If you’ve read about more than a couple of my projects, you’ve probably noticed that just about every project involves an important process that I lovingly refer to as “curing”.
What is curing, you may ask?
Perhaps some of you are familiar with this tried and true practice. It’s when you bring home a fabulous flea market or dumpster diving find and let it “cure” in your garage or basement for weeks, months, or possibly even years.
(OK, let’s be honest, it’s really a function of procrastination, but doesn’t curing sound so much better?)
Do you let projects “cure”? What was your longest curing time? I’ll fess up…I’ve got a project in my garage that’s probably been there for 4 years. Hopefully it’s almost fully cured. Never can tell.
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