On Thursday, Rico's guys showed up early in the AM and began sanding. The first thing they did was to take the electric panel off the main circuit box and wired their big Gallaxy 2000 sander to the breaker. They were not going to take any chances with the electricity in the upstairs rooms. They replaced the warped floor boards in the bedroom and patched holes and cracks with putty. It was a day with different accented English spoken by the crew of Jamaican dudes.
I spent most of the day downstairs under the banging working on the computer. At around 7pm, they had put the second coat of polyurethane on the floor and said they would return on Saturday morning to do the final coat.
We avoided the upstairs for two days, wanting it to dry without disturbances and waiting for the smell to dissipate.
It is now 10:30am on Saturday morning and we are sitting here waiting for them to show up. We just went up to peak at the work and was a bit disappointed. The floors are way too glossy, and polyurethane really turned them yellow. Plus the new boards they laid down do not match the old color, and the putty did not turn yellow to match the rest of the wood. I hope they come soon, so we can have them fix it.
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Well, Mazel Tov on getting new wood to match old. It won't unless you decide to stain everything in a uniform color. Little late for that now since varnish has been applied.
Wood keeps changing as it ages. That's why people pay $100K-plus for old guitars. There's a process of polymerization in the wood that changes its essential nature.
The repairs add "character." That counts for a lot. Don't be yuppies who want everything to appear perfect. Either nothing is perfect, or everything is. That latter viewpoint will serve you better.
Hope y'all can just move in and live there very soon. As Former President Clinton might say, I feel your pain.
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