Day Twenty-nine and Thirty

Day Twenty-Eight and Twenty-nine | Cabinet

One by one we're wrapping up doors and boxes! We've spent the last two days installing hardware, and the drawers have entered the construction phase. Once we have cabinet doors finished, we will be able to begin installing them and sending them to site for a final coat of paint. We put a door on one of the cabinets today; something which provided a great deal of comfort in its success!

Day Twenty-six and Twenty-Seven

Keeping everything organized has been a big issue, so today we went through and labeled all of the doors and cabinets. Adrian would like to put the final coats of paint (which I hear may be green) on on site, before installation. This will prevent doors from getting dings in transit.

Day Twenty-five | Cabinet

We continued to work on sanding and priming the in-pouring of cabinet boxes and doors. We've started to develop a method for controlling the wheatboard fuzz, but are still finding that we have to sand and touch up prime a number of times. The Safeseal primer and sealant are excellent because they emit only a minimal oder, but it is unclear as to whether they every really dry; they seem perpetually tacky.

Day Twenty-three and Twenty-four

Now that we have our cabinets and doors rolling out of construction and into sanding, they're really starting to come along. We continue to putty and sand the faces and edges of doors and cabinets as they are constructed, and we now have a large number sealed and primed as well. For whatever reason the sealer and primer raise the grain in the wheatboard, so we've had to sand and prime each a number of times .

Day Twenty-one and Twenty-two

The past couple of days were spent puttying the edges and holes of doors and cabinets. It is important that the hand-holds, in particular, are very smooth, as the users will interact directly with them. While wheatboard is a fantastic new product, it is also one which we have had to approach with some unfamiliarity. While it has the potential to outperform MDF, it has proven to be a bit less durable. We have encountered problems with its layered property and its tendency to "fuzz." Even so, working with it is turning out to be a very interesting learning experience!

Day Twenty | Cabinet

We devoted most of today to the continued experimentation of Wheatboard construction. Playing with different methods of construction and joinery, we were able to get a better feel for the material and its interesting properties. Unlike wood or MDF, this material is completely new to us and seems to require stronger joinery. It even responds differently to glue and putty, than does MDF.