I'm in Painting HellPainting....H-E-L-L!! I did five - yes FIVE coats on the damn door and fixed the ceiling paint today (I have those damn textured walls where you can't ever get a straight line....but I'm trying).
And No....I am NOT anal or OCD or whatever just because I bought special teeny tiny little brushes to fix the ceiling (and then the wall from the bleed over from the ceiling) to make the unstraight lines as straight as possible.
Am not.
The nail lady chewed me out so I went and bought new gloves.
I took the tape off the door and trim....now blue paint has disappeared in some places and white paint has appeared where it's not supposed to be - in the blue paint area.
Guess what I'm doing tomorrow? Getting on that damn ladder again, teeny tiny hobby brush in hand, fixing the blue parts near the ceiling.
Then....I will get down on the floor and lean over in a near fetal position to fix the blue wall near the trim.
Again, not anal. Just want all the white stuff off the blue stuff, that's all.
And now....I think I have the beginning of one of those glorious three or four day headaches that like to hibernate in my head and come out at the most inconvenient time.
I HAVE to finish the blue stuff tomorrow...I promised Scytheboy he could have a friend over. A friend that likes to play pool. A lot.
Help. Please.
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I feel your pain.
I hate painting too. But the last time we hired a painter, he did a crappy job. But his lines look good.
I hate the taping, too. And then peeling it off only to see how it's messed up the line. UUUggggghhhh.
Posted by: catherine on February 11, 2006 10:54 PM
I have a solution having rebuilt my Mom's house after we lost my father. Go to Home Depot and buy the wide Blue Colored Marine Tape. It is a little pricey, but so easy to work with and it will NOT take off paint. You can leave it up for two weeks. Having restored cars, sailboats, and (never again) a house I can tell you the edging will be a breeze. Line up the edges and seal it. Trimming is easy that way. lol!
Posted by: MICHAEL MANNING on February 11, 2006 07:30 PM
I have never managed to master the "tape". For the life of me, it bleeds or peels the paint below. Probably user error. Prep sucks.
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on February 11, 2006 04:14 PM
:::grabbing keys to drive down to Peaches' house:::
Posted by: buffi on February 11, 2006 03:46 PM
