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spiritwoman45
22314 posts
4/27/2016 10:17 pm
It's Done

I put the last coat of finish on the floors today. I followed up on Ranger's suggestion, did some scouting around for polyurethane and found some at a specialty paint store a couple of towns away. I used one coat of stain and sealer and 2 of polyurethane. Finished the last coat today.

All I have to do now is clean the blinds and out them back up and the rooms are done. There is still the trim in the hallway to paint and some odds and ends in the bathroom and I will be finished. I did far more than I planned at the beginning but one thing lead to another.

As I put the last coat on the floors today I reflected on how amazed I am that I was able to do it all. I never thought I could do all of this work. I thought about how lucky I am just to be able to do this. Who would have ever thought a 70 year old woman could still do hard physical work. Yeah, I hurt every night and I ended up doing the floor finish sitting on my butt and sliding instead of kneeling and getting up and down. At times it seemed more like doing yoga than floor finishing but it worked just as well. I am also grateful to having been raised in an environment where I was encouraged as well as expected to do any and everything and not let being female limit me. My father also taught me by example that when something needs doing you step up and do it to the best of your ability, no questions or excuses.

I will be finishing up the trim in the hall way and bathroom then I will deep clean and perhaps paint the loft so I can move my things in the storage shed into there and the attic storage so the disintegrating shed can be replaced. Don't think I will try to rebuild it though. I will just get a tuff shed.

The pictures are
1. floor when I started
2. floor when I finished
3. wide angle of the floor
4 Looking into the second room






Spiritwoman ^i^


shuel2002 65F
5537 posts
4/27/2016 10:45 pm

You did a lovely job, Spirit. You should be very proud.

Elaine Shuel


Shartaun03 81F
6159 posts
4/27/2016 11:51 pm

Spirit sometimes you don't have a choice. I end up doing a lot of things myself as the men aren't plentiful in these parts.


Abelle2 83F
31203 posts
4/28/2016 4:40 am

Spirit, now you can come to Georgia and do our floors!


Hawkslayer 88M
13288 posts
4/28/2016 4:47 am

Great job, it looks wonderful. Well done!

Alfie...


It only takes a drop of ink to make a million people think. There are many stories.


MrsJoe 76F
17280 posts
4/28/2016 5:58 am

I like the wide boards. My sister and her husband has a house with that kind of flooring and since he was on the road a lot, she and I did her floors. After they were sanded, we used my Rainbow to deep vacuum all the cracks, then they had a gymnasium coating put on it. Her brother in law worked for a firm that did that kind of flooring, so he did the work and it only cost them the product.
That was about 17 years ago, and I remember how I ached from that, I cannot imagine even trying it at this age.
You did great!


Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


GLUMO 88F
9730 posts
4/28/2016 8:19 am

Good work, Spirit! I admire you!


Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:29 am

    Quoting shuel2002:
    You did a lovely job, Spirit. You should be very proud.
More than proud but well satisfied with the results.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:31 am

    Quoting Shartaun03:
    Spirit sometimes you don't have a choice. I end up doing a lot of things myself as the men aren't plentiful in these parts.
That's the way I grew up on my grandparents farm. Although there were 3 - 4 men in the household they were often too busy doing something on the back 40 and sometimes things happened that needed immediate doing so that left grandma and me to take care of it. Good preparation for this time in life when we women not only out number the men but often get here in better physical condition.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:33 am

    Quoting Abelle2:
    Spirit, now you can come to Georgia and do our floors!
My sister already invited me to MA to do hers but as I told her be careful what you offer. If I decide to run away from home (something I contemplate often) you'll find me and my tools on your front steps.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:34 am

    Quoting Hawkslayer:
    Great job, it looks wonderful. Well done!

    Alfie...
TY. It takes more than a mess to keep me down!

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:37 am

    Quoting MrsJoe:
    I like the wide boards. My sister and her husband has a house with that kind of flooring and since he was on the road a lot, she and I did her floors. After they were sanded, we used my Rainbow to deep vacuum all the cracks, then they had a gymnasium coating put on it. Her brother in law worked for a firm that did that kind of flooring, so he did the work and it only cost them the product.
    That was about 17 years ago, and I remember how I ached from that, I cannot imagine even trying it at this age.
    You did great!
Wow I wish I had access to the gymnasium finish. I'll have to do some research and see exactly what that entails and maybe......... Probably not though as I tend to obsess with things so have to "call it" at some point and move on to the next thing. Yeah, it does hurt but I hurt all of the time anyway so as long as I can still make my body work I figure I might as well hurt for a reason.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:39 am

    Quoting  :

Thank you. Hope you are doing well these days.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:42 am

    Quoting  :

The stability and agility thing are issues for all of us. Mine aren't what they were so I just move slower and modify - like finishing the floors sitting on my but instead of kneeling. Climbing is lots harder but I take it very slow and make sure I hang on well instead of doing things like I once did, running up and down the ladder with a can of paint in one hand and the brush in the other. These days both hands are on the laddder and ready to catch me if I slip.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:42 am

    Quoting  :

Thank you.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:44 am

    Quoting  :

Thank you. I hope my sharing will encourage others who don't think they can do things.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:45 am

    Quoting GLUMO:
    Good work, Spirit! I admire you!
Thank you. I'm never sure if it's determination or just plain old stubbornness that gets me through these things.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:50 am

    Quoting  :

I like toe color of the color too. As I said before I am not sure what it is other than some variety of California fir. It is what ever was popular for use around here at in the early 1900's. I was able to match the original [perfectly with the stain and sealer. Originally there was no stain. just natural color but this time there was so much variation where I had to and deeper in some places I needed to do it to even things out, I don't think these floors were originally meant to be natural since the very bottom coat of anything was a typical floor paint.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:51 am

Thank you. Nothing like the old stuff made new.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:53 am

    Quoting  :

Thank you. One of the advantages of this ADD thing is that we can't stand to be inactive either physically or mentally. At this time in life that is a real advantage as it adds the incentive needed.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 10:54 am

    Quoting  :

Than you. With the extra polyurethane coats it will be easier to keep up.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

4/28/2016 5:48 pm

    Quoting  :

Thank you. It was a job as well as an accomplishment.

Spiritwoman ^i^