In my inevitable way of under estimating things, my idea for painting the hall, stairs and landing in a couple of days has been totally trashed as I started that job (Mrs. Woody will be pleased!) having got the bi-fold doors into the kitchen finally painted and remounted (another job I under estimated) - and working too!
Even though you see things every day I had not appreciated just how much preparation is needed before any paint goes on the walls. Looking closer revealed cracks and defects that need dealing with so much of the day was spent filling and sanding as will be a few more days yet!
Under estimation is also the order of the day with the Revell Peterbilt 359 that I uncovered from on top of a cupboard yesterday. Half an hour should see it cleaned up I thought. How wrong was I? Very wrong! This is where I started from.
Using some warm water with a dash of detergent in it I used cotton buds and a brush to start to remiove the years of accumulated dirt and dust. It took me 15 minutes to clean that one mudguard which I forgot was a chrome finish!
After an hour and a half, my half hour job was still not finished but it was looking a lot better.
I even discovered that the hood opened revealing a detailed engine!
I am not going to estimate how much work is left to do to finish this but hopefully not too long!
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