So many stoners rushed into cannabis thinking they'd strike it right without realizing how economics work and how hard business is.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 3:31 pm$4825 was the bid. It's actually part of the payoff on his bill to me, he and his brothers got over their heads in the cannabis gold rush and I got them out.
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Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 11:59 am Ok fellas, getting our California shitbox repainted.
Before:
Pressure washed yesterday.
We are going with a milk chocolate brown and a tangerine door. 1984 called and wants the salmon strip on the wall returned and we are accommodating that request.
More pics soon.
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These guys actually knew a TON about weed the problem is they hired a promoter, gave him a cut, he got a ton of investors but ultimately their control of the companyDetroit wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 4:56 pmSo many stoners rushed into cannabis thinking they'd strike it right without realizing how economics work and how hard business is.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 3:31 pm
$4825 was the bid. It's actually part of the payoff on his bill to me, he and his brothers got over their heads in the cannabis gold rush and I got them out.
got diluted pretty badly and they were to going to be on the hook for promoter reps, etc. If you want to be in charge, you gotta stay small unless you're loaded, of course.
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But yeah, lots of lazy people who just like to smoke a lot of weed find out their dream job is actually a ton of work.
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Noice! That's a significant chunk, glad to see you got what's deserving. Side note, I was taken aback by so many people who didn't see the cannibas crash coming. Sounds like there's a cool story in the making.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 3:31 pm$4825 was the bid. It's actually part of the payoff on his bill to me, he and his brothers got over their heads in the cannabis gold rush and I got them out.
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Crazy, those are some big moves.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 5:03 pmThese guys actually knew a TON about weed the problem is they hired a promoter, gave him a cut, he got a ton of investors but ultimately their control of the company
got diluted pretty badly and they were to going to be on the hook for promoter reps, etc. If you want to be in charge, you gotta stay small unless you're loaded, of course.
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Yeah, by the time I got involved they just needed to get bought out.Tarspin wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 6:08 pmCrazy, those are some big moves.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 5:03 pm
These guys actually knew a TON about weed the problem is they hired a promoter, gave him a cut, he got a ton of investors but ultimately their control of the company
got diluted pretty badly and they were to going to be on the hook for promoter reps, etc. If you want to be in charge, you gotta stay small unless you're loaded, of course.
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You should. That looks incredible.
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Thanks broseph, it's really satisfying to be at this point. Some ups and downs in my mind about how things went/are going.CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 11:09 amGreat job.
This looks awesome and aside from saving some money there is a lot of personal satisfaction to work like this.
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So the good and bad:
That staircase wasn't like painting a bedroom/family room, it was HARD WORK, there are so many edges and corners, basically a whole room filled with just edging.. I can see why it's a 10k job, but in my case I went above and beyond by varying how much paint got mixed into the stain to give the treads the grey but translucent look. Each layer (3 total) and each tread was painted individually to bring out a similar color that matches the flooring. There is no way that a contractor would take that time, so its special.
Another positive point:
Nor would a contractor hand scrape each tread to give it an aged character look. It doesn't come out at obvious as I thought it would, more of a color range to the wood then actual texture because of the urethane. But even that is a custom feature that is rare to this staircase.
Not so positive:
What pisses me off is my mismanagement of some edges from step to step. I didn't sand some edges deep enough to get good stain absorption so the layering looks a bit more like grey paint in spots then it does a translucent polyurethane with a grey tint. Either way, I'll be the only one that sees the defects, and I can remind myself of the cost savings and the pride I take in doing something like this way out of my scope of skill sets (until now).
I still have the hand rails in my garage and I'm a bit deflated. They may sit there for days before I build up the courage to stain them. Something tells me it will be an easy job but I don't know how deep I need to sand. Maybe I'll try a piece and sand it down again if I don't like what's happening.
That staircase wasn't like painting a bedroom/family room, it was HARD WORK, there are so many edges and corners, basically a whole room filled with just edging.. I can see why it's a 10k job, but in my case I went above and beyond by varying how much paint got mixed into the stain to give the treads the grey but translucent look. Each layer (3 total) and each tread was painted individually to bring out a similar color that matches the flooring. There is no way that a contractor would take that time, so its special.
Another positive point:
Nor would a contractor hand scrape each tread to give it an aged character look. It doesn't come out at obvious as I thought it would, more of a color range to the wood then actual texture because of the urethane. But even that is a custom feature that is rare to this staircase.
Not so positive:
What pisses me off is my mismanagement of some edges from step to step. I didn't sand some edges deep enough to get good stain absorption so the layering looks a bit more like grey paint in spots then it does a translucent polyurethane with a grey tint. Either way, I'll be the only one that sees the defects, and I can remind myself of the cost savings and the pride I take in doing something like this way out of my scope of skill sets (until now).
I still have the hand rails in my garage and I'm a bit deflated. They may sit there for days before I build up the courage to stain them. Something tells me it will be an easy job but I don't know how deep I need to sand. Maybe I'll try a piece and sand it down again if I don't like what's happening.
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Yeah man, don’t beat yourself up too hard. You’ve done outstanding work, and your idea for getting the color on the stairs to match the flooring worked almost flawlessly. Take the lesson learned on sanding deep enough, apply it to the handrails, and then kick back and admire your accomplishment while treating yourself to some top shelf food, booze, and weed with the money saved on doing the work yourself.
