Ecdysiast

Ecdysiast - (n) A striptease performer.

Pretty sure you get where I'm going with this post now that we've gotten that out of the way and cleared up any head scratching and Dictionary.com scrambling that may have been going on. 

4 layers.

4.

That's what we're contending with on the wainscot in the bathroom, but we're slowly and steadily combating this by spraying on our favorite citrus-based non-toxic stripper and waiting 24 hours for it to eat through and loosen the layers, then scraping carefully. It's going to take some time and a nice hard toothbrush to get through the stuff stuck in the grooves. So far it looks like the stain is holding up, but I doubt it'll survive the bath I have to give everything to 86 the residue left over. It's a sticky mess right now and I'm not super fond of it - but I'm loving the results.

Such a beautiful mess being made. Can't wait until the paint is gone and we're back to sealed wood goodness!

Pretty sure that's the last photo you guys will see of the bathroom until the project is finished. I know you just love all the construction photos - promise that there will be more as we move on to other projects.

In other news... We're rewashing ALL the wood work with LeadOff... Again. This time we're following up with mineral spirits, cleaning up paint botches of the past, and sealing with polyurethane. It's a seriously necessary process and is taking a bit of time because we seriously live in the land of black walnut and tiger oak goodness. So worth it. So very very worth it. Means we'll be stepping up our weekly wipe downs with Old English wipes. Downstairs floors will be sealed as well. Lord knows they desperately need it.

Good thing I have family right across the street that we can invade while all this dries!