Re: Painting and decorating

by Fangirl Three Fri 27 Nov 2020 - 11:37

I am about to commence painting box

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

by Nightjar Fri 27 Nov 2020 - 15:51

by Fangirl Three Fri 27 Nov 2020 - 16:15

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 27 Nov 2020 - 16:30

by Fangirl Three Sat 28 Nov 2020 - 18:41

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 29 Nov 2020 - 16:12

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

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun 29 Nov 2020 - 16:20

by Nightjar Sun 29 Nov 2020 - 17:02

It is as I predicted. bowtie

by Fangirl Three Sun 29 Nov 2020 - 17:17

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 29 Nov 2020 - 19:56

by Fangirl Three Mon 30 Nov 2020 - 9:30

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 4 Dec 2020 - 9:43

I shall commence painting at 11.40.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri 4 Dec 2020 - 10:04

by Fangirl Three Fri 4 Dec 2020 - 14:02

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 6 Dec 2020 - 18:44

Have you moved now?

by Nightjar Sun 6 Dec 2020 - 18:45

She's still painting.

by Fangirl Three Mon 7 Dec 2020 - 5:23

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

by Fangirl Three Tue 8 Dec 2020 - 16:46

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 8 Dec 2020 - 16:52

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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