On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:45:40 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>Gary wrote:
>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It's just hard for me to come up with designs that a
>>>>> boy might like.
>>>>
>>>> If he is over age 12, pics of naked women will be a hit.
>>>>
>>>> Wild animal pics are good, random art designs with nice
>>>> colors will be a hit.
>>>>
>>>> PS - your baby hot weather where you live did NOT make your rock
>>>> picture chip off. Someone hit it and damaged it. Your mild hot
>>>> weather would "bake on" the finish. No hot weather would make
>>>> your rock picture chip off. Probably punk kids in your
>>>> neighborhood doing that.
>>>
>>>Nope. Nobody hit it. They were all sitting in a box.
>>>>
>>>> Most likely, your husband or daughter chipped that rock while you
>>>> were sleeping all day.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Nope. There were a couple of days that were so hot that when I tried to
>>>paint, the paint dried immediately! I couldn't even do a marble finish.
>>>Dried that fast.
>>
>> Don't you own a patio umbrella... I painted my 275 gallon diesel tank
>> two days ago, I set up a tarp to shade the tank. Before I set up the
>> tarp you could literally fry an egg on that tank, with the tarp it
>> quickly became cool to the touch.
>> I think it turned out pretty nice, from factory black to Rustoleum's
>> new metalic copper:
>> https://postimg.org/image/fiqmnqxud/
>> https://postimg.org/image/4zv8cbkk5/
>> Gary will be by saying my paint job sucks:
>> https://postimg.org/image/mefgklhp1/
>> The dwarf will be by saying my nice barn light is something
>> unprintable, no, it won't fit up the dwarf's butt:
>> https://postimg.org/image/6t36xrc2d/
>> My dawn redwood, I planted it 15 years ago and it's now more than 15'
>> tall, was time to remove the deer fence. I discovered a Norway spruce
>> had sprouted next to the trunk, about 2' tall. Looked too nice to
>> destroy but not a good place for it. So asked around and my wife's
>> girlfriend who is a bee keeper wanted it. So she tooled over in her
>> new Beemer with a shovel. But no, her shovel was too teeny so I
>> started to dig it up with my manly shovel and whoa... YELLOW JACKETS!
>> I told the girls to get lost... my wife had already gotten stung six
>> times and she is allergic, had to go to her doc for meds. Anyway I
>> waited for those nasty stingers to calm down and hooked up my cart to
>> the small tractor and took a chance, the ground was wet and I was able
>> to dig that tree up easily. I got stung once on top of my left hand,
>> burned but after a day I was fine. Anyway Janet got her tree and was
>> happy, I'm sure I'll soon be soothed with wonderful honey. Dawn
>> Redwoods are prehistoric conefirs. I keep thinking I need to plant a
>> model of T Rex next to that tree.
>> https://postimg.org/image/9pq7y1hw5/
>
>I own a half umbrella that sits in front of the sliding door. Does seem to
>block the sun a teensy bit from getting in the window but doesn't do a think
>in terms of cooling except perhaps as the sun is setting.
>
>The rocks were not on the deck though but outside by the garage. We used
>acrylics, nail polish and sealed with spray on Mod Podge.

I'd have found a shady spot, like under a tree, or *inside* the
garage.