This year 2012 is flying by and I have not updated this blog since early January. This does not mean we have been idle. This time of year is very busy in our working lives and every weekend we are somewhere in the state of Tasmania performing our puppet shows at festivals and events. So [...]
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First section of the house to be completed I have now completed the painting of the first section of the house. The Rockcote Ecostyle topcoat went on really well, two coats and that was that. We used a British paint colour called Lemon Souffle for the weatherboards, Manor Red to match the gutters [...]
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The paint arrived from The Designer Paint Company in Melbourne. Mandy & I decided to use Rockcote for the weatherboards. Rockcote is made in Queensland and is non VOC and as environmentally friendly as an acrylic paint can be. After much research we decided on this compromise for the outside as we could [...]
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