So here is what it looks like when the whole place has had the first day of massive oiling done. Picture set is here. It is very deep and rich, we love it.
Archive for August, 2009
The first pass of tung oil is complete on the whole floor.
Friday, August 28th, 2009Now we’re starting to apply the tung oil to the floors
Friday, August 28th, 2009Check out what the floors look like before/after the tung oil. The picture set is here. On the first day, we put down 3-5 thin coats of oil on the floors, until they are saturated and the oil slicks up on the surface for 20-40 minutes. Then you come back and wipe up any puddles/slick spots. Then you let the floor rest over night and do the same thing again the next day. Then your floors are done, you could do it a third day if you want to.
We’re done painting (except the bathroom)
Friday, August 28th, 2009Check out the picture of the finished paint job. Click here
Buildings for sale on the square in Canton, MS
Monday, August 17th, 2009These two buildings are for sale on the square in Canton, MS. I’ve heard they are being sold as a pair, though that may be negotiable. The downstairs are in ok shape, and occupied by tenants. The upstairs need complete remodeling, which is great because you’ll have a blank slate. 3344 has a cooler upstairs in my opinion and has less demolition work to do. I think it could be livable faster. I believe the asking price is $400k for both buildings, which is kinda high, but they have around 9,000 sq. ft I think.
3342 N Liberty St, Canton, MS, 39046
3344 North Liberty St. • Canton, MS 39046
The view from 172 (Center St. that is)
Monday, August 17th, 2009Here are some pictures from our front door and our balcony on the Canton Square. We take a lot of breaks hanging out on the balcony while we are doing the renovations. Check out pictures of the view from our front door, balcony, living room, and bedroom.
The painting continues at Project 172…
Monday, August 17th, 2009The painting is continuing as quickly as we can…we are anxious to move in. The rooms have been rolled out, and need trim and cutting in. Here is what it looks like today. See the pictures here.
Project 172 paint job in progress
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Here is a quick update on where we are with the painting. We are using big, bold colors!
Here are the pictures here
We are using the “ben” line of Benjamin Moore paints from Seabrook down in Ridgeland. The coverage is awesome, what a great paint, it’s a one coater on the lighter colors, and two coats on the dark colors. We are very happy with it.
The floors are ready for a finish… with pictures
Friday, August 7th, 2009So here we are, 9 days after beginning, and the floors are sanded and ready for a finish. We rented a drum sander, edge sander, and polisher over the course of 9 days. Pictures of the progress are here. So here’s the break down. First we had to sink all the nails with a punch so the sand paper wouldn’t get torn on them. We vacuumed and cleaned all foreign matter from the floors. We usually had two people working, one on the drum sander and one on the edger. We had those two sanders for 9 days, and the polisher for 2 hours. We have never redone floors before so it took alot of trial and error to figure the tools out. Don’t be too scared about the horror stories people tell you about these sanders being hard to use, and gouging your floor. It’s not that difficult. We ran each floor through 20, 36, 60, 80, and 100 grit sand paper on the drum sander and the edger. It took about 2 days per room. Results will vary. That’s what it took us averaged out with a learning curve to get the tools performing the best in our conditions. More to follow on the floors tips and tricks. We decided to finish the floors with pure tung oil which we ordered from realmilkpaint.com, we haven’t started applying it yet, we’ll keep you posted. We’ve begun painting now too, so that will follow soon.
