I’m sure I don’t do near as much sanding as you. Most of my work is remodeling. Then I get an occasional build of some sort plus what I build for myself.

 

Mortised the hinges into the door and jamb.

And here's the jig I made/used. And ya, there's oopses on it. I caught it.

As far as I know I haven't screwed anything up. Eventually I need to put the door in the hole to make it swing to see if it fits properly. All my measurements seem right. If there's anything, it'll show up in the top curve. Tried to keep everything square. So we'll see.

 

Finish is all set, except for the TP holder (frustratingly slow to arrive) we're up and running. Rope light under the vanity is on a motion sensor, to act as a night light. Thank you to everyone who helped on that thread and kept me from doing some low-voltage Frankenstein work for the motion detector. Quartz baseboard behind the toilet, Dilex everywhere else. 3/8" tempered splash panel, window is a doublehung tempered in and out. Heated towel bar of course. Forgot to install the diffuser before I took pictures.

Toto Nexus Washlet toilet, probably smarter than the guy installing it, definitely better looking. Not sure I like how it mounts, seems kinda elaborate.

One down, on to the hall bath and the laundry room.

 

Nice.

 

A toilet that needs a plug.

Now I've seen everything.

 

Have you seen the Toto toilet that has the lid that opens when you walk up to it?
$4k

 

Well, this was a first for me, a management company. I do a lot of work for needed me to come out, and re-bend some wrought iron, because it pointed towards the sidewalk and there’s a St. Patrick’s Day parade tomorrow., a little bit of heat, and they went back just fine.

 

Git'R Done.

 

Fit the door today. Weird issues. Door is square, opening is square, reveals were equal and yet the hinge side of the top of the door was at 3/32" and the other side was close to a 1/4". Pulling the frame only moved it a little, maybe a 1/16". So I already know that 3/32" reveals are tight. I did that because I can always make the door smaller. So I took 1/32" off the hinge side, did a cut on the curve from the hinge side to the center of the door and beveled the latch side. Now when I tweak the frame a bit all the reveals are about an 1/8" Phew. Still don't know what the F is going on. But when it's installed I'll put a little pressure on the hinge side of the jamb and things will be perfect.

Anywho....

 

Looks phenomenal

 

Waiting for the glass now. They said 2 weeks. That's ridiculous. It's always been a few days for non tempered and 1 week for tempered which this is. It might have to get installed without the windows..

But now it's gotta get stained and cleared. I figured about 1 week. Hoping for less. Size and weight is a big issue because I do this by myself.

 

The beads to hold in the glass on the curved window I butted the curves to fit the opening and the straight pcs were coped so they fit over the curved parts. I think I would have gone insane trying to miter them.

 

Snobnd:

You want wrought iron bent? Call me next time and I'll send my gator over. He's not much for pre-heating.

 

Kitchen remodel almost wrapped up.

Final week.

 

Wine fridge in the end of the island? Or a microwave? Either way looking good. What's the plan on the backsplash?

 

Microwave in the island end.

They are doing granite all the way up and around the window. 👍

 

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Is that for railing?

 

And that's a wrap

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Fun is. Three coats of Dark Oak Dye. Then scuff it hard. Then three coats of the dye. And scuff it hard again. Then..... three coats of dye, and scuff it hard again.

Then the stain. Let it sit on the door for 1 minute and 45 seconds and wipe it off. Took me about 10 samples to figure that out. Really nerve racking to do all of this to the door and not be able to know if you got the right color until about 6 hours later, which is about how long it took to develop this color and make the flecks and rays in the QSRO pop. It's a satin finish but wet when I took the picture. I wanted to go home.

Here it is after the three coats of three coats of dye

The dye dries almost instantly. I scuff it because the flecks and rays don't absorb the dye as well as the surrounding wood. So that will highlight them.

Then I applied the stain. And like I said 1 minute 45 seconds. I set my timer and start staining. When it goes off it's time to remove what I put on. In my case I was able to do the top panel and the 2 side bevels. Wiped it off. Then I finished the panel up by doing the top and bottom bevels which are treated differently. They are wipe on and wipe off. End grain absorbs the stain quick and if you let it stay on too long it'll get very dark. Then I did the bottom panel and had time to do the end bevels. Then I did the frame of the door. After the stain dries for 20 minutes I scuff it with 220 grit just so the flecks and rays lighten up while the surrounding wood only gets slightly lighter.

A coat of Satin clear and I'm ready to do the other side.

Which will take just as long.

 

Fun is. Three coats of Dark Oak Dye. Then scuff it hard. Then three coats of the dye. And scuff it hard again. Then..... three coats of dye, and scuff it hard again.

Then the stain. Let it sit on the door for 1 minute and 45 seconds and wipe it off. Took me about 10 samples to figure that out. Really nerve racking to do all of this to the door and not be able to know if you got the right color until about 6 hours later, which is about how long it took to develop this color and make the flecks and rays in the QSRO pop. It's a satin finish but wet when I took the picture. I wanted to go home.

Here it is after the three coats of three coats of dye
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The dye dries almost instantly. I scuff it because the flecks and rays don't absorb the dye as well as the surrounding wood. So that will highlight them.

Then I applied the stain. And like I said 1 minute 45 seconds. I set my timer and start staining. When it goes off it's time to remove what I put on. In my case I was able to do the top panel and the 2 side bevels. Wiped it off. Then I finished the panel up by doing the top and bottom bevels which are treated differently. They are wipe on and wipe off. End grain absorbs the stain quick and if you let it stay on too long it'll get very dark. Then I did the bottom panel and had time to do the end bevels. Then I did the frame of the door. After the stain dries for 20 minutes I scuff it with 220 grit just so the flecks and rays lighten up while the surrounding wood only gets slightly lighter.

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A coat of Satin clear and I'm ready to do the other side.

Which will take just as long.

Looks beautiful Leo.

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As I've told the GC that I'm doing this for. This is not an out of the can finish.

 

That’s why you make the big bucks!

 

 

Looks great Leo.

Tom

 

Took you long enough.