Another Coat and Continuing Door Work
Back to patching the hole in the closet. I cut out a piece of drywall to fit the hole and attach that to the studs. Luckily the two studs are easily accessed so nothing tricky with getting that installed. I coat the drywall with PlasterWeld because I’m going to use Structolite for the basecoat. Structolite requires PlasterWeld when going over drywall. While the PlasterWeld sits for a little bit, off to the door.
Patched and PlasterWelded.
The stain on the door is in decent shape, but it needs a little more rubbing out to get a smooth surface. There’s slight bumps and brush strokes in it that I want to work out. It’s such a give and take because the more you buff out, the lighter it gets which then requires another coat of stain. It’s never-ending.
Buffing out some of the brush strokes.
Trying to buff out most of the little nibs.
Inside the closet, the walls and ceiling have their skimcoat so I start applying Waterlox as the varnish top coat. This is applied with a rag and doesn’t give me any major difficulties.
Applying Waterlox.
More sheen from the Waterlox.
Waterlox applied.
For the patch I apply the Structolite and get that leveled out. It’s a little tricky to work in the tight confines with the pipe in place. Speaking of the pipe, with that completely stripped, I apply two coats of boiled linseed oil to prevent rust. The linseed oil seems to be doing a good job of protecting metal against the massive amount of rust we get down here.
Structolite patch.
Linseed oiled pipe.
Last up, I start taping off the woodwork near the chimney and do a skimcoat using joint compound on the chimney. I don’t really know what they finished the chimney with and I don’t want to tinker with it too much so I just go with plain old joint compound to even out any imperfections.
Prepping to paint the chimney.
