Duck Pond Redneckery

[GAnthony]

22 hours and the shit still isn't dry. Everywhere I touch the red, it ****s it up.

I think I'll waur like 3 days, then sand all the ****ups and put a 2nd and final coat of latex paint on it.

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There are 13 planks there. The first one at the corner is new wood. Then the next 5 are old wood, one coat of oil base, no primer. Center one under the window is also old wood but it's got two coats of oil base. Then the rest are new wood, two coats of oil base primer and one coat of oil/red.

I gotta make some kind of molding now, to cover the gaps between the boards.

Probably split 1x6's with the table saw. The widest gap is 1-5/8".

humidity plays a part in oil based paints drying, more so than latex.

i have to repaint a bathroom in my sisters apartment and i have to make sure we have something like 3 to 5 days of dry air.

 

[Duck]

humidity plays a part in oil based paints drying, more so than latex.

i have to repaint a bathroom in my sisters apartment and i have to make sure we have something like 3 to 5 days of dry air.

These boards were on saw horses and milk crates in the shop. There's air conditioning in the shop and I set it to 65 degrees just to make it run and dry out the air. Also I left the ceiling fan on overnight.

AND, I left the damn things out in direct sunlight while I went to Menards and Walmart.

I'm just not gonna use oil base paint on anything any more. Not that red shit at least. The oil based primer dries in an hour or two.

 

[Electric Chicken]

These boards were on saw horses and milk crates in the shop. There's air conditioning in the shop and I set it to 65 degrees just to make it run and dry out the air. Also I left the ceiling fan on overnight.

AND, I left the damn things out in direct sunlight while I went to Menards and Walmart.

I'm just not gonna use oil base paint on anything any more. Not that red shit at least. The oil based primer dries in an hour or two.

I wonder if there's something about red pigment that makes it slower to dry. That sheet metal I painted took forever compared to the primer as well. The black was touchable in just a couple hours.

 

[Duck]

This is probably the only way a non-millionaire can obtain 1x3's (or 2x2's) that aren't warped and twisted all over the place.



For this purpose:

 

[4mer Trucker]

I put ONE COAT of red oil base over the primer. The primer was dry everywhere.

That was 20 hours ago. Yesterday around 6 pm.

I just got red all over my hands moving them from the saw horses in the shop to the sides of Blueford. It's that crap on the edges. It never dries.

I'm switching to latex paint for the 2nd coat.

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Was the Primer Latex or Oil? And was it "fresh"?

 

[AK7]

Oil follow along....lol

 

[4mer Trucker]

I put ONE COAT of red oil base over the primer. The primer was dry everywhere.

That was 20 hours ago. Yesterday around 6 pm.

I just got red all over my hands moving them from the saw horses in the shop to the sides of Blueford. It's that crap on the edges. It never dries.

I'm switching to latex paint for the 2nd coat.

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Get Urself some of this

 

[AK7]

My bad didn't proof read..Haha

 

[4mer Trucker]

Oil follow along....lol

I Oxbowed myself

Oil follow along....lol

 

[AK7]

Too many wings and beer.
Sorry bout that
Sweet Thai hot bbq has me messed up.

 

[Duck]

Was the Primer Latex or Oil? And was it "fresh"?

Oil. Fresh from Menards and I stirred it up with one of those paddle wheel thingies that go in the drill

 

[4mer Trucker]

Oil. Fresh from Menards and I stirred it up with one of those paddle wheel thingies that go in the drill

Damn, got nothing to offer. That should have been dry and ready for Color

 

[Duck]

Damn, got nothing to offer. That should have been dry and ready for Color

It was dry. It's the top coat that never dried.

 

[Duck]

I wish I knew what species of plant this is.



It was the stalk of a weed I cut down behind the old wood barn 2 years ago.

It was a green stalk, a broadleaf plant like burdock but it grew about 5-6 feet high. I cut it all out and it all went on the burn pile except for this 3 foot piece I kept out of curiosity. I don't remember what piqued my curiosity though.

It was green and flexible when I cut it. I cut it with hand pruners the size of a pair of wire cutters and it was super easy to cut.

Now it's super strong and super light.

I mean I don't think I can snap it in half with my bare hands if I tried. It's as rigid as whatever wood they use for broom handles.

And it's so light I could probably balance it on the end of a cigarette, holding it by the filter. I mean it weighs almost nothing. But it's so damn strong I can barely flex it holding it by the ends.

Too bad I cut everything down again this year and poisoned the ground. I'm going to have to go out in the fields on the 4 wheeler and see if I can find some more.

But I just noticed this:



The core is soft like styrofoam. It's basically like a wooden tube with foam inside.

I just cut a piece off and dug out the foamy stuff with a drill bit.





Whatever it is, it grows wild in Illinois.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I wish I knew what species of plant this is.

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It was the stalk of a weed I cut down behind the old wood barn 2 years ago.

It was a green stalk, a broadleaf plant like burdock but it grew about 5-6 feet high. I cut it all out and it all went on the burn pile except for this 3 foot piece I kept out of curiosity. I don't remember what piqued my curiosity though.

It was green and flexible when I cut it. I cut it with hand pruners the size of a pair of wire cutters and it was super easy to cut.

Now it's super strong and super light.

I mean I don't think I can snap it in half with my bare hands if I tried. It's as rigid as whatever wood they use for broom handles.

And it's so light I could probably balance it on the end of a cigarette, holding it by the filter. I mean it weighs almost nothing. But it's so damn strong I can barely flex it holding it by the ends.

Too bad I cut everything down again this year and poisoned the ground. I'm going to have to go out in the fields on the 4 wheeler and see if I can find some more.

But I just noticed this:

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The core is soft like styrofoam. It's basically like a wooden tube with foam inside.

I just cut a piece off and dug out the foamy stuff with a drill bit.

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Whatever it is, it grows wild in Illinois.

See if a panda will eat it.

 

[Duck]

Super high density too, compared to the pine it's set on here. You could make blades with it.

 

[4mer Trucker]

See if a panda will eat it.

Duh, there's no Pandas in Illinois

 

[Duck]

Duh, there's no Pandas in Illinois

We have a Panda Express.

 

[Duck]

I have GOT to find out the name of this species of weed and cultivate it.

 

[Duck]

There's still green shit under a super thin outer layer I can barely scrape off with my fingernail.