Monday, September 23, 2013

adventures in painting and pavers (greenhouse post #5)

yesterday and today i worked on painting parts of the greenhouse.

there is an added challenge of keeping the dogs safely away from the freshly painted surfaces.

see, Puppy has helped me paint in the past. he did this by sweeping a painted wall that i had thought was dry enough with his long fluffy tail, and then turning around and painting the door with his painted tail, just by wagging it. so i knew i had to not only keep the dogs away, but i had to keep them far enough away that their tails couldnt accidentally reach either. its been interesting. thus i've been making doggy barricades with lawn chairs and shelving.
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the north wall, outside face is painted
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one side of the uncut sheet of OSB painted (that stuff sucks up a LOT of paint)
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you can keep the paintbrush soft by wrapping it in tinfoil after cleaning
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oil based exterior primer
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paint thinner for cleanup
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laying pavers where the second section of fence was removed
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there is a fence post in the way. one set in concrete below the frost line.
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