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CoronitaParticipant
That’s actually not too bad. You know you might be able to call Home Depot or Lowe’s to see if they have any sort of tool rentals…..
Or… You could always leverage their generous return policy. I spend so much on Amazon and home Depot, I wouldn’t feel guilty borrowing an orbital sander for a few days….just saying …
CoronitaParticipantBig sad. RIP Allan.
CoronitaParticipantheh heh…
I can paint cars too…Sort of… 20x harder than home doors and gates…getting the paint to match is a royal PITA, so I cheat and paint an entire section where there are visual cut lines so it’s harder to tell if the color is slightly off, and only do it on old cars I care less about.
CoronitaParticipantFairly handy….
But, I’m sorry Josh…You couldn’t afford me 🙂
CoronitaParticipantHandyman. Ask nextdoor
CoronitaParticipantWrong sanding belts above.
This one is correct: $5 cheaper too.
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-in-x-24-in-80-grit-sanding-belt-5-pack-69974.html
CoronitaParticipantHeat Gun: $20 (you missed last weeks sale at $15)
https://www.harborfreight.com/1500-watt-11-amp-dual-temperature-heat-gun-56434.htmlBelt sander: $40
https://www.harborfreight.com/7-amp-3-in-x-21-in-variable-speed-belt-sander-56916.htmlSanding belts: $15
https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-x-48-in-80-grit-sanding-belts-5-pack-69841.htmlPaint Scrapper: $5
https://www.harborfreight.com/2-1-2-half-inch-paint-scraper-with-4-sided-blade-99827.htmlFree 5 gallon bucket with $30 purchase: https://www.harborfreight.com/promotions
Clean-strip: $20
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-Strip-1-qt-Premium-Paint-Remover-and-Stripper-QKPS301/307995061
$100 total.
No way anyone is going to strip your door for that little.
And if you change your mind and want to paint the other side, the first 4 items you will already have.
CoronitaParticipantAnd if you really want to DIY it, and it’s just latex paint, it’s pretty easy to strip.
Buy a cheap heatgun from harbor freight for like $15 and a metal large scraper, and cook the paint until it wrinkles and just scrape it with a metal scraper… Any residue, follow up with a good paint remover solvent from home depot Klean-Strip Premium Paint Stripper or something like that. Just don’t cook the paint until the wood starts smoking or burning, you might warp the door.
CoronitaParticipantPlus, are you really going to spend time taking the front door off, put it into a car, transport it somewhere for them to strip it, bring it back to your place.. And meanwhile, you just have your house wide open without a front door while someone is working on it (unless you have a steel security screen front door too)…
CoronitaParticipantjust pay a handyman to repaint your door. If you’re not willing to strip it yourself, you’re not really going to save much money DIY painting it. There’s an old saying that painting anything (particularly automotive painting) is about 4x effort to prep, and 1x effort to paint. The better you prep, the better the outcome is. The stripping/sanding/filling etc is the hard part. Putting paint on the surface is the easy part.
April 29, 2023 at 4:20 PM in reply to: Money markets at Schwab now above 4%, tax-free muni now above 3% #902141CoronitaParticipant. delete
March 16, 2023 at 11:20 AM in reply to: 2023 IRS Tax Filing Extended to Oct 16, 2023 for San Diegans #902044CoronitaParticipantYou can’t win them all.
If you did sell and not worry about paying taxes and the stock kept moving up, you’d be saying, I wish I didn’t sell.
And if you don’t sell, and it goes down, you’ll wish you sold.
We all paint ourselves into corner, that game show “You Can’t Win” lol.
We might be right a few times, because of luck
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March 16, 2023 at 11:18 AM in reply to: 2023 IRS Tax Filing Extended to Oct 16, 2023 for San Diegans #902043CoronitaParticipantSorry to hear that. If it’s not to far, you can try
Chase Bank
3433 Del Mar Heights Rd · In Del Mar Highlands Town Center · (858) 314-1311Give them a call and make an appt. Yes, some of the certificates that are old take a long time. It’s ok….
March 14, 2023 at 8:44 AM in reply to: Money markets at Schwab now above 4%, tax-free muni now above 3% #902039CoronitaParticipantNot financial advice, but… given what happened with SVB, this is what I’m doing with my conservative cash account.
I split the cash holding roughly 50/50 between a basket of CDs FDIC insured well below the limit, and a investments into Schwab Money Funds, which all have a 1 day turnaround to cash.
The CD’s have varying terms, mostly 3 or 6 months, some are 1 month and some are 1 year. Anything longer than 3 month, I picked the CD that pays out monthly, instead of at maturity, even if the rate is slightly lower than ones that pay out at maturity.
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