A literal description of my state of mind
A literal description of my state of mind
Since today is a holiday for me (inauguration), I took tomorrow off as well for a nice four-day weekend. Only problem is, I stupidly promised to paint the living room on my days off.
In painting, 90% of the job is prepwork, so I don't skimp on it, even though I hate it with a passion.
Reading the paint can, I noticed the part that said if you want one-coat coverage, you should apply the paint liberally. Anything to make the job go quicker, says I, even if I don't understand the reasoning. I put The Shawshank Redemption into the DVD player (it's the only Tim Robbins movie we own) , and I let the paint know how disappointed I was in it for being white and how it was inferior to paints of color.
One wall and part of the ceiling is done. It looks nice.
Posted by Ted at January 20, 2005 11:16 AM | TrackBackWhen my wife still lived, she was convinced I needed to repaint all the interior walls. I made a deal with her. I told her cover or to tape over everything she didn't want painted and I would gladly paint the entire house. It took her a week to do her part, and it took me about two hours with a sprayer to do my part. The strange thing was that she seemed to think it was a fair deal, even after it was completed. I sure did love that woman.
Posted by: Tig at January 20, 2005 03:50 PMOne of the best (cheap) painting tools out there is the Sears "Paint Stick". It's a roller that holds paint in the handle. You fill it like a syringe. Works great and you can really get it done. Cheaper and easier to use (not nearly as heavy) than the Wagner power painter thing. I have a sprayer, but only use it outdoors.
Posted by: Ted at January 21, 2005 07:05 AMOnce again we share commonality.I've just done a living room,a hallway and the walls in a spare bedroom for my mother.My mother is one of those people who know absolutely nothing about how you really hang pictures so there where tons of holes to fill.Our trusty Fill~N~Finish works amazingly well for this.The ceiling gets it this week followed by the extra bathroom.Next is a complete redo of the kitchen.Paint,remove and refinish all cabinets then redo the tiles.All of them.
Yes,I too hate to paint.Now if I where doing custom spray on a nice hot rod I could probably get into it.At least as much I get into painting my rockets.Which is a bunch.I'm pretty sure that it's just the rollers and brushes I hate.