There's lumberthing I want to tell you - Page 134

monster · 10-02-2020, 12:52 AM

I want to come and wave from a distance like a street urchin peering in through the window of the Baker's shop.......

monster · 10-02-2020, 12:54 AM

Will Halloween costumes be involved?

(oh and this news made me happy

)

xoxoxoBruce · 10-02-2020, 03:03 AM

Wedding guest ensemble...

limey · 10-02-2020, 08:22 AM

Sounds like a great plan! Hope you have a truly lovely day and a fabulous life together thereafter.

Sent by Magick.

Clodfobble · 10-02-2020, 10:47 AM

Make sure you post pictures afterward!

lumberjim · 10-02-2020, 01:36 PM

Might could set up a Zoom on a tablet or my chrome book, and set it where those interested could observe the actual ceremony live....

monster · 10-02-2020, 02:56 PM

ooooh!

lumberjim · 10-02-2020, 08:53 PM

Yeah... I think I may do that.

Also, back stairs are 95% done.

They had shitty carpet on them when we moved in. Carpet deleted, we had issues.

100 yr old heart pine:

10 year old home depot pine.

Big difference in color and grain.

Fixed that shit

monster · 10-02-2020, 08:56 PM

nice, but you're only supposed to carry her over the threshold, not up the stairs!

lumberjim · 10-02-2020, 09:09 PM

I filled the gaps in the landing with wedges of 1 yr old home depot pine (at Amanda's suggestion{or so she claims, at least} ), and chiseled and sanded... Then I stained the new wood with dark Trans Tint dye and water, cured. Then I sanded that back. That left the hard grain dark and the soft grain light. Then, fire.

I torched the hard grain, and lightly sanded that back. A coat of old antique maple Trans Tint and some mixing of the amber to level the color... I gave the older wood 2 coats of the maple and a jot of amber..... Got them close enough to not be noticeably different.

Then 2 coats of triple thick poly, steel wool satin finish.
We're pleased with the result.

lumberjim · 10-02-2020, 09:44 PM

Oh yeah. And we painted. Amanda did the risers and side trim, and removed the railing. I sanded and painted them, and cut and sized and shaped and painted the 27 little side moldings... I just have to nail the trim down, and Amanda will clean up the little bleed throughs of paint on the steps.

That's the other 5%

Clodfobble · 10-02-2020, 10:04 PM

Those stairs are gorgeous!

monster · 10-02-2020, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Those stairs are gorgeous!

this is true.

Griff · 10-03-2020, 07:07 AM

Great work!

lumberjim · 10-03-2020, 07:47 AM

Thanks! I also fixed the creaking with diagonal trim nails placed strategically. They're nice and quiet for now.

10-02-2020, 12:52 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I want to come and wave from a distance like a street urchin peering in through the window of the Baker's shop....... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-02-2020, 12:54 AM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Will Halloween costumes be involved? (oh and this news made me happy ) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-02-2020, 03:03 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wedding guest ensemble... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-02-2020, 08:22 AM	#4
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Sounds like a great plan! Hope you have a truly lovely day and a fabulous life together thereafter. Sent by Magick. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-02-2020, 10:47 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Make sure you post pictures afterward! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-02-2020, 01:36 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Might could set up a Zoom on a tablet or my chrome book, and set it where those interested could observe the actual ceremony live.... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-02-2020, 02:56 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	ooooh! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-02-2020, 08:53 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Yeah... I think I may do that. Also, back stairs are 95% done. They had shitty carpet on them when we moved in. Carpet deleted, we had issues. 100 yr old heart pine: 10 year old home depot pine. Big difference in color and grain. Fixed that shit __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-02-2020, 08:56 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	nice, but you're only supposed to carry her over the threshold, not up the stairs! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-02-2020, 09:09 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I filled the gaps in the landing with wedges of 1 yr old home depot pine (at Amanda's suggestion{or so she claims, at least} ), and chiseled and sanded... Then I stained the new wood with dark Trans Tint dye and water, cured. Then I sanded that back. That left the hard grain dark and the soft grain light. Then, fire. I torched the hard grain, and lightly sanded that back. A coat of old antique maple Trans Tint and some mixing of the amber to level the color... I gave the older wood 2 coats of the maple and a jot of amber..... Got them close enough to not be noticeably different. Then 2 coats of triple thick poly, steel wool satin finish. We're pleased with the result. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-02-2020, 09:44 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Oh yeah. And we painted. Amanda did the risers and side trim, and removed the railing. I sanded and painted them, and cut and sized and shaped and painted the 27 little side moldings... I just have to nail the trim down, and Amanda will clean up the little bleed throughs of paint on the steps. That's the other 5% __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-02-2020, 10:04 PM	#12
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Those stairs are gorgeous! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-03-2020, 07:07 AM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Great work! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-03-2020, 07:47 AM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Thanks! I also fixed the creaking with diagonal trim nails placed strategically. They're nice and quiet for now. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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