{"id":1015,"date":"2007-10-22T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T03:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2007-10-22T20:47:10","modified_gmt":"2007-10-23T03:47:10","slug":"home-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2007\/10\/home-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"home improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"

In some ways, it’s good to know that things can be repaired. Some things get broken, and some things get raggy.<\/p>\n

There was a spot along the front of my house that was getting raggy. The paint was peeling off, and even some ants were columning in and out.<\/p>\n

So, I peeled off the paint the rest of the way. I cleaned it, and I sanded it. THen I cleaned it again. There were a lot of layers of paint. I figured i”d better put quite a few layers of primer on it. KILZ 2…Four layers.<\/p>\n

Here is what it looked like:<\/p>\n

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The perspective is a little hard to see. That patch of white paint is about 8 feet long. Four layers still left a ridge, but it did seal off the wood and the inside of the house from the invasion of ants.<\/p>\n

I let it dry, and then I put the color on it.<\/p>\n

This is what it looked like when I was done:
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A woman builds her house with her own hands, the proverbs says. And maybe she keeps it from falling down with her own hands too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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