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As I mentioned before, final weekend I was rattling busy. It began amongst a walk to the Flea Market, y'all tin encounter my finds HERE.

With such a beautiful 24-hour interval nosotros were having, nosotros laid to function on our forepart yard.  I snapped a picture.  From that distance it looks OK, right?  Perhaps a fighting boring, but upward close, y'all tin encounter the problems.

There were many petty (and big), things to create so, I made a list.

1. Remove dead plants that remained over winter.
2. Remove rust stains on concrete.
3. Remove rust from metallic railing earlier ikon it.
4. Trim the Boxwood bushes.
5. Fill upward empty spaces inward the garden past times dividing unopen to plants.
6. Give unopen to coloring past times planting unopen to annuals all around.
7. Take attention of pigment peeling off from door trim.

Fuff That's quite a lot!  We began amongst this nasty, rusty, ugly manus rail. I told you, upward unopen it wasn't pretty. In fact is disgusting. ugh :/

Not a pretty coloring either.

Rusty all around.

Our weapon against all that rust???
Yes! these wire brushes that y'all attach to a ability drill. These modest ones for difficult to accomplish places.

And this i a fighting bigger that worked perfectly good on those long apartment surfaces.

....and I am talking nigh WE! because this project of getting rid of the rust was taken past times no other that Mr. G ;) Besides, he volunteered to create it (like 4 years ago, though) as well as he took responsibleness of it all.

I similar how good he prepared himself. Safety first. Gloves, security goggles, as well as a mask are essential to protect yourself from the petty particles flight away. He spent similar 2 hours, including java brakes, to complete the job.

You tin encounter immediate results. This is the same rails merely sanded. It needs to last done this good for the rust to stop.

With his project done, it was forthwith my plow to prime number as well as paint.  For Priming I used Rust Reformer (especially formulated to halt rust) and for ikon I used a Protective Black Enamel on a Gloss finish, both products past times Rust-Oleum.

After roofing the surfaces that nosotros didn't desire to spray, I began using the spray primer.  Notice how prissy those bushes were already looking as well as no to a greater extent than dead plants at sight.

I continued applying the primer, but oh Lord! I demand to invest inward i of those spray adapters you attach to these cans, because at the goal of the 24-hour interval I couldn't yell for at anything. My finger was then sore!

One side primed, the other i sanded. It was getting dark, but I wanted to complete priming.

Both sides primed as well as cook to last painted afterward waiting 24 hours for the primer to set.

Which side is Painted as well as which i is just Primed?

You guessed it right! The correct side is the i already painted!
You tin nation for how shiny it looks!

Close up... Beautiful, smooth, shiny dark paint!

And depository fiscal establishment agree here! You tin encounter the deviation pretty good betwixt each step.

I honey the goal result!

From far away, again, is non that large difference, but notice that during the 2 hours Hubby was sanding the rails I managed to:

1. Clean the yard, dead plants as well as weeds are gone.
2. Trimmed the Boxwood bushes.
3. Divided 2 plants as well as planted them on the empty spots. I fifty-fifty managed to give the border a pristine, abrupt look. ;)

It was a lot of work, it doesn't present that much, but nosotros are happy with a project good done.

Next weekend we're going to bargain amongst the remaining issues.  Planting unopen to flowers volition last the certain means to brighten upward the space.

Until adjacent time!