Yearly Archives: 2001

All of the hardware was painted over with several coats of paint.  This is a good example of what the sash locks looked like. The very same sash lock after all of the paint was removed.  Why anyone would paint … Continue reading →

Walls painted a light purple color. Close-up of new paint color.

After the final sanding, it was time to prime the ceiling. Ceiling completely primed. We just used an interior water-based latex primer. Walls being primed with same primer. First coat of primer applied. First coat of primer on tower walls. … Continue reading →

After the ceiling was completely patched with drywall compound, it was now time to sand it all smooth.  This was not a fun job! Note to self (and anyone else who wants to save themselves a LOT of time), LESS … Continue reading →

Since the heat gun just wasn’t taking off the paint, we decided to just remove the woodwork so that we could use a chemical stripper.  Removing the woodwork allows you to get all of the paint off, even the paint … Continue reading →