{"id":13207,"date":"2017-02-15T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=13207"},"modified":"2017-02-15T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T20:57:12","slug":"project-chairs-update-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/13207","title":{"rendered":"Project Chairs: Update Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have spent more than an hour with me, you know I&#8217;m not a patient person.<\/p>\n<p>So much of this project is WAITING. GAH. Waiting for wood glue to dry, waiting for resin to dry, waiting for stain to dry&#8230; SO. MUCH. WAITING.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how things have progressed since last week.<\/p>\n<p>I dug and scraped and sanded all the old glue and gunk and everything to get these pieces to fit together again. (Here you can see prior to work, <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/RbeuRE\">these pieces are held together with about a quarter centimeter of wood glue<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32029588143\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"These pieces fit together better now...\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/336\/32029588143_a1fd95e989_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"These pieces fit together better now...\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32844372885\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"As do these two pieces.  (You can see the new split on the smaller piece.)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/371\/32844372885_61fe72a06f_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"As do these two pieces.  (You can see the new split on the smaller piece.)\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I scraped old glue and then sanded the crap out of the broken pieces to see if I could get them to fit back together smoothly.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32001859214\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Scrape glue, sand, scrape glue, sand. Ugh. I hope I&#x27;m making this actually better.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/755\/32001859214_9a24a4fbfb_z.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Scrape glue, sand, scrape glue, sand. Ugh. I hope I&#x27;m making this actually better.\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I glued everything back together as carefully as I could. After getting the large piece down I remembered I had small paint brushes&#8211;those worked best. Then I taped everything down for the resin.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32749796582\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"I hate waiting.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2210\/32749796582_31451060b4_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" alt=\"I hate waiting.\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32888864065\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Duh duh DUH!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/658\/32888864065_a57d30ce3c_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Duh duh DUH!\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>PROOF I wore gloves! I also had a window open! Safety precautions! I did not bond together anything that should not have been permamently stuck together.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32508615000\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Proof I remembered gloves!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2754\/32508615000_ccce2592e9_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Proof I remembered gloves!\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In progress. It&#8217;s never going to look good, but BY GUM IT WILL BE STURDY. And smooth. And even. Just ugly. (Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/RwdPiU\">how it looked before I started<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible if I&#8217;d be more aggressive with the sanding it might have looked better, but as this wood is mostly likely 100+ years old, I&#8217;ve been terrified of using too much force. And the site I found that showed step-by-stop how to use the resin to fill voids also used a power sander to smooth the resin. I&#8217;m positive that made things quite different from my sanding by hand.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32921278735\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20170215_114050\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/271\/32921278735_862264e40f_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20170215_114050\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Again you can see how the resin filled in the void.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32921277385\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20170215_114202\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2784\/32921277385_3b12acb292_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20170215_114202\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Three areas visible here that got resin. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32921280405\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20170215_114123\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2388\/32921280405_d29ca237fa_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20170215_114123\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you, working with the epoxy is a giant PITA. I ended up peeling everything off and starting again on two different sets of cracks. The second time I was far more sparing in my application of resin. If I&#8217;d thought to get tooth picks it probably would have gone easier.<\/p>\n<p>The resin is supposed to be sandable, but I mostly have just (CAREFULLY) used a razor and exacto knife to cut the resin flush with the wood.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, that is as miserable to do as it sounds. But so far, no trips to the ER.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s where things are now. Waiting for stain to dry so I can polyurethane the chair on the right. Left is also waiting to be polyurethaned and for the back to be finished.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/32921282225\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20170215_114029\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/278\/32921282225_a5b15e3ca4_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20170215_114029\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another note&#8211;the wood here is very light. I&#8217;m positive that on a darker wood many of the imperfections and repairs would have blended into the grain. But here I&#8217;m stuck with repaired cracks and voids that are much darker than the surrounding wood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have spent more than an hour with me, you know I&#8217;m not a patient person. So much of this project is WAITING. GAH. Waiting for wood glue to dry, waiting for resin to dry, waiting for stain to dry&#8230; SO. MUCH. WAITING. Here&#8217;s how things have progressed since last week. 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