The Daily Moose

[ginzokid]

Here is a link to Bar Mills Models on-line newspaper and information station. Art has 4 new on-line videos that you might find interesting. The first two are about Bar Mills Models itself. The next two are instructive videos. One on different types of glues and their use and the other on the new Bar Mills weathering powders. There are also pictures of some of the kits available. Enjoy. http://barmillsmodels.com/dailymoose_05A_05.html

[ginzokid]

Cover your trains Dave! That drywall dust gets everywhere as you know. Time to add more insulation too while you are at it. -20C here with no heat in the basement except for a space heater that I only turn on while I'm down there. Actually it's not that cold down there without heat, about +4C. When we finished the basement we added 4" studs plus batt insulation then 1" foil backed rigid foam then 1/2" drywall. All this on top of the 8" thick concrete wall which has 1" foam on the outside too. I still wouldn't want to live down there in the winter though. No fridge......:^O Yea the kitchen walls have some sort of Wool insulation. I am pulling it out and putting in Dow Fiberlass Pink or whatever it is called, plus a roll of plastic (vapor/moisture barrier) More demo work today. Still got a lot of wall smashing to do. -- Edited by dl85vette at 01/27/2011 7:12 AM PST

[ginzokid]

Hey Dave, I thought you were going to sell some stuff. Listed anything yet? B-) Damn! Missed another bunch of stuff I can't use...... ]:) Sold it all By'. It was all 1/64 scale die cast CAT and John Deere stuff. -- Edited by dl85vette at 02/01/2011 10:18 AM PST -- Edited by ginzokid at 02/02/2011 3:50 AM PST

[ginzokid]

It's snoozer bowl Sunday. I'll find out who won tomorrow. The only thing I will miss is the commercials.....especially the Go Daddy ones.....]:)

[dl85vette]

Electrical is roughed in. Walls re-insulated and vapor barrier stapled and taped. Wires poking thru plastic where they need to be. Almost ready for drywall.

[dl85vette]

One wall left to drywall. IT will be an easy wall, just one window and a air vent. The main wall was a b^tch. Cut-outs for window, stove plug, fridge plug, 2 wires for puck lights, wire for range hood, wire for sink light, and 2 plug/switch boxes, vent pipe near ceiling, and drain stack near wall. Can only look forward to seam filling. Bought the dust-free finish coat so hopefully won't be as messy when I sand. Everyone will be glad once the cabinets are installed as normal life can return.

[ginzokid]

Uh Dave, what's a puck light? I have always used a wet sponge to smooth the drywall mud. Didn't know they made a dustless kind. Are you still planning on the G gauge railroad around the kitchen ceiling or didn't you tell the better half about that yet? ]:)

[barrysfp45]

Dave You are gonna sand, it's gonna be messy, I don't know of any dustless wall filler, also just what is a puck light. ]:)

[dl85vette]

puck light- hockey puck shaped light mounted underneath the wall cabinets illuminating the countertop. G Scale??? news to me, although misses mentioned one time that she's surprised I didn't have a train run around the dining room. Thought it'd be neat. one RR is enuf. And even it got out of hand over the years. Need a job more than a 2nd RR. hahah. main drywalling is now done. Just need to build a small box to cover a pipe and do some narrow strips of drywall on the baseboard areas. (drywall is 4x8 and my ceiling is 8'2" so need to fill the bottom in. at last I can hide any drywall flaws behind cabinets or tile for back splash. Saw only 2 small walls need to be perfect :) -- Edited by dl85vette at 02/14/2011 6:57 AM PST Bought a bucket of finish coat from Slum Depot that is apparently dustless so who knows what it will be like sanding. -- Edited by dl85vette at 02/14/2011 3:19 PM PST

[barrysfp45]

For my last dry walling job I bought several buckets of premixed final coat, goes on well, still heaps of dust in the room when sanded, best idea is if you can close the door and put old towels on the floor at the bottom of the door or the dust goes all through the house, I know from previous work in the house, my cat always wants to help and we end up with little cat paw prints every where. ]:)

[ginzokid]

Speaking as an old architect, most ceilings in new homes in the US are 8'1". The drywall is butted tight to the ceiling and the baseboard covers the missing 1" at the bottom. So I assume you are talking about 2" behind the cabinets that will not get a baseboard. What a pain in the donkey to have to cut and fill. >>>> You are correct. Beings cabinets or baseboards will be covering this area, my sanding job doesn't have to be perfect. Just not bumpy so baseboards will mount flush and straight. Somebody should invent a sander with a strong vaccum attached to it to cut down on the dust..... How about Z scale on the dining room table to serve the condiments like a lazy susan? B-) Dave- In a place like Winnipeg I am sure you can find a large tool rental company that will rent you a "drywall Vacuum Sander". From ny experience as a construction superintendent they will pick up about 80 to 90% of the dust as it sands. The ones I have seen have a rotary head that sands and a vacuum hose to collect the dust through the center of the head.Check out this piece from Google. There are a lot of threads about the tools if you Google "drywall vacuum sander. Then again I like the idea of placeing towels or a old bed sheet at the base of the wall. http://homerenovations.about.com/od/wallsandtrim/f/drywallduststop.htm Jack -- Edited by jamajack at 02/15/2011 5:52 AM PST >>>I've seen at Slum Depot a hand sander (head) that a broom stick screws into. The head has hose attached so you can hook it to shop vac. (about $30-40) >>>>I will just tape poly sheets over the doorways to contain dust to kitchen. -- Edited by dl85vette at 02/15/2011 7:34 AM PST

[barrysfp45]

Dave Be sure to wear a good mask while sanding, that crap tastes bloody awful and sticks in your nose and the back of your throat. It does make great N scale snow though..... ]:) >>>> SNow? You mean I gotta buy more rolling stock such as plows, icycle busters and rotary blowers??! ]:) who needs snow, we all model desert scenes don't we. ]:) -- Edited by ginzokid at 02/16/2011 4:19 AM PST -- Edited by barrysfp45 at 02/16/2011 4:24 AM PST -- Edited by dl85vette at 02/16/2011 6:33 AM PST

[dl85vette]

Done playing with drywall mud. Start sanding on Monday. Took today off for the most part for Daytona 500 although I did do the last bit of mudding. Tried out my vac-pole sander. Uses a screen (like window screen) rather than sandpaper. Works pretty darn nice. Between using dust control mud and this gizmo, no dust at all. Shop vac sucks it all up thru the screen.

[ginzokid]

Watched the last wreck filled 10 laps of Daytona yesterday. Only watched those laps and was bored to tears. Kim watched with me and kept asking if it was over yet. Green, white, checker sucks! And so does two-by-two drafting. Guess I won't bother with the races at all this year. Good thing there were some good movies on yesterday..... ]:) >>>Don't now what happened to Tony Stewart and Mark Martin, they had a good charge to the front and then faded back fast. AT least the Busch brothers didn't win. -- Edited by dl85vette at 02/21/2011 6:48 AM PST

[dl85vette]

I am at the prime/painting stage of kitchen. 🙂 I will have cabinets installed in a couple days.

[dl85vette]

Last of the cabinets have been hung today!! :) Still need a couple cabinet doors but that is no big deal. A friend came over and did some plumbing as the drain was cast iron pipe and in the way of a cabinet. WE put in ABS pipe and built the cabinet around the pipe and lso have the proper height for the pee trap as the original was too high. So the old countertop and sink are in temporarily but at least we have running water in kitchen again. Pee trap? What.....bathroom not working? ]:) -- Edited by ginzokid at 02/28/2011 4:26 AM PST