I Hate Painting

[6thumbs]

Repairing Drywall, Removing mirrors ,Medicine cabinets,Towel racks, Electrical outlets,,Buying Paint that that the paint specialist at Home Depot swears will cover in one coat,,(it doesn,t) ,,finished half the bathroom this morning and decided a Canadian Club on the rocks was in order,hopefully I,ll finish tommorrow:rant:

[MRX37]

The painting isn't too bad for me...

It's waiting for the shit to dry and enjoying those nasty fumes no matter how many windows you open...

[75Center]

I have to paint a bathroom this weekend, too. How do you paint the space between the vanity and wall when there is only an inch and a half space between the two????

[willyrover]

I have to paint a bathroom this weekend, too. How do you paint the space between the vanity and wall when there is only an inch and a half space between the two????

Remove the vanity. Pain in the ass I know...but it's the only way to do it right. If it's relatively new, it's probably only attached to the wall with a few screws and a bead of caulk around the top. Same goes for the toilet tank, switch plates, and certain towel bars and etc.

[caddisgeek]

House painting was my first profession, on the first day I thought to mysellf "this sucks ass".................

........eight years later I thought to myself "yep, I was right"........

thats when I decided to become a biologist

[Fisherdude]

I'm not alone!!!

Starting with the utility room to make sure we like the color, then the kitchen is next.

Over the last two years I've had every window in the house replaced. When I did that, I replaced the 2 1/2" casing with 3 1/4". It's a beautiful look, very rich & elegant. The trim is stained & varnished. Now that I'm starting to paint, I'm replacing the door trim with the 3 1/4" as well. Just found a big sale at a local home improvement store. 3 1/4" stain grade pine casing for $0.62/ft.!! Bought every piece they had.

Prep work is everything. The painting is easy. Took down cabinets, patch nail holes, wash walls with TSP, mask, etc. Ceiling is done, walls tomorrow!!

[x_25]

Back when I worked at a printing company the store moved into a place that use to be a dry cleaners. Well we needed to paint it, the only problem was that everything was covered in lint, I mean everything. Lights walls pipes (well thats really all there was because it was empty). We tried scrubbing the lint off the walls, sort of worked but didn't really get much off so we tried sanding the ling off, nope didn't work either so we ended up having to put 8 coats of paint over it to keep it from showing through. :no:

[Charles]

Always said if I only had two weeks to live, I'd go into painting.

Make two weeks seem like 20 years.

Fisherdude's right, the work is in the prep. Don't do it right and the job winds up looking like shit.

[saltwater]

haha, painting sucks, the only way ill do it is if the wife asks, or they pay me 12 dollars an hour! im worth it!

[6thumbs]

How do you paint behind the toilet without removing the goddamn thing ?

[Charles]

Can you see behind it?

Take a duster, get rid of the filth behind the tank, do the best you can.

Even the best painters I know won't pull a toilet.

[Fisherdude]

Always said if I only had two weeks to live, I'd go into painting.

Make two weeks seem like 20 years.

Fisherdude's right, the work is in the prep. Don't do it right and the job winds up looking like shit.

That's too funny!

I can't say it often enough...prep is everything. The time you take to clean old greasy dirt off the walls, patch holes and uneven spots, prime, mask, etc., is a royal pain in the ass, and will take you three times as long as it takes to paint. If you want a good job, you have no other option. Plus, it makes the painting itself go so much faster.

Here's another major point, and a trick question:

"What do you paint with?".

Your first answer might be: "I paint with a brush", or a roller, or an airless, or whatever. Nope. I admit it's a trick question, but it's really important.

"You paint with paint.".

You need to properly load up the brush or roller. Then, don't keep rolling until the roller's dry. You roll until the paint is spread, and then you reload the roller. Don't dip the brush past half the length of the bristles. Reload the brush when it starts to drag. This makes "cutting in" along the ceiling soooo much easier. Let the paint flow. Let the paint flow.

Or, you can take two coats when one would have been enough.

How do you paint behind the toilet without removing the goddamn thing ?

Shut off the water valves, flush the toilet, and take off the tank. It ain't that hard. Second option: Hope nobody looks behind the toilet and asks: "Who the hell painted this room??".

[toxcrusadr]

heheh he said toilet heheheheheheheheh

[DENNYDOG]

It depends what your painting. House painting sucks but automotive painting can be fun.

Now that the shop has gotten bigger where I work I don't paint anymore but used to do pretty much anything there was to do in the shop.

This is a welding truck I and a couple other guys built the box for and I put the flames on and painted the box. I think it turned out pretty nice. Its the first flame job I've ever done.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2217920678_8786f7475f.jpg

[Fisherdude]

I've got a 1962 MGA 1600 MKII that is going to need paint sometime next year.

When do you want me to drop it off?:D

[Edit]: I have a friend who painted cars. He said painting cars is a lot like learning to play the guitar...very easy to get started, very difficult to do well.

[DENNYDOG]

I've got a 1962 MGA 1600 MKII that is going to need paint sometime next year.

When do you want me to drop it off?:D

[Edit]: I have a friend who painted cars. He said painting cars is a lot like learning to play the guitar...very easy to get started, very difficult to do well.

Let me know, I'm cheap. :D

A couple other projects:

The tank for my 81 Suzuki GS-850G
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2068/2217920686_8788885ceb.jpg

A Lancer I repaired for my mom a couple years back. It was pretty much a complete repaint. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2148/2217134939_1ccc1daa75.jpg

[Fisherdude]

...adding "Dennydog" to my favorites...

[Fisherdude]

That tank looks sweet!:yes:

[pioneervato]

I used to paint during the summers during my high school years at what used to be the spring training headquarters of the San Francisco Giants back in the early '70's when Stoneham was the owner. I accidentally spilled a 5 gallon bucket of Dunn Edward's Navajo White (about 1/2 full) in one of the rooms of the hotel. The carpet was avocado green ('member? You 'member). I about shit and cleaned it it up as much as I could and then called a member of the carpet cleaning crew. He just laughed and told me not to worry about it. They would take care of it in quick time. They did and they did a hell of a job. I hate painting but I will do it only if I really have to.

[Charles]

Nice work!

Painting a vehicle ain't nothing like painting a house, talk about lousy prep work makes a job look like shit. Used to say any dumb sob could paint a house, until I had a couple of dumb sob's give it a try.

No doubt, you are a professional.

Congratulations,
Chas

[6thumbs]

Can you see behind it?

Take a duster, get rid of the filth behind the tank, do the best you can.

Even the best painters I know won't pull a toilet.works for me

[Fisherdude]

... The carpet was avocado green ('member? You 'member)...

Yeah, I 'member the Harvest Gold and Burnt Orange, too.:puke:

[Donny]

I hate painting too and I'm a painter! To paint behind a toilet I use a thin roller and take my time with a brush.

[slow_jazz]

I love to paint but it's all the prepping that kills me......

[soundmotor]

Some describe painting as therapy and love it. After running a paint crew for a year then doing it as part of a much larger crew for two, I can honestly say it is the worst possible job I've ever had and there have been some real shitters in there. Successful painting comes from terrific surface prep and God help you if you are borderline OCD. I finally came to grips with that and GTFO of that line of work.