" -Here in the dining room, we've spent countless hours and a lot of money removing paint and today is a big day because we're putting some paint back on. Here in the corner, Derrick is rolling on an off-white that the owner still hasn't approved, but we figure we'd better do one wall so that she can take a look at it. And of course, these are new sheet rock walls that have just been skimmed. So this is relatively new work. But let's get together with Rick Schneider [unk] up here on the scaffold. Hey Rick, how're doing?"

" -Good Bob, thanks!"

" -Well, we've got quite a variety of colors up there but of course this is just the pick and choose from."

" -You know, I got to tell you, after picking so much paint, so much built up paint off of these cornices, and these [unk] freezes and ornaments, and these little rosettes, I remember Patty with the dental tool here, working hours to clean them all up. It's a frightening idea to let a painter back into the house."

" -Yes it is. Most homeowners are a little apprehensive about letting us in here especially with the brush in our hand. They like to see it, they like to see it sprayed, but a lot of times you have to get down in the crevices and the cracks to get it all detailed and there is a little bit of cocking involved. But we're just trying to get a contrast now between the dark and the light and highlight everything and of course keeping the paint down to a minimum."

" -I like the combination of the white with the wedge-wood blue. I think the yellows that you got over towards the left and the, the terracotta colors are probably a little bit too strong for a federal house."

" -Exactly. They were just something to give them an idea of, of, of how strong we can be between our lights and our darks."

" -Yes."

" -But I think I kind of like leaning towards these colors as, as well myself."

" -Now, what kind of brushes do you use? How, how do you make sure that you don't build up too much paint? I noticed you've got quite a selection of things including a turkey feather here."

" -Well, the turkey feather is for some marbleizing we do but the brushes are good china bristle brushes and of course, we have to take real good care of them------"

" -Yes, yes."

" -them. Keep them clean. But, but the smaller the brush, the harder, the longer it takes."

" -What about on the acanthus leaves up along the top there? There is a good deal of built-up paint still on there that we couldn't remove?"

" -Well, I think the way to highlight the acanthus leaves is just to, and we won't use this color probably but just to coat across like that to give you a lot of contrast between the, the grooves and the leaves, as opposed to the paint that we're putting on the top which gives you a nice contrast."

" -So that's just a technique with the brush and the hand, very lightly going across the top of the relief. And that way, you, you, you, you can highlight------"

" -Highlight it without removing all of the paint to show the original detail in all of the leaves and, and, and the rosettes and------"

" -Yes."

" -all the things that you have."

" -Yes. Well, it's looking beautiful and of course I don't' know what the homeowners are really gonna choose but next week, we'll see the finished version."

" -Alright."

" -Thanks. Right now, I wanna get together with the, the contactor Richard, out in the hall..."

" -Hey Richard."

" -Hey Bob."

" -Let me interrupt."

" -Yes."

" -I know that you're, you've got an interesting project here with the doors. So these are all the original 200-year-old doors, right?"

" -They are. They're made out of Cyprus. They are 6-pound doors and the difference between these and say a stocked door today is that we have this panel molding that frames each individual flat panel into this added smaller molding. "

" -Yes. Now, they're handsome doors and of course they've had all that built-up paint removed so that a little bit more sand and the painter is gonna do a great job with these."

" -Well, the, the, the problem we have is we can't get a stocked door to match for our new addition in the back and we want something that's in keeping with the rest of the doors. So here, we've made this door on site and------"

" -On site."

" -Yes."

" -I mean, normally, you have to have a special door milled. What's this all about?"

" -Well, the, the easy thing about this is we've just taken a stocked hallow core door that's flushed on both sides."

" -Take your $15-item?"

" -Yes."

" -And then you've added this stuff to it?"

" -And this is just a half inch by whatever width the rail we have."

" -Yes."

" -A stock piece of molding or trim that we get at the hardware store with the added paneling."

" -So you're just laying one out here?"

" -Yes. It's real simple. It's, it's, it's simple as cutting each to the width and length and then just gluing them and setting them in place."

" -Now, this is standard half-inch stock that you can go, that you can go to the lumber yard down here and get. In some parts of the country, you might not be able to find it."

" -No but it's a, we call it a half-inch siding here------"

" -Yes."

" -and, right there and then this will be------"

" -You glue on and have some nails."

" -the upper rail. There. Right there and we can go ahead and clamp that in place, that upper rail."

" -Yes."

" -And it won't take long to set up."

" -Well, you'll be nailing it or screw with a driving screw then?"

" -We'll probably come back and use some finish nails to nail it in place."

" -Okay."

" -And then this rail comes the, a parting rail for the top panels. So we'll just set that in and we've cut some of the individual panel molding. "

" -What kind of wood did you cut those moldings with?"

" -Well, this is actually redwood but it's a stocked molding we've got and it, it's real close to our original molding on the old doors."

" -Yes."

" -So, that's what we're going to use. Glue and set that in..."

" -Well, the secret here is that it's built on site as opposed to having to send out to a mill or a drop shop to get these things custom done."