What did you accomplish today?

curious2garden

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So, as I continue to stall on starting the bar in the gameroom, we've been stripping some old furniture laying around my place. This was an old little bookshelf made by my grandfather. It had 10 coats of paint, but some nice wood underneath. Stripped and after discovering a red hue to the wood, stained with Zar merlot. Grain nicer to the naked eye
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Also, did this old baby chair that came out nice, might look good in bathroom corner as bathroom trim is all Zar merlot
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Also did this old little table that was also covered with multiple coats of paint and had a shelf added to the bottom. Tore off silly shelf, stripped and stained with leftover pecan stain
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Came out nice too.

Tediously over a couple days stripped this old 3 section portable privacy screen made by my father in law. He died young long before I met the wife, so I figured it would be nice to restore. It had so many coats of paint the slats were sealed...stripped and stained merlot also. It's kinda cool and may wind up by the basement shower area. Has a distressed look, the slats are thin, you can't sand them away to nothing
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My secret stash of finished things...if the wife sees them, she gets bossy about where they should go. Lol. So they can hide out in the shed a while until I put them somewhere permanent.View attachment 3810721

I have to start the bar soon. I think I've got a good mental plan, still tweaking the fine points.
Back in the day my hubby used to bring home whatever the stripper was they used on the airframes. It was wickedly good. The strippers today should be sued for false advertising. I guess our generation was lucky all our kids didn't have three eyes or something. You do very nice work, giving our @420God a run for his money LOL
 

tangerinegreen555

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Back in the day my hubby used to bring home whatever the stripper was they used on the airframes. It was wickedly good. The strippers today should be sued for false advertising. I guess our generation was lucky all our kids didn't have three eyes or something. You do very nice work, giving our @420God a run for his money LOL
Anybody can strip furniture. It's funny you mention airframe stripping though because I use what's labeled as 'Aircraft Stripper' in big bold letters...

but the fine print says 'not for use on aircraft'...not that I have any aircraft laying around.

Works nice on wood though, bubbles it up and you can scrape it off with a wide scraper into a bag. My stuff might not strip aircraft, but it burns skin pretty quick I found out. Ouch.
 

curious2garden

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Anybody can strip furniture. It's funny you mention airframe stripping though because I use what's labeled as 'Aircraft Stripper' in big bold letters...

but the fine print says 'not for use on aircraft'...not that I have any aircraft laying around.

Works nice on wood though, bubbles it up and you can scrape it off with a wide scraper into a bag. My stuff might not strip aircraft, but it burns skin pretty quick I found out. Ouch.
Possibly they still allow 'real' chemicals outside of california. In the land of the politically correct we are not allowed to have real chemicals.

LOL next time I have to strip something I'll see if I can get it smuggled in from YOU he he......
 

justugh

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today

i filed for 110k ira to be paid out to me with no withholdings
i contacted a insurance group that told me i had to contact my fathers old job becuase they keep the reacords for the insurance

i made a choice that my older brother has gone completely evil and is only worried about the money he can get out of my fathers death ......i now have no family .....i am alone and truely scared what is going to happen as i have no one i can count on
 

tangerinegreen555

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today

i filed for 110k ira to be paid out to me with no withholdings
i contacted a insurance group that told me i had to contact my fathers old job becuase they keep the reacords for the insurance

i made a choice that my older brother has gone completely evil and is only worried about the money he can get out of my fathers death ......i now have no family .....i am alone and truely scared what is going to happen as i have no one i can count on
Was that $ tax deferred? If it was, Uncle Sam wants $15-20k off the top April 15th.
 

justugh

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Was that $ tax deferred? If it was, Uncle Sam wants $15-20k off the top April 15th.
well i am thinking of telling uncle sam i give up my usa citzenship go tax someone else i am a illegal now send INS after me

or they are going to get paid from illegal drug money .....as the federal thinks weed is illegal but the state i will be in is legal

i asked about this in the breif case section .......i get the cash i am using it all to buy land under a llc
 

dangledo

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trees, sod, mulch, rock etc.... just another day


lil jerky @ god style. never done a ground meat jerky but has turned out amazing so far. 2#'s this rip. dozens more to fine tune. teriyaki and a salt and pepper.
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Bachelor party tomorrow for a good friend so im hititing the bank early for some ones. airbnb in STL for 20+ should be interesting.
 

whitebb2727

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Back in the day my hubby used to bring home whatever the stripper was they used on the airframes. It was wickedly good. The strippers today should be sued for false advertising. I guess our generation was lucky all our kids didn't have three eyes or something. You do very nice work, giving our @420God a run for his money LOL
It is good. The stuff we used on airframes would burn to the bone. Serious care and protective gear is needed. Melts the paint right off.

