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My house was painted by professional painters 4 years ago. They did a fine job. Here in the Denver area we get hail many times each year. After a recent such storm, I saw some hail damage on the northwest side of my house. Not much, some of the larger bare areas were as big as a quarter. It was and is very puzzling to me. The damage only went up about 10 feet. There is another 2 story house about 10 feet away and it was not touched. I felt good about not having to go up high and only needed an 8 ft step ladder. That is when I discovered that the siding was not wood or aluminum. It was pressed fiber wood and has been there for more than 30 years. It wasn’t much of a task to paint the bare spots. When I got out the paint out that the painters had left, it was well marked. I made another discovery. The paint cans were NOT metal, but plastic. I remember thinking “This is cheap junk”. When I opened the cans I was surprised. The paint needed little stirring. There was very little on the bottom and I was ready to go in a few minutes. Those plastic containers made a big difference and the paint was still very much liquid. It used to take some time with an electric drill stir to get it thoroughly mixed. After I was finished I had to admit that I was wrong about cheap stuff being used. As for the fiber board………………There is NOT one good stick of wood in the whole house. It is all plywood and cheap pine. But that is how they make them now days. My old house in Ohio was all Oak and real wood. Times have changed, as I found out
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With my deck refurb in the finishing painting stage I can now work on next outside project. For whatever reason the rest of the house has vinyl siding and soffits, but he carport seems to have been left out. For many years I have just painted it, but now I just want the vinyl soffit and be done with it. Of course while I am at it a few upgrades are in order. First up is a improvement to the lighting. When it rains or I need to work after dark the carport offers the best place and plenty of work area. But only two 4 ft fluorescent fixtures provide very poor light. So I am thinking to add eight 4ft long LED fixtures. That should cover the 22x16 ft area with plenty of light. In theory. So today I have removed the old fixtures. Conducted chemical warfare against the wasps and hornets that had taken up residence inside the guts of the fixtures. These lights have been up for 33 years according to the date stamped on one of them. You can see in the picture at one time the ceiling was a golden / yellow color. Not worried about painting this, I intend to cover the works with vinyl soffit. I have enough in stock to do about 2/3 of it so this should be a $100 project. Now I need 4 outlet boxes, 2 outlets each to give power to the lights. For this project like my shop I want to be able to unplug them if I need to repair or replace. Used this jig to cut the 450 angles for the box shells we shall call them. Cutting up all the pieces I assembled and used glue and air nails to make 4 little boxes. Drilled pocket holes in them to attached to ceiling from inside the box, leaving enough room to put the metal electrical box in place. All sanded, edges rounded on the router table and ready for paint. Which the 1st coat is now drying. Could not get an answer from anyone if the outlets without a cover can be used UNDER a carport or not. If the time comes to sell the house and someone insists they MUST have covers the boxes are wide enough to allow the use of the covered outlets like I used here.
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Still not there yet. I put the colors on while the football game was going at noon today. I mix my colors as I go. Gotta darken moms blouse for it is too close to the same as the blanket !
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What started out as a upgrade to my 12 inch sander spiraled off course and took me here. Plumbed the Dust collection from closest stub down the wall, across the other wall, then finally along the back wall to meet the sander. As with any project I had to make sacrifices. Hardest one here was using a short 90 degree bend around the corner. Normally long sweeps only is the rule of thumb. That works great, most of the time. I tried using a longer sweep but it brought the line of pipe out too far and that interfered with something else, that also would have forced me to move something else. Basically I need 10,000 sq ft shop and the problem is solved. In the meantime this works, and I have not won the lottery or had a relative leave me a mint so we are stuck with it for the moment. LOL
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Got a tip from Woodsmith yesterday, but it's an embedded video, so I can't share it here. They take scrap plywood, about 2" wide and cut some plate joiner (biscuit) slots. Glue in a biscuit (will stick out about half) and use like a painter pyramid to raise your work off the table for finishing or staining. He made some with 1 biscuit each that you can put wherever and some with a row of three for things like doors and shelves. If you can't envision this, I'll post some pix after I have made some.
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