Wednesday, May 28, 2008
I suck at painting windows
We have a baby coming to visit (with her parents, of course) this weekend and I was feeling a little panicked about our lead paint chips in our bedroom where they will be staying. I decided to take drastic measures and do some wet sanding of the window sills where the paint has been chipping off and only managed to make it all look worse than it did before. I am going to try a second coat tomorrow but I think that once they're gone I'm going to have to either strip it (yuck) or suck it up and get a heat gun (scary). What a nasty mess and I'm sure I have taken a few years off of my life in the process...
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Hi Susie - ditto about getting together! We had a big post about the windows/paint stripping & House in Progress did a lot of it last year. It sure is tedious, but it seems worth it (hindsight, right? Ask me again next month when I do the hall sash!) For what it's worth: http://bangorbungalow.blogspot.com/2007/11/window-sashes-paint-stripping-101.html
Wow, Sarah - holy cats. I had no idea it was that much work. I'm really not ready for all of that yet. Someday maybe...I'm too chicken!
Enjoy your time off this week and I'll try to get a hold of you next weekend or so.
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