor 2 or 3 times to get there!!!! Drat! The stain takes FOREVER to dry enough to even be walkable and I can't get up to my computer room or take a shower from the 1st floor in between coats. (My downstairs shower is currently de-funked after the mold removal).
Anybody got any hardwood floor experience here that could give me tips on a dark hardwood floor? I've been searching Google for hours and come up with only partial information.
THANKS!
~6
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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SANDING HARDWOOD FLOORS IS NOT FOR THE WEEKEND WARRIOR!!!!!
It seems I have underestimated every single aspect of this job and what it entails. It wasn't even close to being done in one day (more likely 2 or 3 days for the 2nd floor and stairs). It's FAR more physical than I thought it would ever be, particularly on the back and knees while using the edger. It's also going to cost $100-200 more for rental fees because of the length of time than I had anticipated.
The first sand with 24 grit on the drum and 20 grit on the edger is an absolute bitch. First off, the floors had never been refinished in the past, so where a lot of planks meet there are "low spots" that are very hard to sand without running over them a billion times. Second, the floors were carelessly gouged by a previous owner, and to remove all traces of this takes 2 billion runs.
I can't believe you have to sand these floors so much with 24 grit paper. I've never seen 24 grit paper before. It looks like something out of your worst nightmare!
Fortunately for the back and knees, the edger (an orbital sander) with the 20 grit makes short work of the defects. Also fortunate is the next steps after the first sand are very fast and less strenuous. After everything is done with 24/20, you go back over everything 2-3 times with 40 grit, than 80 grit, then 100 grit. I'm skipping the 120 grit step because my desired color is DARK and the wood will accept more stain with a 100 grit finish than a 120 grit finish.
Anyways.....
PICS!!!!!!
My ancient digital camera doesn't do much justice to the seriousness of how bad the floors are here. You can see a few scratches in this picture, but there are a ton more all over the place, not to mention that the finish is worn down to the stain all over the place too.
Here's a close up pic of one of the worst spots. I don't know what happened here. I can only assume that the "house gremlins" were ice skating on the finish. 
And... the finished product (at least the first sanding, anyways. As I mentioned before, my camera hides a lot of imperfections, but trust me, it really looks this good now. I sure hope it should, since all I got done in 8 hours labor today was the Master Bedroom.
I think I got the hang of the machine now though, and I hope to get the hallway and 2nd bedroom done in about 5 hours. After that, I'm hoping that it should only take about 2-3 hours more to put the last 3 final sands with lighter grit down so I can save myself a Hundo for the third day of rental that I am really hoping to avoid.
Here's me... going to bed early tonight so I can start sanding at 7AM.... :(
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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Got it done after oh, only 12 more hours of work today..... 20 hours total to sand my floors. I was not expecting that.
Man, every inch of my body hurts......
I still need to use a fine grit random orbital to blend the edger/drum marks and get a buffer to buff out any imperfections that inferior drum sander I'm paying 200 bucks for left behind. The floor looked great after going up to 80 grit, but when I used 100 grit it left "wobble" marks. You can't feel them with your fingers, but you can see them. If you can see anything like that now, you'll REALLY be able to see them when the stain is down.
The over-sized and ancient edger scuffed up my painted walls in the corners pretty bad too. Glad I sprung for Aura paint since you won't ever see the touchups when I get to them.
I'll definitely do my research before I sand the 1st floor on sanders and where to rent a good (NEW) ones, since I now know that not all drum sanders are created equal.
I've probably got about 10 days of actual labor left to be complete with the floors. Everything else should be a cakewalk though compared to the last two days. After the final sanding/buffing touches, A LOT of that time is just trying to accomplish smaller things I've been neglecting while waiting for stain and poly to dry.
I do believe I will take a break from the work at that point. After these last two days, I'm officially burnt out.
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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Sanding floorz! More work than I ever want to do!
I like wall to wall carpet anyway.
Seemz like this forum never stops a page & starts another for a topic.
I wunder how the new forum iz doing. I'm gessing its not, since its taking so long.
Another forum I'm in switched to xenforo recently & it took 10 minits.
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