Skipping back a few days to Father's Day, I had taken the boys out for the morning so Thomas could sleep in. When we returned, Tom had the front door off and was painting. Apparently, he figured on this job being a few hours and having some time to relax.
There was a slight problem with the primer not working well. So, instead he decided to strip the door paint and start over. One trip to Home Depot later, he added some crazy remover that became like gum. It wouldn't come off of the door.
Day Two. He goes back to Home Depot and gets much better advice and better toxic chemicals that burn your skin on contact. During naptime, the two of us were out in a million degree heat, scraping off paint with rubber gloves, scrubby sponges and scrapers. Finally, the door was down to the metal. We rinsed it and let it dry. Tom painted it with a better primer paint mix and it is back in place.
So, why don't I feature a nice picture of the freshly painted door, you ask? Well....the door is only painted on one side. The other side is still icky brown and Thomas is intending to finish the project next week. So, as incentive, I am going to blog on the completed door next week.
The painted portion looks great. I felt badly that the project took much longer than expected. Many of our projects seem to have that issue.
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