Day 14

The first beautiful day in a long time was perfect. It was just what I needed. I could finally get outside to work after being forced to work inside for a week. Right away I took advantage of the nice weather with a quick trip to the hardware store for some paint thinner and paint, then I began my work.

For today, I took advantage of the warm and sunny weather to stain and seal the mahogany that I had cut last Thursday. Due to time and conflicts when purchasing the stain, I had to make a decision on the "natural color". I realized it might not match what was already existing perfectly. Today I stained the cut edge that did not have the factory stain. The tricky part now is to wait until tomorrow to see if the factory stain and the stain that I put on the wood match. If they don't I will need to stain all four sides of the wood, and not just the one. Tomorrow I will be able to determine if it is a match, or if I have to stain the remaining 3 sides.

 Here is what I used for stain and paint thinner.

Here are the wood slats after I treated them with sealer and stain. 

At the end of day 14, I had put in 3 hours of work.

This brings my total hours to 37

Completed:

1. Hardware store trip
2. Stained

Tomorrows tasks (weather permitting):

1. Paint

2. Stain more (if needed)