: I have fiberglassed in the living room with plastic dropcloth to
: protect the floor. The problem was my bedroom is on the lee side
: of the house and we don't use A/C but rather let the breeze blow
: through the house. I woke up the next day swearing I'd never do
: that again after a night of breathing epoxy fumes. Your
: situation is different. If you put a fan aimed out the window
: and the basement is sealed from the rest of the house you'll be
: fine. Do not underestimate the fumes, however. They don't smell
: bad but wear a respirator. They are not good for you. Lesson
: learned.

: As for the wife, I have the best wife in the world. I have a
: workshop in the kitchen and a pool table in the living room as
: well as various hot-rod VW's in various stages of completion in
: the drive (and yard). The porch is my sawdust making and
: fiberglassing area. She endures all this as long as I
: occasionally make her stuff, fix the cars, and somewhat clean up
: after myself. The trick is every other project needs to be
: something for her. A bookshelf, plant stand, or other simple
: project takes a few days and buys you a month of kayak building
: on the porch. Fixing her car lets me build a VW engine and then
: fire it up on the test stand on the porch. Same goes for the
: landlord. I fix his cars, mend a broken table leg, hang a screen
: door, and in turn he puts up with the sander at 10PM and a kayak
: being fiberglassed on the porch. You have to play the game
: smartly. "Honey I built you this nice footstool... Oh by
: the way, it started to rain so there's a half-finished kayak in
: the living room. I'll take it back outside once the storm
: passes, okay?" "Honey, I bought a 60-gallon air
: compressor and put it next to the dryer so I can plug it into
: the 220 outlet, but I just used it to rotate your tires and put
: on new brakes- hey look, we already saved $100."
: "Darling don't let the cats out because I just spilled
: epoxy all over the porch- oh and I hung the new closet doors you
: wanted."

I have been telling Linda just how much she is going to love my..."our" ice runner...it will be 12' of paddling joy. So far so good on the acceptance scale.

Robert N Pruden