Friday afternoon, in preparation for Saturday's sealing of the deck, we drove into Pacific Grove to buy the Penofin Brazilian Rosewood oil at Haywood Lumber Company which came highly recommended by Angus at Plyboo. They had a number of different "flavors" but we chose the exotic hardwood option because of its 99% UV protection. Haywood has been around for decades and we both commented later how nostalgic it was to go to an old fashioned lumber yard. Following the advice of the very helpful salesperson, we also purchased a pump sprayer which he said would make applying the Penofin a lot easier.
Saturday morning we got up and figured out our game plan. Fortunately, the morning was fog free so the deck was nice and dry. First thing we did was paper tape the siding of the guest house. Then we put our glasses on and read the very detailed instructions on the cans. Angus has said in a previous email to be sure to follow the directions and we did to the letter. The oil is supposed to be wiped off after twenty minutes which is about the time it took to spray the entire deck. It took a little over an hour to wipe it off. We were kind of surprised it took less than two hours to complete the project. And we're very happy with the way it turned out.
The only thing that didn't go as planned was our double plastic bag booties covering our socks (sorry, no photos). They lasted about ten minutes before they ripped off which, ultimately, was probably a good thing because they were very slippery on the very oily surface.
The instructions say to stay off the deck for at least 12 hours. It remained human free until the Tombleson crew arrived Monday morning. The first thing they did was to put down plastic and plywood so they could access the guest house without messing up the clean and shiny deck.
Monday and Tuesday saw significant progress on the plumbing and electrical which appear to be ready for the insulation and sheetrock to go up. And the roof on the guest house is done! Done is such a beautiful word….
We did have some fog on Monday morning. It started out like one of the rare days where the fog looks like a beautiful silky river on the valley floor. But then the wind came up and the river of fog started looking like breaking waves. We've never seen that before and it was very cool.
Monday also saw the final demo of the fence and gate. Goodbye, grape stakes. Hello, Midcentury Modern fencing (and deck railing) with the very clean lines of horizontal redwood 2x2s.
In case you're wondering, we're going with 18 inches off the floor.
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