After checking the hour-by-hour forecast last night (30% chance of showers by 4 AM Tuesday morning) and again this morning (30% chance of showers by 1 AM Tuesday morning), I thought I'd give staining a shot. Nearly all the surfaces to be stained were vertical and, given more than six hours to dry (no way was I working past 7 o'clock!) they should be okay. It's not like anyone is going to walk on the balusters before they get a chance to dry completely.
I got started just before 9 AM when the temperature reached 52 degrees and worked steadily all day finishing the east end of the deck and then all the inside of the rails and balusters by 5 PM. Another full 8 hour day.
All that's left now are the two 8' sections under the covered porch (inside only--that'll take 2 hours, max) the stoops at the front door (maybe 1 1/2 hours), the steps up to the big deck (only four so it's not much--say an hour), and the small section between the steps and the house (awkward to reach, not hard to do--say another hour).So, one more 8 hour day will suffice. Unfortunately, that may not be until Friday.
The rain showers that were supposed to start at 1 AM Tuesday, are now forecast (40%) for 8-9 PM Monday night and lasting through Wednesday. So it will be Thursday to dry out (and cut the dandelions) and Friday to stain.
Our friends at AccuHunch said we had an 80% of rain on Saturday, but were wrong. Yesterday it was 50%, and they were still wrong. Today there was no rain in the forecast, and it's clouding up. Typical.
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I'm about ready to give up on both weather.com and AccuHunch. Most of the percentages they post mean diddly squat. I can't even trust the radar to tell me what's happening or going to happen. The ridge I live on breaks up many a storm before they clear it and often has a little green blob (supposedly indicadive of precipitation) perched over my head--even when the sun shines brightly.
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