This post is from from my other blog here Most of the work this weekend consisted cleaning the yard and the sunroom in preparation for the next few days of TV show related fun. When the crew left on Friday everything was covered in a layer of grime, both inside and outside of the house. We wanted to do some painting on the stucco areas around the sunroom and windows but unfortunately it was a bit too moist outside to do all the work we wanted to do. Instead we did tons of cleaning and worked on the conundrum of achieving the wet look on our stone while it is dry. When the stone is wet it looks amazing but when dry it looks hazy and dirty.
Case in point, wet vs. dry:
This is what everything looks like wet
The first task was to scrub all the stone dust off the rock so even when it dries lighter it doesn't have that dirty haze on it. We did 5 passes on all the stone with a stiff bristle brush and the power washer
After 5 passes the stone actually did look nicer dry
We did one pass with a stone sealer we got at Home Depot on Friday that was hysterically enough called "Impregnator" but while it prevented that white haze that can form on stone, it didn't give the stone that wet look at all, which was kind of the point. We returned it and purchased some Behr stone sealer which specially says it will achieve the wet look. However the next few days are supposed to be rainy and the product specifically says not to use it if rain is expected in the next 24 hours. So I guess we will have to wait. Oh well. So it won't be sealed for the reveal filming but we can just mist the stone to get that wet-look for the camera. We'll do it the next dry weekend we have. Ah the magic of television!
Now the big question is whether or not the crew will be back tomorrow to do the planting. The weather is looking grim and moist for Monday which might not be ideal planting time. I guess we'll find out soon enough. | 
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