Stripping

We have ten days between

getting this house

to when we have to be out of our other house.

In the meantime, we both have full-time jobs,

and have to refinish the floors

of the new (old) house.

So for the past four days

we have been

stripping.

Heavy duty stripping.

In fact,

we've had the

whole family

stripping.

You do realize I am

talking about

stripping floors,

right?

We had a three-day weekend

at our school.

Plus my husband and I

took a day off of work.

And we sanded and stripped.

And sanded some more.

And when that wasn't working well enough

we added weight to the sander

and sanded some more.

We used an "edger" sander.

It was the beast.

But it was also stronger

than four horses.

I could not control it.

I left that to my husband and sons.

Did I mention that sanding

involves a LOT of

being on your hands and knees?

And heavy equipment that likes

to pull the body in ways it shouldn't.

Loud noises.

Lots and lots and lots of fine dust.

Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of time.

Lots of different sanders.

Every size imaginable.

Every grade of grit on the sandpaper.

But it slowly began to come off.

Stripping is not for the impatient....

which is why it is so hard for me!

If the pictures seem random, they are.

We did lots of rooms.

We had lots of tools.

All our children got in on the action,

although I did not get pictures

of everyone.

 

Ever so slowly

they began to look

so much better.

This was a job for

two

shop-vacs.

And a few Swiffers.

My husband wore his Zune

the entire time

and rocked out to classic rock...

As he sang along.

It was entertaining.

 My son was able to bend over like this for hours

and control that beast edger.

Oh to be young and nimble again!

When the four-day stripping extravaganza

was over....

we had this.

The floors look

absolutely beautiful

in their

naked state.

But alas...yes we did,

we gave them a coat...

or two..

of....

Well stay tuned. I'll show you more....

real soon......