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| The deck (unstained) |
I have of course seen very little of the Tour de
France – and saw none of the golf. Household duties intruded on my plans and
since Saturday we have been painting the deck.
This has gone almost according to plan – in that
the deck and most of the surroundings are now dark oak. The paint sprayer is a
fabulous piece of equipment and the bits that I could use it on were finished
in very quick time.
I had one unfortunate incident with some knockabout
rose bushes that were innocent bystanders – but I think they will survive.
But of course most of the deck is lattice and other
tricky bits which involves fiddling around with small brushes.
Today I have been painting the ceiling of the
pergola. This is a particularly difficult job because I have to stand on scaffolding
and reach up. As anyone who has painted ceilings will know – this enables the
paint to run down the brush and down your arm.
And is it is actually an oil stain it has to be
slathered on so I finished the day pretty much the color of dark oak.
However – I did not fall off the scaffolding – so all
in all it was a good day.
Your deck is looking amazing !!! You poor thing having to paint the ceiling of the pergola - I am the painter in the family and I HATE ceilings - I will do just about anything to get out of doing them !!! And for you doing it with the stain would have been even worse than paint which at least has a bit of body. At least it's done which is the main thing.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get to enjoy many happy times on the deck !
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ReplyDeleteGlad for you that the Michelangelo part of the pergola staining is done! ;-)
ReplyDeleteGlad for you that the Michelangelo part of the pergola staining is done! ;-)
ReplyDeleteMe: Thanks. I am looking forward to finishing it and christening it with some Pouilly Fuisse.
ReplyDeleteMerisi: Yes - but the next part is more perilous.
I read a hint somewhere for painting the ceiling. You cut a circle of cardboard with small hole in the middle and push the brush through it up to the ferrel and paint soaks into the cardboard. I suppose you'd have to change it a few times. The deck looks great.
ReplyDeleteSandy: What a grand idea. I shall give that a try if I ever paint the ceiling again - which I won't.
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