The Old Highland neighborhood and Preserve Minneapolis have joined forces with renowned preservationist Bob Yapp to put on a series of home rehab "boot camp" sessions over the next several days. Window Restoration Boot Camp started on Friday and lived up to its name. By the end of the day I was sore in places I didn't even know WERE places, and my mind was almost overloaded with the barrage of information that was thrown my way. Even so, I managed to break only one of the two panes of glass I handled, and gained a thorough working knowledge of how to use the shop-vac.
In all seriousness, I did pick up quite a bit. However, you're reading a blog post from the guy who threw away his eighth grade shop project because he was too embarrassed to show it to the teacher. And that was a dustpan. I'm still a little slow on the uptake when it comes to such handiwork, but I'm no longer shy about the fact that it takes me longer than others to catch on. In fact, I feel like that's precisely why I want to attend sessions like this--so I can learn from someone like Bob Yapp.
We started off on the morning of day one with a mini-sermon from Bob that had me almost shouting, "Preach it, brother!" He shared with us his treatise on...
