Under pressure

[DrEntropy]

...or how I spent my weekend.

So here's th' deal... the Hovel could use a fresh coat of paint, been contemplatin' it for a couple years now. Well, two weeks ago Horsemits forces my hand, she goes to the local Home Despot and carts back a five-gallon bucket of "Key Lime Pie Green" exterior paint. I tell a pal who's been eggin' me about it and HE says I can use his pressure washer, but it stalls out after a minute or so and for the use of it I first gotta FIX it for him.

He transports it here on Saturday, big 5 horse Honda engine. I pulled the carb off and went thru it; plenty o' crud cleared out and all shiny-clean. Time for a "test run." Ended up doing the whole hovel in about an hour and a half of constant running. Holding onto that wand for that long is WORK. And I came away lookin' like a drown'd rat. Soooo, NEXT weekend I have th' privilege of white-washin' th' dwelling. I consider all this to be forced labour! I have important car stuff t'do!

 

[Gliderman8]

Been there... done that. Keep the cooler full

 

[Mickey Richaud]

 

[George_H]

I feel your pain. I started to paint the house 5 times in the last 7 years. Still working on the trim....Paint the house or Put the top down and go for a drive...What to do What to do

 

[DNK]

I can't get past the Key Lime Pie Green!!

 

[DrEntropy]

It's a Florida thang, Don.

...I'll hunt down a flock of "yard flamingos" next.

 

[drooartz]

I went there too, Mickey. Song popped into my head with Doc's thread title...

The drowned-rat Doc image is stuck in my mind, though. Good for the morning's laugh. :grin:

 

[Nunyas]

key lime pie green ain't a bad color. Could be worse...


There's a house down the street that's mint green with a matching mustang in the drive ... makes me slightly ill every time i see it.

 

[Gliderman8]

Might I suggest this accessory parked in your driveway to match :rolleye:

 

[mikephillips]

And if you play the cards right you'll never have to paint again. I'm thinking borrow the pressure washer again and instead of hose to faucet, hose to paint bucket....:hororr:

 

[DrEntropy]

That'd have me lookin' like a paint speckled drown'd rat!

 

[DNK]

What kind of siding on the hovel??

 

[DrEntropy]

It's a "stucco" on concrete block, Don. Our li'l Bunker in Heaven.

I went there too, Mickey. Song popped into my head with Doc's thread title...

The drowned-rat Doc image is stuck in my mind, though. Good for the morning's laugh. :grin:

Jus' doin' me job, Drew. :smirk:

 

[DNK]

You going to roll it on or spray it?

 

[TR3driver]

And if you play the cards right you'll never have to paint again. I'm thinking borrow the pressure washer again and instead of hose to faucet, hose to paint bucket....:hororr:

House paint is a LOT thicker than water, don't know if I'd care to try that with my pressure washer. Fortunately, though, at least around here, you can rent the purpose-made equivalent.

I don't bother, though. Friend of a friend will get it all done for about $500 including the paint and equipment. Just don't try to talk to the crew in English

 

[GaryBeu]

Doc...I feel your pain with the pressure washer. I worked at a local hog farm 3 years ago and spent 40 hours a week with a 2,000PSI pressure washer wand cleaning pig stalls, walls and floors inside the hog buildings. We had 1,500 sows giving birth to three litters of 8-10 pigs each per year. Job security !!! I was a little wet when I came home at night...and SMELLED really good too . Carla loved it.

 

[Silverghost]

Doc, add a little black or brown to the key lime green - olive drab and then aluminum foil the roof! You'll be off the radar and off the grid! No alien abductions or black helicopter visits!

 

[DrEntropy]

The Key Lime is actually yellow, BTW. If any ya'll been payin' fer Key Lime Pie that's green, ya been hoodwinked!

 

[MarshgrassA]

One of my favorite pies!

 

[Gliderman8]

Louie's Backyard in Key West doc... favorite Key lime... yum