eventually will have to repair/replace the porch at some future date. I'm hoping that future date is sometime after we sell the house.
My neighbor used a product called Deckover and it looks pretty good on his old steps. I thought I'd give it a try. I wanted to change the color of our house and shift from Green to Blue or grey or something that isn't green because our house has an overabundance of green. However Nightingale pointed out that it would look too funny if we didn't paint all the trim around the house and it would be too much work to do so. Hence we are going with Mountain Spruce.
My plan is to do this in stages since I need to do it when the little DN are at school and the weather cooperates.
- Stage 0: Power wash and Prep the area
- Stage 1: Paint steps green. Two coats
- Stage 2: spindles (another color)
- Stage 3: green railing
- Stage 4: risers
- Stage 5: install quarter rounds on the six steps and paint those green as well
- Stage 6: Touch up and cleanup
I bought everthing I need (except the quarter rounds) over the weekend so I should be able to start if the weather cooperates. The temp needs to be between 50-90, with less than 80% humidity and no rain expected for 24 hours.
It's raining today and it is also supposed to rain this weekend, starting Friday. This is what my phone app says right this minute, it's always subject to change. That gives me a slim Tues-Thursday window, depending on when the rain will come friday. We are also traveling to Michigan for Memorial Day weekend so I won't be able to finish (or start) until next Wednesday.
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