8/6/09 A bunch of used painting tools, trashed (4 used paint trays, 3 old brushes, half-dozen used paint-stirrers, a paint-clogged wire brush, and countless sample paint swatches)Is there any more asinine activity than water-sealing a deck?
Let's say a guy came up to you in a store and made this pitch:
Okay, buddy, here's the deal. I'm gonna sell you $50 worth of chemicals, another twenty bucks worth of tools. You take the stuff home, coat your deck with it. Careful, it's poisonous and sticky, and if you don't put it on just right, it'll look streaky and spotty. Yeah, and make sure it doesn't rain for at least two days before you do it and anther two days after you do it. Wear gloves. Clean-up is a nightmare. Pick a hot day so the back of your neck gets sunburned. Got it? Okay, now that's stage one. Stage one is the fun and easy part. Now pay attention, cause this is the important part. From now on, every year of your life, you get to do this: As soon as the weather is perfect and you've finally got all your deck furniture back out there, take it all off. Come in here, buy $25 worth of chemicals to completely remove the remains of all those chemicals you put on last summer. It'll only half work and the deck will look like a teenager with acne, but bear with me. Once you got it completely clean, you get re-apply everything you just stripped off. Yep, you get to buy all that stuff again and put it right back on. Since all this has to happen during beautiful, sunny weather, it'll probably occupy the best two weeks of the summer. Understand? Hey, don't make that face, friend, it's just time and money! Just remember, if you skip a year, your deck will collapse. Now, where's your credit card?If some dude said that to you, would you ever say, "Sure, sounds like a plan!"???
Would I?
Apparently I would.
But it looks beautiful! Thanks Reed.
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