Stupid Projects Number Two

This is my second Stupid Project. Its not that it doesn't look waaaay better, but its tedious, messy, hot and takes forever. I'm grinding down and repainting the railings out front.

Before

The first two sections weren't too bad, since there only seemed to be two coats of paint on them. The remaining sections have to have 10 or something. Its coated and looks like it.

Before

We started with a sanding disc on a drill and have moved to using a propane torch to heat and scrape some of layers off, at least on the flat surfaces. Then we wiped it down with paint thinner to get off all the powdered rust & paint that is still coating it. The comes the spray-on primer.

This may be the stupid part. I'm painting it with a 1/2" wide artist's brush. Perhaps spraying would have been the way to go? I just didn't want drips and The Man picked out the paint. The bigger brush makes drips, though, so the tiny brush it is.

I have 2 sections done out of four. Wahoo.

During

During

This was just a dumb thing to start because while it could use it, it didn't need it. It will look better in the end, though, and that's something the front of our house could desperately use.

After

After

Now we need a fabulous free landscaper. Oh, right. The only free one is me.