Sounds like a ruff day Mr. Dan, I see why the expletives were included in your message which isn't normal for you or anybody on here in fact.
David Ferrin [email protected] VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jewel Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Stripping paint. Dan! be assured my friend that answering the whims and wishes of, and being whipped into pathetic subjugation by your new daughter will make all the preparations for her arrival seem but the merest light chores. Jewel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rossi" <[email protected]> To: "Blind Handyman List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:46 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Stripping paint. So, as I mentioned in an earlier post, I decided to rip down the canvas wall paper covering, taking with it some 80 years of paint, including lots of lead based paints. I sealed off the nursery, taping the door closed, had a big box fan exhausting out one window with the other window cracked open. I had my respirator on, and a jump suit. I pealed all the paper off the walls and ceiling in pretty short order. I bagged it and sealed the bags. Then I shop vacked the hell out of the room with a heppa filter on the vac. All went quite well. Unfortunately, Teresa and I made a monumentally stupid decision after that. Being good parents to be, we discussed the fact that due to past water damage, the paint on the window sills was chipping and pealing so we should probably strip that paint off and repaint them. What a fucking nightmare. I spent about 20 hours over the weekend in a respirator, painting stripper on the trim and scraping it off. The stripper worked well on the first umteen layers of paint, it literally bubbled right off. After a second application of stripper, I was still fighting with the last couple of layers of paint. I finally gave up and just scraped it all down so that there was no loose material. My hands are scraped and sore from smashing them on corners, edges, radiators, and exposure to harsh chemicals. My back and shoulders are killing me from hours on the floor scraping the damn baseboards. I attempted making the pitch of just ripping out the trim and putting new stuff in, but that didn't fly. It would have been so much easier though. Anyway, it is done, sort of, and now I have to deal with patching up the walls a bit, and finishing the trim work on the closet. SHEESH! -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081 ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4589 (20091109) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links
