Monday Blogwrap
K Train? Photo by weapong. Heath Ledger’s Bar Opens [Guest of a Guest] Eat Your Way Down 7th Avenue [OTBKB] Lights On at Trader Joe’s [Brooklyn Heights Blog] TriBeGreen: A New Brooklyn Neighborhood Name [Curbed] Important F.R.O.G.G. Meeting This Tuesday [Pardon Me for Asking] Affordable Housing in Boerum Hill [Gowanus Lounge] Fine Paints of Europe…
K Train? Photo by weapong.
Heath Ledger’s Bar Opens [Guest of a Guest]
Eat Your Way Down 7th Avenue [OTBKB]
Lights On at Trader Joe’s [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
TriBeGreen: A New Brooklyn Neighborhood Name [Curbed]
Important F.R.O.G.G. Meeting This Tuesday [Pardon Me for Asking]
Affordable Housing in Boerum Hill [Gowanus Lounge]
Fine Paints of Europe [Remodelista]
Coffee Counter for BH Gristedes [McBrooklyn]
I used Fine Paints of Europe on my front doors and it is very good stuff. I agree with Dave that you have to do very careful prep. I chose the lower lustre black and was recommended to use this beause I had doors made in poplar (bad, bad choice for exterior doors). I was told that this paint would really protect the doors and last 3 times as long as your standard Benjamin Moore. Fine Paints of Europe has a thicker consistency than other paints and you need to be careful to paint before the temperature drops too much. The persimmon colored high gloss lacquer in the link is amazing.
Simply put (the combinations and permutations of the New York City subway are endless), when New York City Transit did away with the double letter designation to indicate that a train ran local (eg: CC, GG, LL, RR), most of the names became just a single letter: C, G, L, R. However, there already was an A train, so the AA became the K. It ran from 168th Street and Broadway to the World Trade Center. That still left three local trains on the Eighth Avenue line (the C, E and K) and eventually the K went away, with expanded C service.
The Hollandlac brilliant paint from Fine Paints of Europe is spectacular for a door. I used it on a house. BUT…the prep work must be perfect. They recommend using a putty like filler and their own primer (of course) and making sure you’ve done a great job of finer and finer sanding to get the brilliant gloss on a perfect surface. Otherwise it looks really crappy. Also, it’s very hard to put on a vertical surface. You really need to take the door off and lay it flat until it is dry. Just stand guard at your doorway. And no drinking on the stoop!!!