Re: Painting and decorating

by Fangirl Three Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:37 am

I am about to commence painting box

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:54 am

by Nightjar Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:51 pm

by Fangirl Three Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:15 pm

As far as I can tell at this stage it has gone a lot better this time.

I used a different technique - rather than painting vertical strips one brush wide, I painted 2ft squares at a time, and did vertical strips of those
squares if you see what I mean.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:30 pm

by Fangirl Three Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:41 pm

This afternoon I first-coated the lower portion of the wall below the dado rail, using the same technique. It looks OK. I think it will just need one more coat instead of two.

by Fangirl Three Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:12 pm

I have now second-coated the lower portion. It looks good.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:20 pm

by Nightjar Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:02 pm

It is as I predicted. bowtie

by Fangirl Three Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:17 pm

Thank you for your expert advice.

I think the reason the first two coats on the first wall went wrong was the one-brush-wide stripes. They were so long that by the time I got onto the next stripe, I'd lost the wet edge on the previous one.

The squares technique fixed that - I got it out of the Collins Complete DIY Manual that I'd forgotten I had.

by Nightjar Sun Nov 29, 2020 7:56 pm

by Fangirl Three Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:30 am

Having checked it in daylight I think one more coat would be the thing. Then the top and bottom portions will both have had 3 coats.

by Fangirl Three Fri Dec 04, 2020 9:43 am

I shall commence painting at 11.40.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Dec 04, 2020 10:04 am

by Fangirl Three Fri Dec 04, 2020 2:02 pm

I have finished painting.

If it doesn't work out this time then it'll just have to stay like it is Colbert

by cosmictanya Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:44 pm

Have you moved now?

by Nightjar Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:45 pm

She's still painting.

by Fangirl Three Mon Dec 07, 2020 5:23 am

I have not moved, no. Target house-on-sale date is March 5th,

by Fangirl Three Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:46 pm

I've put the bookcases back against the freshly painted wall. I must say it does look nice now, I almost regret that it will be the buyer and not me who gets most of the benefit.

by Nightjar Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:52 pm

Also, when you finally hand over the keys, the new owners will say, with a dismissive wave of the hand, "of course all of this is going to be painted over". sad yes

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