Tiger Tamer Chronicles - The Build

[2bits]

Yay Mandy! Good job! I like your washer idea, simple yet super effective. I would just get a sawzall with a milwaukee "torch" blade on it and it will smip those bolt ends off lickety split! Now for those walls eh! Keep it up as you can!

[Mary K]

First off, Glad to see you back here and building. I was wondering about how you were doing. Glad things are working out.

Hello to all of you...

clippy ... I put my gloves on, turned up the music and started. So I have to say...this was one of the worst experiences of my life..lol. It was the first time I was thinking to myself, what the hell am i doing?!?! I kept thinking of the picture I saw of Mary K putting hers on with a paintbrush. If I had tried to use a brush, that stuff would have laffed at me!! I had to use a putty knife to get mine on. It was like spreading thick chocolate frosting on a 5x8 cake...and I gotta say, i HATE baking. I kept thinking the entire time...I sure hope this is the right stuff. I dont remember everyone else saying it was this bad. it took me roughly 2 hours to gets the entire bottom smeared....so, it's black, it's gooey and more importantly......its not going anywhere. lol I did post a picture of what I got here a long time ago and all the pros said it was what I should use...but dayum!!!

At first I purchased the wrong stuff and had the same experience...



It was going on like cake icing also so I scrapped it off and went back to lowes.

And got this....


I let it sit in the sun a bit and it went on fine.


I know, a little too late huh?

[rhltechie]

hey mary k!! Yep, it took me a lil while but I am back to building. I actually remember asking you about your two different buckets. What I got was almost exactly lime what you said was the right stuff. I think it was just cold. I used it yesterday to make sure I got everywhere and before I did I let it sit out in the sun. Was not near as bad!

[Miriam C.]

Time to make sawdust! Gotta love that evil smelling black goo.

GitRdun

[planovet]

Gotta love that evil smelling black goo.

Make sure you are wearing clothes you don't like!

[aggie79]

Make sure you are wearing clothes you don't like!

Given their performance or lack thereof, I recommend wearing a Stars jersey rather than a Mavericks jersey. (Although the Mavs on lighting the world on fire either.)

[rhltechie]

Well finally got around to doing what I said I was going to two weeks ago...sanding down the filler and putting a coat of primer on the floor. I say primer but I used Kilz. I've always sworn by that stuff for anywhere that has a possibility of mildew. That little 5x8 floor sucked up half a gallon of that stuff....and that stuff is thick! I was somewhat let down when I realized that you would be able to see the imperfections on the floor as its not exactly cabinet grade wood....but, oh well. a mattress is going on it anyway! If this project has taught me anything with the little I have done is that there is perfect and there is what you can live with.

http://mikenchell.com/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=49286

I cant even remember how many coats went on...probably about 4 or 5. I'm not quite sure what I am doing with the back edge yet so I didnt paint it yet. I have a feeling it will be covered by something...i dunno...we'll see.

This stuff made my day somewhat like hell and will prolly make my night even worse!

http://mikenchell.com/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=49287

Yellow poison I say!!

I enjoyed my "TD Time" today....but I can safely say I will be in my recliner enjoying a cold wheat beer after I wash off the inch of pollen on me!

[2bits]

Hey Mandy,

Glad you finally got back to it! You see... you said you were gonna and that deflated your impulse! I don't know why the pics didn't load, your code looks perfect and the link works when I paste it in to a new window. The floors look great! Using Kilz is a great idea since moisture likes to collect under the mattress!

[rhltechie]

Thanks Thomas.

Hmm....the links show up in my browser....that's odd

[Miriam C.]

Well finally got around to doing what I said I was going to two weeks ago...sanding down the filler and putting a coat of primer on the floor. I say primer but I used Kilz. I've always sworn by that stuff for anywhere that has a possibility of mildew. That little 5x8 floor sucked up half a gallon of that stuff....and that stuff is thick! I was somewhat let down when I realized that you would be able to see the imperfections on the floor as its not exactly cabinet grade wood....but, oh well. a mattress is going on it anyway! If this project has taught me anything with the little I have done is that there is perfect and there is what you can live with.



I cant even remember how many coats went on...probably about 4 or 5. I'm not quite sure what I am doing with the back edge yet so I didnt paint it yet. I have a feeling it will be covered by something...i dunno...we'll see.

This stuff made my day somewhat like hell and will prolly make my night even worse!



Yellow poison I say!!

I enjoyed my "TD Time" today....but I can safely say I will be in my recliner enjoying a cold wheat beer after I wash off the inch of pollen on me!

The img button doesn't seem to work with this. Don't know why so I made it a url.

Happy to see you back at it.

[rhltechie]

Thanks Miriam. It's very odd it shows this way now....when I did my preview it showed the pics. weird!

[Sparksalot]

I was somewhat let down when I realized that you would be able to see the imperfections on the floor as its not exactly cabinet grade wood....but, oh well. a mattress is going on it anyway!

I went through the same thoughts. I haven't seen the floor in months.

[cdfnchico]

Isn't it good to make progress! Looking good!