All good news!

I’m glad to say. For a change. The side walls/wings of my new cloaks cupboard that I’m building are now more or less perfect, ready for painting, which I’ll do later today in the form of a sealer-undercoat. I now realise that I didn’t help myself with my initial choice of plaster which I grabbed at Leroy Merlin because it was nearby and convenient, when I picked up the metal edging pieces.

I knew at the time that it was labelled ‘Enduit pour joints de plaques de plâtre’ (mortar for plasterboard joints) and I thought it would be suitable. But now I think it actually wasn’t. While using it I found that it was drying very quickly and I had to keep wetting it down and also it seemed to consist of rather large grains. But the worst thing was that it always seemed ‘sticky’, which made it difficult to get a smooth surface as when I trowelled it, it tended to lift back off again.

I think I was lucky to get it as smooth as I did and I now realise that I should really have bought ‘Enduit de lissage’ (smoothing mortar) which would have made the job far easier. Anyway, after rubbing down the original plaster and finishing off the bad patches with ‘enduit de lissage’ I’ve now got surfaces which I’m very happy with. Here are the results after I’ve undercoated everything.

To be honest, it’s been a rough ride but I couldn’t be more happy. The other good news concerns my new e-bike, which I was expecting to be delivered some time after March 11th. The good news is that UPS have now informed me that it’ll be delivered this Friday afternoon, March 8th.

And here’s a good picture, at last, of what’s coming.

I can’t wait for it to arrive. It has received very good reviews because it’s a well-built machine. Unlike some others of its type it has metal mudguards, rather than flimsy plastic, and a good, strong rear parcel carrier which’ll be very handy for popping up to the shops 🙂

All we need now is for it to stop raining…