Bit more than a rub down

We have two sets of shutters still to paint, although one set is not too bad, so we won’t do that one until next year. This set, as you can see though, is in pretty bad shape. Brian began by scraping the flaking paint and completely sanding them down, before filling the gaps where they had pulled apart. Meanwhile, I had started on the windows. I began by taking the rough areas back to the wood, ready for a primer.

By the end of the day I had got the first coat onto one set of windows, and the second one was rubbed down ready to paint in the morning. The shutters were both nearly ready to be painted, so we’ll pick up again tomorrow.