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wade said:
Wade ,
sorry pal u just need more freinds to come over and visit and help u with all thosecases
By the way what is a bung? and does riddling mean racking in champagne terms?
Thanks
Trig
A bung is the rubber thing you put in the top of your carboy and insert
the airlock into. Riddling is when your making champagne and have
sediment in your bottles from adding sugar and yeast to carbonate each
bottle and after a few months you flip them upside down and give each
bottle a twist and a tap to get all the sediment into the champagne
cork. After this is done you move onto Degorging in which you actually
put the upside bottles in the freezer and freeze it just until the neck
freezes up and then pop it open and shoot out the frozen plug
(sediment) and use 1 bottle to top off all the rest and then cork em
all back up to regain carbonation. It is a long process and this is my
first time and they are due to degorge but will wait as Im a little
busy with other stuff.
the airlock into. Riddling is when your making champagne and have
sediment in your bottles from adding sugar and yeast to carbonate each
bottle and after a few months you flip them upside down and give each
bottle a twist and a tap to get all the sediment into the champagne
cork. After this is done you move onto Degorging in which you actually
put the upside bottles in the freezer and freeze it just until the neck
freezes up and then pop it open and shoot out the frozen plug
(sediment) and use 1 bottle to top off all the rest and then cork em
all back up to regain carbonation. It is a long process and this is my
first time and they are due to degorge but will wait as Im a little
busy with other stuff.
My wife is the painter and she primed last night with the door open. I
think there is a bug stuck to the primer every 3". I sanded all the
bugs out and hopefully can get a coat of paint on tonight but thats up
to her. She loves painting and I hate painting. I hate sanding to but
she wont go for that 1!
think there is a bug stuck to the primer every 3". I sanded all the
bugs out and hopefully can get a coat of paint on tonight but thats up
to her. She loves painting and I hate painting. I hate sanding to but
she wont go for that 1!
I hear ya there Peter. She called me at work today asking how to get
all the primer she got on herself off. I then wondered how much she got
on my floor. Well I told her that petroleum jelly takes off paints and
primers pretty good. As for the floor, she didnt do too bad!
all the primer she got on herself off. I then wondered how much she got
on my floor. Well I told her that petroleum jelly takes off paints and
primers pretty good. As for the floor, she didnt do too bad!
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Jobe, that sounds like that show that used to be on years ago with the live in painter who was taking forever to paint thinsgs. What was that show- Murphy Brown?
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I don't like to paint! In fact, I have a pre-nuptial agreement that states that "I do not have to paint!" To me, re-plumbing the entire housewould be a lot more fun than painting. I do enjoy wall papering and carpentry, but painting is just not for me.
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George, I don't enjoy painting, either, but I enjoy cleaning up after SWMBO less. That being said, my last big painting job was when we moved into this house. We had a week before we had to move out of the old house, and we wanted to paint the open living/dining room area (~500 sq. ft. with 9 - 12' ceilings) and install hardwood floors.
Went to Lowe's and bought 5 gallons of paint (SWMBO's choice of color) and a pallet of composit prefinished glue down hardwood flooring. Alex (16 yo son at the time) and I pulled up the carpet and stored it in the attic. It was in pretty good condition and the carpet is the same throughout the house, so I saved it for spares.
I taped and painted in two days, and the whole time SWMBO was there to talk to. We had a great time. She kept offering to help, and I kept declining the offer.
Putting down 500+ sqft of 3" x 4' T&G wood strips in 5 days was a cast iron b!tch. I worked about 16 hours/day, and finished at about 9 PM the night before the movers were coming. I left the new house, stopped at a steakhouse between old house and new house (about 7 miles) and had two Beefeater martinis - straight up, no olive.
My legs were sore for a week.
Went to Lowe's and bought 5 gallons of paint (SWMBO's choice of color) and a pallet of composit prefinished glue down hardwood flooring. Alex (16 yo son at the time) and I pulled up the carpet and stored it in the attic. It was in pretty good condition and the carpet is the same throughout the house, so I saved it for spares.
I taped and painted in two days, and the whole time SWMBO was there to talk to. We had a great time. She kept offering to help, and I kept declining the offer.
Putting down 500+ sqft of 3" x 4' T&G wood strips in 5 days was a cast iron b!tch. I worked about 16 hours/day, and finished at about 9 PM the night before the movers were coming. I left the new house, stopped at a steakhouse between old house and new house (about 7 miles) and had two Beefeater martinis - straight up, no olive.
My legs were sore for a week.
I hate painting and am no good at it, as is my wife and that is why we
need another coat. We have 2 coats of primer and 1 coat of ultra-hide
paint and I can still see the green drywall bleeding through!
I will do the rest of the basement unless this coat comes out much
better as I picked up some 1/4" nap rollers instead of the 1/2" nap
that she grabbed. Picked up all the trim for the room tonight also
which is colonial pine in which I will stain to match the doors and
cabs although the cabs are oak and the doors are luan so they may not
exactly match but I was not up to spending that much money on oak.
need another coat. We have 2 coats of primer and 1 coat of ultra-hide
paint and I can still see the green drywall bleeding through!
I will do the rest of the basement unless this coat comes out much
better as I picked up some 1/4" nap rollers instead of the 1/2" nap
that she grabbed. Picked up all the trim for the room tonight also
which is colonial pine in which I will stain to match the doors and
cabs although the cabs are oak and the doors are luan so they may not
exactly match but I was not up to spending that much money on oak.
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So Wade...what does the other side of the room look like???
The other side is the furnace! It will be nice and warm in there!
My wife just finished painting and right now it looks much better but
you can still see some spots where it was taped on the ceiling but I
dont care. The 4' wrap- around light will cover most of it anyway.
Edited by: wade
My wife just finished painting and right now it looks much better but
you can still see some spots where it was taped on the ceiling but I
dont care. The 4' wrap- around light will cover most of it anyway.
Edited by: wade
Okay I still need to stain the trim and poly that and put another coat
of poly on the front edge of the countertop but other than that its
done. Will probably start some wine tomorrow.
And for NW, the otherside of the room, the furnace!
of poly on the front edge of the countertop but other than that its
done. Will probably start some wine tomorrow.
And for NW, the otherside of the room, the furnace!
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Looks really nice Wade...thanks for showing us the other side of the room.
