Anyway, everything went according to plan today; I took a few hours off at lunch today once the temperature got to 60 and was able to paint the entire port foredeck and sidedeck in a little over an hour. Once I pulled off the tape and managed to almost slip and fall onto the newly painted surface, I opened up all the doors and gable windows, turned a big fan on the deck (per KiwiGrip's recommendation to help remove the moisture) and went back to my real job. After seeing how long the last batch took to dry, I was worried that the fan would suck in a bunch of leaves and mess everything up. When I got home 4 hours later, I was ecstatic to find that the KiwiGrip had dried and was nice and hard. Even better, there wasn't a single leaf or bug stuck in the paint.
I have to order another gallon tomorrow and hope to get more done this weekend depending on the weather. I'm pushing the weather window now so I have to jump on every warm, dry day and get things done.
Nice work. Looks much better than the Interdeck that I used. More tooth.
ReplyDeleteThanks, it was a toss up between Interdeck and KiwiGrip, and chose KiwiGrip mainly because I wanted to hide some surface imperfections from recoring the decks. I think it worked pretty well.
DeleteSo much good information here, Matt! Can't wait until we're this far along!
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