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Yeah man nobody will notice that except for you.Tarspin wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 11:41 am So the good and bad:
That staircase wasn't like painting a bedroom/family room, it was HARD WORK, there are so many edges and corners, basically a whole room filled with just edging.. I can see why it's a 10k job, but in my case I went above and beyond by varying how much paint got mixed into the stain to give the treads the grey but translucent look. Each layer (3 total) and each tread was painted individually to bring out a similar color that matches the flooring. There is no way that a contractor would take that time, so its special.
Another positive point:
Nor would a contractor hand scrape each tread to give it an aged character look. It doesn't come out at obvious as I thought it would, more of a color range to the wood then actual texture because of the urethane. But even that is a custom feature that is rare to this staircase.
Not so positive:
What pisses me off is my mismanagement of some edges from step to step. I didn't sand some edges deep enough to get good stain absorption so the layering looks a bit more like grey paint in spots then it does a translucent polyurethane with a grey tint. Either way, I'll be the only one that sees the defects, and I can remind myself of the cost savings and the pride I take in doing something like this way out of my scope of skill sets (until now).
I still have the hand rails in my garage and I'm a bit deflated. They may sit there for days before I build up the courage to stain them. Something tells me it will be an easy job but I don't know how deep I need to sand. Maybe I'll try a piece and sand it down again if I don't like what's happening.
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SMOKE DETECTORS. Need some new ones because, if no other reason, the current ones have yellowing plastic and therefore reek of poverty. They are hard wired. I have removed two, one because it won't stop chirping new battery or not, and the second because it is on a high peak in the house and will go off when I am cooking thick fatty steaks in a cast iron skillet. (Single story home with exits galore and no olds or infants, so don't judge me brahs.) Anybody ever installed the fancy kind like Nest that you can theoretically turn off with your phone? Any recommendations on basic bitch? Your responses are appreciated in advance.
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I have a Nest Protect Smoke/C0 alarm I got to pass an inspection and I like it... but I also bought brand new replacement smoke detectors to replace my hard wired units from Amazon.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 4:19 pm SMOKE DETECTORS. Need some new ones because, if no other reason, the current ones have yellowing plastic and therefore reek of poverty. They are hard wired. I have removed two, one because it won't stop chirping new battery or not, and the second because it is on a high peak in the house and will go off when I am cooking thick fatty steaks in a cast iron skillet. (Single story home with exits galore and no olds or infants, so don't judge me brahs.) Anybody ever installed the fancy kind like Nest that you can theoretically turn off with your phone? Any recommendations on basic bitch? Your responses are appreciated in advance.
This was the brand in my house and was a direct replacement. They seem to be the "standard" unit builders use with the 3 wire setup:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O8 ... UTF8&psc=1
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x 100000. I obsess over this stuff and nobody ever gets it.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 1:27 pmYeah man nobody will notice that except for you.Tarspin wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 11:41 am So the good and bad:
That staircase wasn't like painting a bedroom/family room, it was HARD WORK, there are so many edges and corners, basically a whole room filled with just edging.. I can see why it's a 10k job, but in my case I went above and beyond by varying how much paint got mixed into the stain to give the treads the grey but translucent look. Each layer (3 total) and each tread was painted individually to bring out a similar color that matches the flooring. There is no way that a contractor would take that time, so its special.
Another positive point:
Nor would a contractor hand scrape each tread to give it an aged character look. It doesn't come out at obvious as I thought it would, more of a color range to the wood then actual texture because of the urethane. But even that is a custom feature that is rare to this staircase.
Not so positive:
What pisses me off is my mismanagement of some edges from step to step. I didn't sand some edges deep enough to get good stain absorption so the layering looks a bit more like grey paint in spots then it does a translucent polyurethane with a grey tint. Either way, I'll be the only one that sees the defects, and I can remind myself of the cost savings and the pride I take in doing something like this way out of my scope of skill sets (until now).
I still have the hand rails in my garage and I'm a bit deflated. They may sit there for days before I build up the courage to stain them. Something tells me it will be an easy job but I don't know how deep I need to sand. Maybe I'll try a piece and sand it down again if I don't like what's happening.
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Thanks for the feedback.CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 5:27 pmI have a Nest Protect Smoke/C0 alarm I got to pass an inspection and I like it... but I also bought brand new replacement smoke detectors to replace my hard wired units from Amazon.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 4:19 pm SMOKE DETECTORS. Need some new ones because, if no other reason, the current ones have yellowing plastic and therefore reek of poverty. They are hard wired. I have removed two, one because it won't stop chirping new battery or not, and the second because it is on a high peak in the house and will go off when I am cooking thick fatty steaks in a cast iron skillet. (Single story home with exits galore and no olds or infants, so don't judge me brahs.) Anybody ever installed the fancy kind like Nest that you can theoretically turn off with your phone? Any recommendations on basic bitch? Your responses are appreciated in advance.
This was the brand in my house and was a direct replacement. They seem to be the "standard" unit builders use with the 3 wire setup:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O8 ... UTF8&psc=1