Auntie Merge's Front Door
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:46 am
I think I better give this it's own thread, because it is becoming quite a saga.
The front door had been painted blue for years, all through the conference winning seasons and promotion to league 1.
In 2012 I decided to paint it red. I bought the red paint in May 2013, around the time that Wayne Burnett was given a 2 year contract.
We've been on the decline ever since.
It didn't help that the person who painted it red did a terrible job, and painted over the glass, the locks and painted at least 2 coats without letting each coat dry properly. It took at least 6 months before I could fix some of the issues as the oil-based paint needed to harden before it could be sanded down again. I managed to fix some of it so it at least looked presentable.
I decided to paint it blue again some months ago. At the precise moment the paintbrush touched the door for the first time with blue paint, we went a goal up at Barnet. But the power of the red paint was still too much. I noticed in the second half that the lip under the door was still painted red (it still remains red; I am going to paint it blue when I touch up a couple of spots) and that was the point where Barnet took the lead.
Since the door has been painted blue we have P4 W2 D2 L 0.
But there are a couple of other odd things. Most of the door furniture needed replacing, as it was covered in red paint, and this has taken time.
The red door lock. I was being a bit meh about replacing it. Then last week when I was out running I lost the key. I didn't lose all all of the door keys which were on the same keyring, but bizarrely only lost one key and it happened to be the key for the red lock. I bought a new and much sturdier lock at the time the contract with the new owners was being signed and effected the change around about the same time the announcement about our new owners was being made.
The letterbox with red paint on it was put back temporarily as the new one is a slightly different fitting and at this very moment my neighbour is kindly fixing a shiny new letterbox in its place.
There are other things that need to be completed, each will help us claw our way back to where we were.
There are two other pieces of door furniture missing.
The door frame needs to be repainted (will happen by the end of the month)
The blue carpet tiles need to be in place
The lip of the door painted
A flakey bit of paint needs to be sanded and repainted
I will aim to get these done asap so our unbeaten run will continue and we can win 6-0
The front door had been painted blue for years, all through the conference winning seasons and promotion to league 1.
In 2012 I decided to paint it red. I bought the red paint in May 2013, around the time that Wayne Burnett was given a 2 year contract.
We've been on the decline ever since.
It didn't help that the person who painted it red did a terrible job, and painted over the glass, the locks and painted at least 2 coats without letting each coat dry properly. It took at least 6 months before I could fix some of the issues as the oil-based paint needed to harden before it could be sanded down again. I managed to fix some of it so it at least looked presentable.
I decided to paint it blue again some months ago. At the precise moment the paintbrush touched the door for the first time with blue paint, we went a goal up at Barnet. But the power of the red paint was still too much. I noticed in the second half that the lip under the door was still painted red (it still remains red; I am going to paint it blue when I touch up a couple of spots) and that was the point where Barnet took the lead.
Since the door has been painted blue we have P4 W2 D2 L 0.
But there are a couple of other odd things. Most of the door furniture needed replacing, as it was covered in red paint, and this has taken time.
The red door lock. I was being a bit meh about replacing it. Then last week when I was out running I lost the key. I didn't lose all all of the door keys which were on the same keyring, but bizarrely only lost one key and it happened to be the key for the red lock. I bought a new and much sturdier lock at the time the contract with the new owners was being signed and effected the change around about the same time the announcement about our new owners was being made.
The letterbox with red paint on it was put back temporarily as the new one is a slightly different fitting and at this very moment my neighbour is kindly fixing a shiny new letterbox in its place.
There are other things that need to be completed, each will help us claw our way back to where we were.
There are two other pieces of door furniture missing.
The door frame needs to be repainted (will happen by the end of the month)
The blue carpet tiles need to be in place
The lip of the door painted
A flakey bit of paint needs to be sanded and repainted
I will aim to get these done asap so our unbeaten run will continue and we can win 6-0