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.
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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.
Sounds like you're getting there, re: your porch. Nice.
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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