Well, I was going to meet a friend on Monday morning, but that didn't work out because of unforeseen circumstances. It wound up being better for her family, as they wanted to go shopping at the mall. They had to make a trek for they live in Warsaw and came to Fort Wayne to shop. Oh well, ce' la vie! Better luck next time.
Diane called me for help. First, her car had the "check engine light" on and Diane was naturally concerned that it would spell the end to her car. She bought this car from Enterprise Rental and it seemed to do fairly well. I will assume that, for I know that she puts miles on her car like a truck on a rig.
A strange thing happened ... Hell froze over, the wind tussling her hair in the way slacked and the background ambient noise hushed to a whisper. OK, that didn't happen, but her luck, for once, wasn't bad. The mechanic suggested that the air in-take was leaking from a gasket. The situation is very common on the Ford Taurus cars of that age. It would take $250 to fix, but ... it wasn't a danger to the engine. It was to correct emissions. The side effect to the leakage is that she would get better gas mileage. Yeah, she's hard pressed to get that fixed.
The rest of the day was minor work with mostly planning.
Mike, who did the drywalling with neighbor Dusty, not Dustin as listed in the posts below, came over and did lots of work. Diane wanted to fix the spotty areas of the popcorn ceiling. Mike shrouded the rooms in plastic and began.
If you don't have the supplies needed, don't bother trying to do it yourself. It is work! Mike returned to his work union and is working on a gig for the local school system. He is unsure how long that will last, so is happy to work side jobs. He brought in his air compressor, funnel and gun (commercial items), high torque drill (commercial item), and 36" drill bit for stirring. Only with experience could anyone know the ratio of sheet rock (dense material) to water for it to work. He put the sheet rock in water, stirred the mess with the drill until the right consistency. Then pouring the soup into the reservoir funnel, you spray up in even coats, powered with the air compressor.
At this, I saw -- nope, I could not duplicate that. If you have ever tried to paint "popcorn" ceiling with a paint roller, you know that it works as a fairly effect ceiling ripper-stripper. After Mike's success on this, he sanded down the drywall mudding that he did before.
He did a great job, nice man deserves some recognition. Thanks Mike for your hard work and expertise!
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