We're exhausted! Working a lot lately... :)
Mostly pictures:
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| Pim concentrated on the front rooms plaster finishing. Lots of work here. |
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| I am anxious to have a washbasin! started working on the vanity. I give two layers of thick shellac to all the bathroom furniture, inside and out. |
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| Drilling holes for plumbing. |
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| Old houses, uneven floors. I stacked popsicle sticks until the vanity was level. |
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| Then I lengthened the legs with layers of them + PVA glue. I did smooth them and paint them later, so the fix is nearly invisible. |
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| The vanity marble was very scratched and stained. There is a large, deep rust stain that I won't be able to remove, we're just placing the washbasin on top! |
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| After a lot of work with diamond polishing pads. |
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| And more. I am using grit 60 through 400.I have finer grits, but I doubt if I am gonna go over 800, the windowsill is just honed and I like it like that. |
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| We also drilled the holes for the plumbing on the marble. Diamond tools FTW. |
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| We were unaware of templates for core drills, I just read about them yesterday. Too late to order any, so we made our own with a piece of OSB, which worked perfectly. You only need to use it until you have a groove (first pic). |
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| Drilling, marking, drilling. |
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| One 5 cm hole for the drain, two 1 cm holes for cold and warm water. |
I wasn't happy with the finishing (dust sticks to the old finish like nobody's business, bad since the house is still super dusty).
The more I use shellac the more I like it (looks and performance).
So I vacuumed, cleaned the dust with warm water only (I wrung the microfibre cloth as much as possible - it dried fast) then applied a thick layer of shellac.
I worked on a continuous length of floorboard from end to end. Started with one at a time, ended up daring to tackle 4 at a time. Working fast, it works great, and looks very good so far.
No pictures yet.
