20 June 2010

Bowling, anyone?

Coats of varnish applied: 1.
Time spent: 2 hrs.
Method: roller on a long handle.
Varnish used: 5 liters.
Liters remaining: 19.
Result: very nice.
Today: coat 2.
Posted by Ken Broadhurst at 07:12

15 comments:

chm said...

Wow! It's looking better and better everyday. Keep up the good work. It's easy for me to say since I don't have to do it. LOL

20 June, 2010 08:31
Jean said...

Only two hours, I'm impressed.
It looks beautiful.

20 June, 2010 09:51
Ken Broadhurst said...

Walt put the second coat down this morning. It took him just over an hour. The wood didn't drink this coat the way it drank up the first one.

Tomorrow, I'm going to go around the edges of the room with a brush and some polyurethane to get the places that couldn't be reached with the roller.

20 June, 2010 10:44
ladybird said...

Looks splendid ... a full strike for Walt! :)

20 June, 2010 11:26
Ellen said...

Looks beautiful! At this rate, you'll be finished and furnished by next weekend.

20 June, 2010 12:26
The Beaver said...

Ken

Did you have to sand the first coat a bit (then vacuum and clean) before applying the second coat?

20 June, 2010 14:30
Seine Judeet said...

Gorgeous! What lovely wood! The room is so inviting :))

Judy

20 June, 2010 15:53
Seine Judeet said...

The Beaver, thanks for thetissu collant sec term:))
Judy

20 June, 2010 15:57
Ken Broadhurst said...

TB, no, we didn't sand between coats. Since the first coat was almost entirely absorbed into the wood... On the tin of vitrificateur, it says: « Pour un rendu parfait, poncer légèrement au papier fin (320) entre les couches. » I guess we won't have a « rendu parfait »! We are not such perfectionists.

Judy, look at this site and you'll see the term « lingettes dépoussiérantes » for tack cloth.

20 June, 2010 16:14
Diogenes said...

What a transformation from the beginning! It looks great.

20 June, 2010 16:53
Anonymous said...

Very, very nice!!

BettyAnn

20 June, 2010 17:02
Seine Judeet said...

Ken, yet another instance of the Quebeckers and the Frenchies having their own terms :) I wonder what the Brits call tack cloth?

Judy

20 June, 2010 17:42
Starman said...

Wow, you've done a fantastic job!

20 June, 2010 20:36
Anonymous said...

Bravo, c'est superbe ! Un vrai parquet de... danse, lol !!! Bises :-) Mary/Marie from Normandy, France

21 June, 2010 00:24
Ken Broadhurst said...

Yes, Marie, it does look like a dance floor. Maybe we should invite friends and neighbors and do some line dancing.

21 June, 2010 07:59

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