Adventures in Painting

[Irving]

Those samples are probably sun faded by now and could look different than fresh samples.

[Bailey Guns]

Those samples are probably sun faded by now and could look different than fresh samples.

Yeah...better send her out for more samples!

[Fentonite]

[TheGrey]

Repaint, and thin no more.

....I saw what you did there.












Heeheeeheeee....I love puns. That was a good one.

[TheGrey]

Wow. So I'll be painting my kitchen. Can I ask advice in this thread, or should I start a new one? (No chance of paying someone else to do it, and besides, my kitchen is small.)

[Erni]

I just repainted the bathroom and added a wains coating per the boss' request. Changed out the glued on mirror too. Small room but took a ton of time due to the mirror and trim.

Sime advice
Buy the good paint and make sure the Lowes monkeys don't sell you tint base for white ceiling paint.
Blue tape is your friend, as is drop cloth, and masking paper, and a cotton wipe rag. Buy a paint brush that is meant for the paint type you are using, the Purdy brushes work well and last forever . Use tray liner plastic for roller tray and get a brush cup for your brush. Vent the room you are working in, the low voc paint fumes stil causes headaches. Wear a headlamp when painting in dark rooms or at night, you will have much fewer missed spots. Paint that covers 100 square feet usually only covers 80. Get an extension stick for roller, buy the lightes one you can find.
Before you start wash the walls with some TSP, this takes time but eemoves loose dirt and geease that cause a lot of coverage isses.
Have some bear on hand, it's the only way to survive.

[Wulf202]

Screw roller trays and liners. Just drop a screen into the bucket. Much much faster.

Dont spray if you ever want to be able to touch up.

Caulking is part of prep.

Next person to suggest toothpaste as spackling gets a kick in the nuts.

Grout sponges trump rags for prep and clean up.

Cut before you roll.

The "wrapper" on a good brush is actually the case it should be stored in. That's why its built to be reusable.

[TheGrey]

Good advice, Erni!

[TheGrey]

Screw roller trays and liners. Just drop a screen into the bucket. Much much faster.

Dont spray if you ever want to be able to touch up.

Caulking is part of prep.

Next person to suggest toothpaste as spackling gets a kick in the nuts.

Grout sponges trump rags for prep and clean up.

Cut before you roll.

The "wrapper" on a good brush is actually the case it should be stored in. That's why its built to be reusable.

Grout sponges- got it.

What's a good brand of paint? Behr? Sherwin Williams?

Here's my winning questions of the night: My kitchen is gross. There's no backsplash, so there's grease from the previous owners as well as what I've added. TSP will remove the grease splatters? Is it safe to use in a pet environment? Do I rinse the walls after I use it? My intent is to get high-gloss paint, so it's easy to clean. Do you know if high-gloss paint requires any special preparation?

Sorry for the dumb questions! I know nothing of painting walls, and I don't mind looking ignorant around you guys because I know you'll give me good advice and set me straight.

[Bailey Guns]

Next person to suggest toothpaste as spackling gets a kick in the nuts.

So I bought some spackling compound for a few places around a skylight opening that needed filling where the drywall mud cracked and fell off. Also bought some wood putty to clean up a few scratches and gouges in a window sill.

"Make sure you fill in those holes in the skylight opening with spackling compound", I tell the wife. "It's the white stuff...really light container."

"I know what spackling compound is." She sounds irritated.

30 mins later I go back into the room to check progress and find wood putty ALL OVER the skylight opening and walls.