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When the going gets tough, the pretty girls strip.
So, if we remember back to my last post about stripping, we left off with the door looking like this: I had used the heat gun on the paint on one side. This weekend I applied a coat of CitriStrip and...
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Remember Mr. Wizard?
So, way back in November when we hosted the Des Moines Rehabber’s Club’s inaugural meeting, I met a guy named Todd who blew my mind with his crazy talk about how I could strip stubborn layers of caked...
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Another weekend, another visitor, another few projects closer to completion.
This weekend my college friend, Chantell came to visit. She’s from Chicago and is going to grad school at Syracuse. She took the train all the way from Syracuse to Chicago for the holidays, and took...
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Channeling the craftsmen of the past?
I’m very close to finishing my first paint stripping project. There were two wood doors in the basement of my house when I moved in. Both had several layers of paint. I never planned on putting these...
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Gotta have my tunes!
Last night while I was stripping paint in the basement I really wanted some music, but I was out of electrical outlets. (Which got me writing down a few more things I’d like to have done when we do any...
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The stripping continues
This weekend I stripped another door. Today I put another coat of polyurethane on the test door. It’s looking so cool! Then I worked the rest of the night on the front bedroom. No pictures yet because...
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Two stripped doorways and one burnt arm later…
The paint’s all up and I’m working on stripping the paint off the woodwork in the dining room! Pictures! Oh yeah, and I accidentally touched the metal tip of the heat gun to my arm as I was reaching...
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Countdown to party: T-minus 2 days…
Here’s where we were on Tuesday night. Party’s on Saturday. Can we do it? I think we can. We’ve made some good progress on the dining room. Here’s how the dining room windows looked mid-chemical strip:...
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Mission Accomplished!
When we left off last time, our living room and dining room looked like this: On Saturday, it looked like this! Actually, that picture is from after I’d cleaned up after the party a bit. But you get...
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Nothing new to report, so here’s a look at my workshop!
I don’t have any exciting dramatic pictures of progress to show off this week, but I did spend some time moving things along in my refinishing workshop. Let’s take a tour! This room in my basement is...
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