I mean, after putting in all of that work, the end product had better be pretty amazing, right?
So that’s what I’ll be up to today.Inhaling toxic chemicals and making things shine!
If you see any weird.postings from me today, you’ll know why.Do you have any of those shiny yellow-brass circa 1993 doorknobs around your house?We have a whole assortment of different eras represented on different doors around here, but the one in my front hall was the lame-o shiny kind..
But I fixed it up good.Originally I had thought about maybe just spraying it with a little Oil Rubbed Bronze, but then I remembered that warm metals are awesome..
Someone had installed a little slide lock on the door at some point and it was made from some kind of cheap brass.
I guess because of its cheapness, it had tarnished quicker than the door knob and it was exactly the kind of old-looking finish I was looking for.. OK, maybe pretty isn’t the right word for it.That’s definitely not how I normally roll, at all, but it’s actually something that I’ve come to appreciate because it allows you to create something really pretty special, without having to completely upset your whole life.
You can do a little bit at a time, or a lot at a time and then have a few weeks off while you wait for a response from the publisher on a certain step in the process.I was really anxious about all of that waiting at first, but I’ve learned to love those breaks in the action.
So that’s how that part of the process looks!I had no idea that there was so much pre-work involved, so if you find yourself in a situation where you get to write a book sometime soon, I hope this will be helpful for you!.