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A day off work
After a busy weekend last week I decided I fancied a nice long weekend to follow, so I've taken today off work. So obviously I've decided it's a good idea to get round to doing some painting. We bought a couple of testers probably a year or more ago, and tried them both out a few weeks back and decided which we wanted, so yesterday morning before work I nipped into Homebase and bought a tin of paint. So far today I have:
- Removed all the items from the mantelpiece and hearth
- Moved a nearby DVD case and small table
- Hoovered where the furniture was, and the cobwebs from the nearby walls
- Had breakfast
- Found the tarpaulin and paint sheet from the shed, and taped them to the fireplace
- Started taping all the edges with masking tape - until I ran out of tape
- Painted the first coat anyway, leaving plenty of space at the edges where there's no tape
- Washed the brushes and roller I used
- Taken photos of several stages, and of some things in the garden
- Had a cuppa and stuck a spud in the oven for lunch
My plan of action for the rest of the day is:
- Wait for my Ocado delivery (between 12 and 1) ✓
- Have lunch ✓
- Go out and try the Post Office,
Garden Centre and Waitrosefor more masking tape ✓ - Hopefully not have to go all the way into town for tape! ✓
- Apply tape to the bits I've missed so far ✓
- Paint a second coat ✓ - yay!
The first coat should be dry by about 2:30, so this even gives time for a third coat this evening with Mike's help maybe when he gets home from work. And then we can have a quiet weekend in the bits that remain :)
Addendum: not sure it won't need 4 coats though - and it's not looking very even. Will have to see how it looks after the third has been done and has dried overnight.
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We decided it was too dark to do the third coat last night, so that went on this morning, and I think we'll do a fourth early afternoon and then call it done.