A busy week and weekend – I got lots of things started, and a number of them finished. Along with shopping, laundry, front yard edging and mowing, and a car wash … I made progress both days on the closet project for Marcia: After taking down the old wire racks, I removed the anchors and started the wall patching process.
Starting the patching process
Meanwhile, in the woodshop, I :
- pre-sanded all of the component parts with 150 grit
- wiped them down with a damp rag
- let them dry, then resanded with 180 grit
- coated them with a pre-stain sealer (drying, below), and
- final sanded them with 220 grit.
Drying after pre-stain sealer application.
My next steps are to final coat on the wall patching, sand and paint in the closet proper. Then for the components … I’m not sure. Probably just polyurethane for the slats and the rods, and wall-color paint for the brackets. I was going to stain some parts, but time is my enemy.
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Our condolences to the family and friends of Staff Sgt. Austin Bieren, 25, of Umatilla, Oregon, who died on March 28 in northern Syria in a non-combat-related incident while deployed in support of combat operations.
