Exterior Paint ~ Phase 1 "Sanding"

    My daughter Mary and I spend our first night in the new house on air mattresses upstairs. Mary took the small bedroom that faces Adams street and the southwest. I squat in the master bedroom with my queen size blow-up bed. We sleep late, not unusual for Mary bed rare for me.

    Mary began with cleaning and taping the parlor and I visit our new neighbor Pops. Pops is a real character, he lives across Adams street in a beautiful house built in 1889.  He knows everybody in PT (no exaggeration), he's always waving at cars going by, and has people stopping by for a chat on his porch.  He's a great wealth of local info, which is fortunate for us.  Pops gives me a referral for a local house painter. I make the call and by the next day Dave, proprietor of Paint Paramedics shows up and inspects the house for an estimate. Dave ends up giving me the name of a gentleman named Andy of Northwest Hardwood Floors, who refinishes hardwood floors. Soon I have both Dave and Andy lined up to start the process of bringing this old Victorian house back to its grander days.

Here the paint prep begins with disk sanders whirling away. "Watch out for lead!"