They were trying to phase it out.
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
So, as I continue to stall on starting the bar in the gameroom, we've been stripping some old furniture laying around my place. This was an old little bookshelf made by my grandfather. It had 10 coats of paint, but some nice wood underneath. Stripped and after discovering a red hue to the wood, stained with Zar merlot. Grain nicer to the naked eye
View attachment 3810701
View attachment 3810702
Also, did this old baby chair that came out nice, might look good in bathroom corner as bathroom trim is all Zar merlot
View attachment 3810712
Also did this old little table that was also covered with multiple coats of paint and had a shelf added to the bottom. Tore off silly shelf, stripped and stained with leftover pecan stain
View attachment 3810706
Came out nice too.

Tediously over a couple days stripped this old 3 section portable privacy screen made by my father in law. He died young long before I met the wife, so I figured it would be nice to restore. It had so many coats of paint the slats were sealed...stripped and stained merlot also. It's kinda cool and may wind up by the basement shower area. Has a distressed look, the slats are thin, you can't sand them away to nothing
View attachment 3810719

My secret stash of finished things...if the wife sees them, she gets bossy about where they should go. Lol. So they can hide out in the shed a while until I put them somewhere permanent.View attachment 3810721

I have to start the bar soon. I think I've got a good mental plan, still tweaking the fine points.
I must ask ... did that Zar merlot come in a bottle or a box?
 

curious2garden

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Staff member
trees, sod, mulch, rock etc.... just another day


lil jerky @ god style. never done a ground meat jerky but has turned out amazing so far. 2#'s this rip. dozens more to fine tune. teriyaki and a salt and pepper.
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Bachelor party tomorrow for a good friend so im hititing the bank early for some ones. airbnb in STL for 20+ should be interesting.
God's jerky was a very tasty treat!
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
Most amazing shit ever, if you wanted to get rid of paint that was the stuff! What is it @cannabineer says, it's either effective or outlawed? Is that it 'neer?
Lol yup
"A chemical (or weapon or keynote speech or) is either useful ... or it's safe." I seriously annoyed a high school teacher with that chestnut.

Ahh, I miss real paint and its associated toothy stripper. The modern ones contain methylene chloride with chaperone diluents like alcohol and the ubiquitous "petroleum distillate". The old stuff was 80% chloroform, 20% U-boat bilge fumes and the remaining 10% Chuck Norris.
 

curious2garden

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Lol yup
"A chemical (or weapon or keynote speech or) is either useful ... or it's safe." I seriously annoyed a high school teacher with that chestnut.

Ahh, I miss real paint and its associated toothy stripper. The modern ones contain methylene chloride with chaperone diluents like alcohol and the ubiquitous "petroleum distillate". The old stuff was 80% chloroform, 20% U-boat bilge fumes and the remaining 10% Chuck Norris.
LOL 1, 1, 1-
 

Indagrow

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I've got a patch of rocks I strip furniture on if the need arises... Nothing will grow there long after I die, I know it's bad and I'm a horrible person but I just use stripper and a power washer.. It works fucking amazing. It also raises the grain so I can hit it with a fine orbital while wet. Power tools. Man stuff.

In the same breath I'm going to look at Harley Quinn outfits today haha
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
I've got a patch of rocks I strip furniture on if the need arises... Nothing will grow there long after I die, I know it's bad and I'm a horrible person but I just use stripper and a power washer.. It works fucking amazing. It also raises the grain so I can hit it with a fine orbital while wet. Power tools. Man stuff.

In the same breath I'm going to look at Harley Quinn outfits today haha
I bet you have also power-washed the odd stripper.
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
Addendum to above tales of chlorinated solvents.

When I was in grad school, one of my labmates was a fairly acerbic Indian. One day he dumped an entire liter of methylene chloride on his pants. There was no hesitation ... he stripped. Even so, know that methylene chloride is like Icy Hot blended with police-grade pepper spray and it penetrates skin fast. So this guy danced and yodeled for a minute until his entire Gentleman's Area cooled down to merely yellow hot.
 
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