The beginning of a new year!! Happy new year to you all!!
This last week had a lot of Saturdays, light duty in other words. What we managed was to start repairing the street side (western side) weatherboards. When we bought the place, there was a gap of 25 mm between two weatherboards. I assumed it was due to nails rusted away and the board sagging. I started work there and soon realised we had a total mishmash of boards. Some original 220 mm, some replacement 200 mm, and that explains it. In the olden days, the weatherboard on the sides were often narrower than on the front. I sanded part of the wall down in preparation of painting and replaced a few boards. That part is good now. Next job will be to build a scaffold to reach the gable.
We also started looking at cleaning the living room floors. That has lots of polish and stain on it. After playing around with various solvents and sanders, we came upon Lacquer thinners, It removes the marks. Problem was, part is white now, and part brown. Further investigation showed that the nice brown patina is actually dirt. Handy Andy does the trick. We have about one sq m of clean floor now. The next was finishes. I have always loved oil rather than varnish. Raw linseed oil is too greasy, Danish Oil could work, but is expensive. Ben suggested South African Woodoc. Not available here, but we fond a similar product and ordered a sample. It is an oil with wax mixed in. Waiting for delivery now.
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