Hi all....can anybody please help the Worlds Slowest Builder?

Howdy all,
My name is Peter Bassett (olbassy) and I'm just wondering if anyone else has spent 5 years hand building a 2 storey timber framed cedar clad house......lined internaly with pine matchboard!
Thought I knew something about building after 40 years in Alice using concrete, blocks, aluminium and steel....... this is the first (and last) time I'll ever use timber.
I have just spent the last 6 weeks hand sanding every sq. millimetre of ceilings, walls, architraves and cornices etc, (with 240 and 320# paper)...ready for the 2nd spray coat of clear satin transparent white french wash oil base estapol polyurethane......
and just wonder if anyone can suggest how I can successfully complete the final clear coat- without the need to sand once again.
Seems as if it is impossible to evacuate every speck of dust and I am using a low pressure gravity gun backed off to only 35 psi.

(The transparent milky white satin finish makes the pine grain and features look beautiful)...... but...... I just want to catch a fish for a change!


P.S. Our beer fridge is always full for anyone who can help!!!!

olbassy... The Worlds Slowest Builder!:missing:

Welcome to the forum Peter.

Hello Peter,

Welcome
I just had a look at your album

That is certainly one beautiful home you've built there
i cant tell from the photos about the level of dust around
nor really see any imperfections in the finish, however i don't
blame you for not wanting to invest another six weeks is it?
(especially if the fish are biting)
If you insist it has to sanded back, then many hands makes
light work. Are there any groups of people around your area
that could assist? like sporting clubs, angling clubs, perhaps you get a working bee going, for say a reasonable donation of money, beer, your services etc.

thats all i can come up with really, most of my experience in finishing
timber has been with wipe on type finishes mixed with oil, any dust
present gets wiped off and i can move small furniture items to a
dust free environment to cure, so i'm not much help there.

Regards
Col

Thanks Col,
I've tried that idea before......but the fridge isnt large enough!
P.S.
Prior to retiring here on K.I.....(only place in the world with no traffic lights, hardly any idiots and mainly very slow old half blind drivers etc).... we were in the Alice for 40 years and before that.......Elphinstone!
Its a small world,
rgds olbassy.

Sorry mate, I've no idea - new to the game.
But I'm sure you'll get 'some' advice in here.

Can I just say - "clear satin transparent white french wash oil base estapol polyurethane......" sounds illegal... and very funny.

Sympathies. Welcome.

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Originally Posted by Captain Cain

Sorry mate, I've no idea - new to the game.
But I'm sure you'll get 'some' advice in here.

Can I just say - "clear satin transparent white french wash oil base estapol polyurethane......" sounds illegal... and very funny.

Sympathies. Welcome.

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G'day , mate.
May I suggest you use HVLP pump & spraygun ( High Viscosity Low Pressure ). Try to apply in thin layers , but thick enough so you won't get drip off. You might get a bit of orang peels , but if that thing ( sounds illegal & very funny ....:doh: ) is a slow dry product , It might not be an issue anyway. Also try to direct any spraydust with a medium speed fan towards the floor of any door with fresh air flow , and you cover overall floor with plastic sheets , and on the floor that the fan blows , lay old carpet or rugs that damped with water to catch any spray dust. Usually in simple wood finishing rooms , we just flood the floor with thin layer of water to catch the dust. It might not be a good idea in your case.

I hope I get the picture right. So afraid get too many distracted bu Ol' Captain here...
If I don't , just ignore it. Welcome, mate. :roll:

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Originally Posted by albasia_rudy

G'day , mate.
May I suggest you use... :roll:

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Told you.

Thankyou Captn....
I see you have e.s.p !
olbassy.......:missing:

Thankyou munruben ..... great site!

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Originally Posted by munruben

Welcome to the forum Peter.

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Howdy Forum Members!........more than 1136 days after I posted my call for painting help.....(thankyou for all the advice and replys etc!)....I have finally finished the shack for the Boss.....and we are off to Adelaide on Monday....to buy a bed and a couch and a kitchen table etc......and....finally move in!.........an epic and final project by the Worlds Slowest Old Builder.....now completely fossilised.....retarded.......and.........had to let you all know this way because I cant remember how to make a new "post"

congratulations

are you now half blind?

......deaf, dumb..............and..............severe manopaused!

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Originally Posted by olbassy

......deaf, dumb..............and..............severe manopaused!

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sorry mate I was refering to a comment in your earlier post

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...here on K.I.....(only place in the world with no traffic lights, hardly any idiots and mainly very slow old half blind drivers etc)....

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Originally Posted by ian

sorry mate I was refering to a comment in your earlier post

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Gotcha Ian...........half blind...........and half wacked on the giggle juice,whiting and crabs......(utterly shocking place to retire too)...........p.s. have a retired fisherman mate here who makes the most beautifully finished band saw jewellery boxes cut out of local K.I swamp gum.....and 150 year old Mulberry tree wood.
Soon as I get a chance I am going to try and post them for you all to see!
Kind regards,
Peter and Marlene Bassett
Footwat Fwats
(Google streetview) 52 Tangara Drive, American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.