[Noisebridge-discuss] Flooring work! Next step sanding, you are needed!

[Rachel McConnell]

Thanks Jim and Frantisek, you have done awesome work!  Much appreciated!

Current update: puttying is done except for a few places that were deep
and need another coat.  Goop smearers were somewhat diligent, the
majority of the floor is fairly even and smooth but there are some areas
with blobs.  We put the canvas on the floor again by the bathroom, and
put up strings and signs to help encourage Not walking on until it's
finished.  Huge thanks to Quirk who not only vaccuumed & puttied the
whole day but also brought cookies for the helpers.  Props to all those
who helped: Hephaestus, Miah, Sai, Eric, Mikolaj, Christopher, Paul ...
you all rock!

Jim are there any hand sanders that have vaccuums attached like the Big
one?  If so I think it's totally worth attempting those.

Next step: sanding!  I could not find any hand sanders except the little
tiny crappy one I found in an alley sometime last year... anyone who has
an orbital sander and wants to put in a little time with it, please do
so!  And can we borrow it for the next person, too?

If you can sand or just loan a sander, please reply to the list; if I
don't hear from anyone in the next day or two we'll assume we've got to
rent the floor sander again but I'd love to save the money.

Rachel

jim wrote:
> [Friday 20100618:18:47] 
> initial sanding is done. 
>    used 20 grit for the first passes, 36 grit for the 
> last pass.
>    costs $76.82, rachel paid $50. 
>    took about 4 hours, Frantisek did about 2 of them. 
> 
>    canvas is on the floor between the kitchen and the 
> toilet room; i put stuff along the side to suggest 
> "don't walk over there". 
> 
> filling: 
> * there are some big cracks that should be filled 
> with wood plugs before applying goop. 
> * goop smearers should try to force the goop into 
> the cracks and holes and scrape any material off 
> the surface. 
> 
> post-filling: 
> * we'll have to sand the floor after the goop dries. 
>    if goop smearers will have been diligent, then 
> we can use hand-sanders. 
>    if goop smearers left goop above the surface of 
> the wood, then we'll have to rent the sander again 
> (for another $75 or so plus getting and lifting and 
> returning...). 
> * after sanding of whatever nature, we'll seal it. 
> * after the sealer dries, we'll put down a couple 
> of coats of floor finish (water-base is good and 
> cures fast (polyurethane takes over a week to cure). 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 01:02 -0700, Rachel McConnell wrote:
>> The current state of the floor is this.  Jim is planning to do rough
>> sanding tomorrow (Friday) morning, and he will put down some paper for
>> the walking on if you REALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM...  Thanks Jim
>> you rock!
>>
>> The next step is to fill the cracks with putty.  I will be at
>> Noisebridge most of the day Sunday doing this, and Quirk has also
>> volunteered to help with this.  She has additionally promised to bring
>> home made cookies for anyone else who assists (yay Quirk!), so come
>> help!  We could use two or three more sets of hands.
>>
>> If you want to help but can't come Sunday, only Friday afternoon/evening
>> or Saturday, that's great:
>>
>> Puttying is very simple. You just stick a putty knife in the putty and
>> slather it over the cracks, divots, & low spots.  Don't cover the entire
>> floor surface, and try not to leave lumps, but lumps can be wiped off
>> pretty easily with a damp cloth after the putty has started to dry, if
>> necessary.
>>
>> Putty knives are in the dirty shop on the metal shelves, right side, one
>> of the upper shelves, in a ?yellow plastic bin.  It's above head height
>> (for me) but you can see the handles sticking up.  Putty is in gallon
>> buckets on the floor, in the main corridor going back, on the right (as
>> you face the back of the space), quite near the floor parts in question.
>> It's called something like Wood Filler, I forget exactly, it shouldn't
>> be hard to find.  There are 3 buckets one of which is only half full.
>>
>> Cleanup is with soap and water as long as the putty hasn't hardened
>> (which takes a couple hours).
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Rachel
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