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Ugh, back in sanding hell. This time it's hell because I checked on the undercoat, and it says if you wanna put it on oil based paints you need to sand it back far enough all the shiny's gone. That is. That is a lot.
Particularly since I can't use the electric sander for most of it - the bookshelves are too short to get it in there orz orz orz. Can do the backs, and the sides, but yeaaaaaah. Tops and bottoms gotta be hand sanded. I THINK I got one at least mostly done, but I'll have to check tomorrow. I was wiping the dust off as I went with a damp cloth, so hard to say for sure if the shiny's all gone when it's still damp. :/
Also started repainting the bits of the roof that need it, and. Ugh. It's gonna take FOREVER, I can tell already. Combination of 'have to use a tiny brush because of the precision required' and 'need to concentrate REALLY REALLY HARD', alas, so there's no real way of speeding it up. Just need to keep doing it until the brain gets tired! And then sanding because that doesn't need brain, that just needs muscles. And then when muscles are protesting too much, time for a break. Yes. Something like that, anyway.
Thinking I might need to hit some bits with the paint stripper, too. Curved bit at the top, bits at the sides where even the hand sander can't get in easily, that kind of thing. Bleeeeeeeh, it's gonna be a pain I can tell already. But OH WELL at least!!! This is the last thing that needs this sort of treatment! Probably!
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gelishan, who actually introduced me to the original game -- and we played a game of it the other night, and I have to say that co-op is absolutely the most fun way to experience the game. It helps to be on voice chat, so you can coordinate things like 'who are we targeting first" or "if you have anything inflicting Vulnerable, please play that first" or "do you need this Strength Potion" or "do you want me to play Piercing Wail this turn so you don't take 35 damage straight to the face" or whatever, but I guess theoretically you could play it in silence and just deal with the fact that everyone is playing their turns simultaneously.
Not sure what happened, but. Jiiiiii. Anvil of tired maybe? IDK.
Anyway, got the rest of the tape off today! It took WAY longer than something that simple ought to, tbh, but at the same time I DID do a lot of coats so it's not surprising that the tape was uh kinda stuck down in places. Also it's just a pain in the ass to get it out from behind the picture rail, if it rips. (And it ripped A Lot, siiiiigh.)
Tomorrow, cleaning up the room - I have a LOT of stuff stored on the bookshelves, twenty bajillion different kinds of sandpaper, random tools, etc. - and then scrubbing down the main part of the shelves, I think. Sanding if there's enough time to start with the electric sander during the daylight hours, otherwise scrubbing down the top and filling in bits of wood that need it, I think. Current idea is to do the main part of the shelves first, since I won't need to tape anything for that - I'm hoping if I leave it a few days before I tape stuff up again it's more likely to uh. You know. Not come away with the paint underneath when I take the tape back down again. Hopefully it won't do that anyway, but just in case, you know?? Pain in the ass, so avoid if possible.
A didn't end up coming over, alas, but also not a surprise; she's going to visit her mum for a week tomorrow, so busy busy.
Anyway now is time for sleeping for me yes. Ugh, have the fan on and it's super cold, but I need it on because I have washing drying... luckily, sleeping in a different room, hahaha!
piratequeen Mar. 16th, 2026 10:12 pm) Main painting thing today was peeling off the tape from the roof and filling in any missed bits with a very small brush. It was. Uh. Well it needed doing but WOW it ate concentration liek woah so yeah it took forever.
Also my poor roof needs the edges done again, fuck that fucking crumbling filler uuuuugh. (Also there's a bit where I got undercoat on the roof and in cleaning it off wore a hole in the paint which is. Not. Not good. :|) Hopefully it can all be done with the paint I have but it was pretty close to done and I'm uh. Not sure it doesn't need at least one more coat given... all that. Sigh.
I also did multiplayer Terraria this afternoon, which was fun and not interrupted by an asshole cat breaking things! \o/ And I baked zucchini bread again. Hopefully A will come over tomorrow and take some with her, I have. So many zucchinis a-fucking-gain. (I'm also out of choc chips again. I just. Why. Why so much.)
Aaand I stayed up way too late as fucking usual but I'mma go to bed now. Yes. >:
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