St. Mary's Volunteer Window Painting & Restoration

This summer St. Mary's has targeted 10 windows on the Church and 12 on the Parish House whose exterior wood frames need to be prepped and painted by volunteers. Many windows also need to be cleaned and protective plexi-glass restored and polished. Workdays will be on select Saturday mornings from 8:30am-1pm and Wednesdays from 1pm-5pm (followed by a church picnic!).

There are tasks for all skill levels, from providing refreshments and moral support, simple cleaning and buffing, all the way up to scaling tall ladders with scrapers and paintbrushes in hand. Sign up in the Narthex or Navajo room at coffeehour and bookmark this post for scope of work and schedule updates.

Please note, we've added Saturday, August 8th to try to catch up with weather/smoke delays.

Here is a recap of work done this past Saturday Aug 1 and Work Summaries for this coming Wednesday Aug 5 and bonus added work day this coming Saturday Aug 8

Recap:

Many thanks to Lexi Doerr & Scott, Will and Kim Scheidt for bringing their boundless energy and productivity to this past Saturday's work effort!

Windows 27, 30 & 31 are nearly ready for painting - we did discover some sections where the underlying wood is not fully fit, and the edge caulking was deteriorated enough to warrant replacement. We will continue repairs this Wednesday with wood filler & edge caulking to get them ready to accept paint. 

Father & Son hard at work at height!

Lexi brought the positive energy!

Kim testing the Plexi polishes

Prep & Edge caulking complete on 30 & 31:

We tested 2 alternate products to the Novus plexi polish and have found the Eagle One Never Dull recommended by DIB Hardware to be a clear winner. Altough it still takes manual buffing to apply, along with the special blend of solvents, Kim Scheidt advises "nothing beats elbow grease"! Also, it's cheap!

This Wednesday Aug 5 - 1pm - 5:30pm Work Summary:

• Safety Meeting

• Role Selection and Tasking

• Tool & Safety gear distribution

• Method Demonstration

• Cleaning/Plexi Restorers Start Windows 02-09

  • Clean with Dish Soap/Plexi cleaner

  • Apply Eagle One Never Dull

  • Buff with micro-fiber sponge cloth

• Wood Repair Start Window 27

  • Clean surfaces

  • Apply Bondo/Wood Filler

  • Caulk edges

• Clean Up

• Picnic

  
  

This Saturday Aug 8 - 8:30am - 1 pm Work Summary:

A number of volunteers stepped up at Coffee Hour with availability for this weekend: Andrew Clifford, Peter Burke, Scott Scheidt, Laura Ferrara so we will be able to try to catch up on lost weather days.

• Safety Meeting

• Role Selection and Tasking

• Tool & Safety gear distribution

• Method Demonstration

• Taping & Protection Windows 27, 30, 31

• 2 Coats BIN Primer 30 minutes apart

• 1 Coat Sherwin Williams Emerald "Eclipse" 

• Clean Up

If any more volunteers are motivated to join in, we can start the scraping, sanding and prep on the Parish windows!

Thank you all for your hard work!

Tom Sean Kelleher

Saturday Morning - August 1

Starting at 8:30 am -  We will be Scraping, Sanding and Prepping the next 3 church windows on the schedule - Windows 27, 30 and 31. The Priming and Painting for these Windows will occur next week on Wednesday starting at 1pm.

Since we may have quite a few volunteers this Sunday (current tally is 6) we may also start the prep work the window sills for Windows 02-09 (south side of Church facing the Parish House)

The work order for the day will be as follows:

Saturday August 1,  8:30 am - 1pm

• Safety Meeting

• Role Selection and Tasking

• Tool & Safety gear distribution

• Method Demonstration

• Cleaning/Plexi Restorers Start

• Scrapers Start

• Sanding Start

• Clean Up

  
  

If you have any questions or suggestions on the process you can reply to this email, give me call or bring them to ask as we get started tomorrow morning.

Thank you all for volunteering!

Saturday Morning June 20

Starting at 8:30 am - We will be Priming and Painting the 2 church windows on the schedule - Windows 15 and 26 whose stained glass images depict St. Stephen and the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple respectively. We will also polish the plexiglass on Windows 4-9 and prep the sills on these windows for priming and painting.

The work order for the day will be as follows:

• Safety Meeting

• Role Selection and Tasking

• Tool & Safety gear distribution

• Method Demonstration

• Cleaning/Plexi Restorers Start

• Taping/Peelaway and protection Start

• 2 Coats of BIN primer (30 minutes apart)

• 1 Coat of Sherwin-Williams Emerald "Eclipse"

• Bonus session: return at 3:30 pm for second coat of Sherwin-Williams

If you have any questions or suggestions on the process you can email Tom Kelleher, or give him a call 808-221-0742 or bring them to ask as we get started Saturday morning.

Please encourage others to visit this Post to learn more about the program, reference a current schedule and opportunities to volunteer. The sign up sheet will be in the Narthex Sunday mornings and the Navajo Room between Sundays.

Thank you all for volunteering!

Project Brief:

Issue: Paint on the exterior wood frames and sills has degraded, leaving wood bare and exposed to the elements.

Benner & Sons was hired to repair any wood that had rotted, been damaged by insects or fallen away entirely.

Now it is up to us to restore the windows with protective paint!

It takes teamwork: There are many roles to fill in a project like this, from parishioners with handyman skills to energetic laborers carrying supplies, those able to wield a paintbrush or a cleaning rag and also anyone willing to support the workers with refreshments and encouragement. With many windows requiring work on extension ladders, those especially not afraid of heights are needed as well as those who are but can hold a ladder!

Which role do you want to fill?

1. Support & Hospitality

2. Window Cleaning + Plexiglass restoring

3. Jobsite Cleaners + Ladder Holders

4. Brushwork - Priming + Painting

5. Applying protection (Tape/Peel Away)

6. Scraping

7. Sanding

8. Working at Height

9. Sponsor - Gift funds for supplies

St. Mary’s is also looking to recruit outside volunteering groups willing to participate in this community effort to help beautify our church. If you know of anyone looking to get on board with a project like this please get them in touch with Fr. Conor!