Good morning!
OK, THAT's two recommendations for Krylon. Thanks guys! Next time I'm in Wally-World, I'll grab a can, or might send the Wife into the crafty crap store some evening after she gets off w**k. She's already in Cedar cRapids, I'm not, so makes more sense for her to make a slight detour than for me to make a long haul for a can or two. Plus, I got dragged into one of those crafty crap stores a few months ago...terrible thing. My man card started to incinerate itself, certain "parts" felt as though they were shrinking. Couldn't get back out the door quick enough, and THAT was even after hanging out in the aisle with drafting tools as long as possible! Seeing grown men fawining over po-pour-ee stuff ...with others drooling over wicker, Lord, get me the heck outta there!
I knew there was a flat spray from Krylon THAT guys like JEFFREY have had good luck with, shoulda figured they'd make a gloss too. I'm doing some experimenting with THAT bottle of floor polish. It looks like maybe if I was to slap on several coats, several very heavy coats, it might do the job. It's a little too thick for THAT! I'm also testing out a theory on making paper paintable without having it curl up like a cinnamon stick. Eventually, I may get around to using the polish for its designated purpose: polishing up the nasty, crappy vinyl floor in the kitchen.
Oh what a surprise THAT would be for the Wife: first, seeing the crappy floor SHINE, and second, slipping and sliding around like a 5'-4" tornado when her socks hit the gloss!
JP: Man, your situation sounds familiar. Add two more kids, make it EMS/paramedic school instead of firefighting (although she was a Chief's daughter and I was a Captain when the disaster started)... Seems to me, it either "is," or it "isn't." Sounds like it isn't. THAT said, I hope things w**k out for the best for all involved.
In other news, views and opinionated opinions, I'm with TODD, the choo choo set will stay DC based on the chronic P.I.T.A guys are having with THAT DCC stuff. I'm also looking at only one train moving at any given time, any other trains would be stuck waiting for a shot on the single track anyway, and a simple little switch THAT can turn the power to the track off will do the job just fine, thank you very much! No programming, nothing "fried," no re-setting, no speed matching, just a little "click," and the train goes or doesn't.
Simple is GOOD!
Have a good, simple, SAFE day!
Chris (in Iowa, where yet another blizzard is heading our way. Spring? HA!)