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DIY - Painting my doors

January 28th, 2007 at 08:53 am

I have set myself 10 days to do this painting job. At lease my part of it. The timber doorframe I still haven’t got the wood to paint as of yet. This may need to be painted before hand or after it put in place. I have two doors to paint as they are taller than I am and I can’t move them they need to be standing to paint (Cats) so I have them in my carport at the moment doing one side with three coats then turning to do the other sides. So today is the first coat of 25% Mineral Turps & 75% Clear Varnish Mix. This allows the varnish to soak into the timber. After that it will be 100% varnish each coat. Taking off the plastic cover and sanding down before hand both doors took about 90 minutes and then 50 minutes to paint them. So I’m looking at about 75 minutes per day. As it can only be coated once per day and you need 4 coats each side minimum. The tone is multi colored of wood that’s allowing natural wood grains to be highlighted. They are solid wooden doors.

Posted in DIY, No Spending Day, Major Projects | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “DIY - Painting my doors”

  1. shiela Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 09:46 am 1169977575
    1169977575

    I wish when I'm your age I got as much energy as you. You are doing great with your home renovation.

  2. campfrugal Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 01:48 pm 1169992126
    1169992126

    Oh, don't remind me. I have so much painting to do.

  3. nance Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 04:59 pm 1170003572
    1170003572

    We replaced our windows, and I have 13 window frames and trim, and a set of French doors to paint. I have been procrastinating for months! I need motivation!

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