3792Hrs – A Mast Better Day
Thanks for your comments and sympathies guys, I took it steady today and for the most part handled nothing more dangerous than a paint roller. I also managed to keep the paint in the right places...
Tagged: Painting
3731Hrs – Mainly Decorating
Yesterday and today have been mainly taken up with painting. The fore cabin has had several coats of gloss white and matt blue to break things up a bit. The matt blue wasn’t a design choice,...
3720Hrs – Another Push Day
Two days of paid work coming up so today I pushed on as much as I could again. It was mainly painting work, another coat of primer and one of undercoat in the fore cabin. A...
3356Hrs – Battleship Grey Day
In between looking at scary timber quotes and wondering wether I should start thinking about Christmas at some point, I spent a few hours at the barn wielding a paint brush. It’s been very much a...
2815Hrs – Much Needed Colour
Well it hasn’t felt much like June today. We’ve had numerous torrential downpours, it’s been windy, and after getting soaked whilst trying to fix my car I ended up shivering and had to retire to the...
2813Hrs – Beams Of White
Time challenges continue, half the day was spent underneath my car trying to mend the brakes and then sorting out spares. The job’s not finished so I’m on my bike tomorrow and more time will have...
2809Hrs – 5+3=4 Closer
Five hours of sanding, three hours of painting. Four beams closer to finishing.
2797Hrs – Grey Matter
I had quite a fun day today, after a bit more rubbing down I got out the brush and roller and pottered along slapping the first primer coat on the crossbeams. I always enjoy these ‘transformative’...
2651Hrs – White Out
I’m not a fan of painting but I do enjoy it when the paint I’m applying brings about a big visual transformation and that’s what I got today. It was quite hard work what with all...
2581Hrs – Looking Brighter
Still bitterly cold today but at least the wind had eased down and changed direction enough that it was a bit calmer in the barn and I was pleased to find everything still intact. It looks...