{"id":274,"date":"2018-06-20T21:21:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T21:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/?p=274"},"modified":"2018-06-22T20:52:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T20:52:22","slug":"20-june-ocean-tile-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/?p=274","title":{"rendered":"20 June–Ocean tile done!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A LONG post today, because it’s a big day for La Sirena<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"\"TASK 1:<\/strong>\u00a0 Finish fitting and taping up tiles. This was a really long process as I’ve typed before, with many tiles taking 15-20 minutes to fit.\u00a0 But I got it done before lunch, and here’s the photo.<\/p>\n

\"\"TASK 2:<\/strong>\u00a0 Cement them in.\u00a0 I’m back to the Bexel “Solucion Total” cement, and I’ve decided I really don’t like it as much.\u00a0 But I got them up in good shape (assuming they STAY up).<\/p>\n

A few “Hazaa!s” at that moment.\u00a0 It has, after, been FIVE MONTHS TO THE DAY since I started this blog, and all the tile except the beach is ON THE WALL.<\/p>\n

\"\"Well, I thought so anyway.\u00a0 Because when I stepped back, I realized there were still a few little gaps to be filled; irregular-shape places that I figured I’d wait until the right tile showed up.\u00a0 They never did, so another half hour of cut-and grind to do these (under her hair)…<\/p>\n

\"\"and this green one (between her fingers).<\/p>\n

Not so bad.<\/p>\n

I next took some time to clean a lot of the tiles (not the ones just cemented) so I could begin to seal the worn ones with “barniz” (sort of a varnish).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Only a small percentage of the tiles need this step; the ones whose glassy surface has worn off over time.\u00a0 This has to be done now, or the grout will be absorbed and badly stain the tiles.\u00a0 Although it looks like it might take forever, it actually is going very fast.<\/p>\n

So here she is!\u00a0 The next real change you’re going to see will be once I get grouting; the sand area to the right will come after that.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

It’s a celebration night!\u00a0 That means the really<\/em> good Scotch before bed…<\/p>\n

Next page:\u00a0<\/strong> 22 June–GROUTED!!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A LONG post today, because it’s a big day for La Sirena. TASK 1:\u00a0 Finish fitting and taping up tiles. This was a really long process as I’ve typed before, with many tiles taking 15-20 minutes to fit.\u00a0 But I got it done before lunch, and here’s the photo. TASK 2:\u00a0 Cement them in.\u00a0 I’m … Continue reading “20 June–Ocean tile done!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-la-sirena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casasierradelsol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}