After what can only be described as way too long of having a bare stud and drywall between the kitchen and great room, a proverbial fire was lit under my buttocks, and the oak ledge is now complete.

OK, so really it was that Dad and Mom visited last week, and Dad was able to knock out a lot of wood finishing for me. Mostly Dad did a lot of sanding, staining, and some polyurethane. He also rescued some badly abused brushes, which are working wonderfully now.

Yesterday I broke out the HVLP sprayer I picked up a few months ago. I doubt that I’ll ever brush polyurethane onto something again. It works that well. After sanding down the ledge again and prepping it for another coat of polyurethane I broke out the sprayer. I figured we needed as many solid coats of polyurethane on the ledge as possible. It’s a high-traffic area, so the more coats, the better.

While I was at it, I did a lot of the trim that Dad stained. The sprayer makes very quick work of this stuff. So does stringing a nylon rope across the garage and stapling the trim to it.

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