Strip Em
The last time we painted the porch was three years ago. Yesterday, Lisa started the process of removing old loose paint in preparation for the planned repaint.
A little while after starting to work with the power belt sander, Lisa had multiple cases where the trigger lock - which keeps the sander running without the operator having to keep holding the trigger in place - engaging without her realizing it. This led to the sander running away from her once and running over her leg, which was unpleasant. It was so unpleasant that she disabled the lock so it can no longer be engaged.
Upon giving it a bit more thought, I can see a case for there not being a lock on the sander, as it's potentially dangerous. Not that we wouldn't want a power sander. Trying to remove the paint by hand handing might take all summer!
At the end of the first day, using the power sander, wire brush, and brooms, we got a lot of the paint from the main deck removed, but there is still a lot more to go before we can star putting down coats of sanding sealer to act as a primer coat.
You can see in the photos that the boards have a lot of water in them. That appears to be from a pretty snowy winter and wet spring by our standards. We're going to need a couple of weeks of dry, sunny weather to dry these boards. Ideally, we'd like to just be able to paint the porch without having to replace any of the boards.
A little while after starting to work with the power belt sander, Lisa had multiple cases where the trigger lock - which keeps the sander running without the operator having to keep holding the trigger in place - engaging without her realizing it. This led to the sander running away from her once and running over her leg, which was unpleasant. It was so unpleasant that she disabled the lock so it can no longer be engaged.
Upon giving it a bit more thought, I can see a case for there not being a lock on the sander, as it's potentially dangerous. Not that we wouldn't want a power sander. Trying to remove the paint by hand handing might take all summer!
At the end of the first day, using the power sander, wire brush, and brooms, we got a lot of the paint from the main deck removed, but there is still a lot more to go before we can star putting down coats of sanding sealer to act as a primer coat.
You can see in the photos that the boards have a lot of water in them. That appears to be from a pretty snowy winter and wet spring by our standards. We're going to need a couple of weeks of dry, sunny weather to dry these boards. Ideally, we'd like to just be able to paint the porch without having to replace any of the boards.