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BTW, a British dude told me that they have Eastern Europeans for this kind of work.

 

This is true. I don't know what's going on in Poland, but they appear to have outlawed carpenters, plumbers, electricians, builders, etc. It's quite shocking for British workers, as Poles work for less money, and don't have a tea break every five minutes.

 

Also you can't blame anyone else for mistakes.

 

The main reason why you should have at least one person with you, even if they're just watching. You can always accuse them of 'putting you off'.

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Do tell! What exactly are you coating a roof with?

 

I have a camper with a rotten floor caused by a leaking roof. So I tore out the section of flooring that was bad and went over every seam in the aluminum sheeting with this black rubber stuff. It seems to have stopped the leak, but I'm going to coat the entire top with a silver coating just in case there's a few holes in the middle of the sheets that I missed, and to reflect the heat off the roof since it's sitting in the sun now. I may even coat the sides in it as well if I have enough of the stuff :P

 

The other project is a large travel trailer that I need to do the same thing with on top. But the leak has just started so I shouldn't have to fix the floor or anything like that.

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I've applied wall smoothing to the part where ceramics used to be before this reconstruction - you can see the broom hanging over it in the previous pic.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Za%20net/DSC01351.jpg

 

Not the best possible job (you get what you pay for) so a lot of sandpapering will be necessary. I thank all deities for power-tools.

 

I also glued an aluminium edge to the last of part that needed it.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Za%20net/DSC01353.jpg

 

In a day or two at most I am done with wall smoothing. I'll start throwing the trash out today so I can start painting the ceiling at the same time.

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Even not being a professional you seem to be paying enough attention to detail. And that will pay off in the end.

 

Just don't let yourself fall pray to haste at this stage. A good finish now will keep you from having to put your nose back to the grindstone for a good few years.

 

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A shoddy finish, on the other hand, will have the missus on your hair for a virtual eternity afterwards. Remember, this is the kitchen - their natural habitat! :P

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Even not being a professional you seem to be paying enough attention to detail. And that will pay off in the end.

Thank you for the praise, I hope it is at least party founded. I'm sure more could be done but I have my limits.

 

Remember, this is the kitchen - their natural habitat! :P

Heh, it is as much my habitat as hers, trust me. Not that she would not want to cook but I also like cooking. Washing the dishes is another matter. :D

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I am done with walls. I begin painting the ceiling today. Which is what I thought would be done by now but hey... Future kitchen was cleaned at least to the point where I didn't need to be decontaminated when I went for the living quarters. I started dusting the tools, hoarded in future living room, and dropping them off into the kitchen. Not much is missing, except the heavy machinery Andrej already needed elsewhere.

 

A tool group photo.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Za%20net/DSC01374.jpg

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Future kitchen was cleaned at least to the point where I didn't need to be decontaminated when I went for the living quarters.

 

I do so love that. You finish work, head off to get cleaned up, and a woman klaxon goes off like a decompression alarm on a spaceship. "Don't spread all that dust/plaster/dirt through the house!" and outside you go to scrub up.

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My intention with the ceiling was to retain its wooden look yet to make it lighter, thus room look bigger and keep a lot more light.

 

So I decided to buy a white non-covering lacquer, dissolve it a bit more and apply a thin coat. This would make original dark brown colour a lot lighter.

 

Starting.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Za%20net/DSC01377.jpg

 

Close up.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Za%20net/DSC01378.jpg

 

When I finished kitchen, I took this photo to show you a comparison between former state (on the right, living room) and later state (on the left, kitchen).

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Za%20net/DSC01379.jpg

 

So. Do you see silk-like evenly applied coating that made my ceiling look lighter?

 

You don't?

 

THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NONE, DAMMIT!!!

 

It looked cool on the tester, a board that I painted. But the board was not a big one and it was very smooth. I was able to apply the damn lacquer very evenly. THIS crap looks as if...

I COATED THE CEILING WITH A THIN LAYER OF BIRD POO! https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Smiley/crying.gifhttps://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Smiley/blowup6ba.gifhttps://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Smiley/vomit-smiley-020.gifhttps://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Smiley/head_wall.gifhttps://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Smiley/swear.gif

 

Anyway, I need to meditate on this bird poo a bit, but it is most likely that I'll buy a covering wood finish and paint the damn ceiling. It will look somewhat plastic but compared to what I did...

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It seems as if your blood pressure is... going through the roof, SV. :P

 

Why not replace that wood entirely, with something that doesn't require painting? Like some kind of insulation.

 

Wood is pretty and all that, but can be a real pain in the behind mid-term, and not just to paint, but to maintain. Some bugs love to eat it and it can undesireably hide humidity that will slowly make it rot.

 

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Expanded cork boards/panels/tiles are an excellent, if a bit pricey, solution for instance. It's a natural product which is recyclable, light, not permeable to gases or liquids, provides great thermal and acoustical insulation and looks quite nice and distinctive to boot - with finish or painting entirely optional.

 

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jFxf5dXufkA/SDLeBib5sEI/AAAAAAAAABY/Jsm9eg3SSVQ/s1600/Trabalho%20AP%20gotas%20007.JPG

 

Here's a link with some extra info: https://www.jelinek.com/wall.htm

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So I decided to buy a white non-covering lacquer, dissolve it a bit more and apply a thin coat. This would make original dark brown colour a lot lighter.

 

Oh God damn it. I was working on similar wood not too long ago, which also needed brightening. I stripped the dark varnish off, and redid the wood with clear varnish.

 

Could have just repainted it.

 

Shit.

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