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[TnWV]

Painting went well today, we finished more than I expected too. Living room, kitchen, laundry room, and dining room are all painted. We also got the master Bedroom, closets, hallways and kids rooms primed.

We will head out tomorrow morning and pick up some lights and ceiling fans. Then back for more priming and painting. Hope to get the foyer done, it’s definitely the hardest part of the painting that’s left.

 

[EddieWalker]

Once you paint a house yourself, you understand why painters charge so much. I just finished painting a house for a client, it's one of those jobs that I hate the most. It's not the labor, it's all the prep work that eats up all of the time that I dislike.

 

[TnWV]

Once you paint a house yourself, you understand why painters charge so much. I just finished painting a house for a client, it's one of those jobs that I hate the most. It's not the labor, it's all the prep work that eats up all of the time that I dislike.

Agree. I don’t like doing it, and I have a new found respect for those that do it everyday.

One thing I’ve learned from this building experience is to not complain about how much a contractor charges for their work. I may not be willing to pay their price, but, in most cases, they will earn it if they do the job correctly. Of course there are always exceptions where someone is simply over charging.

 

[s219]

Looks sharp!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I sprayed primer and 1st coat, then rolled 2nd coat. Hasn’t been painted since, and really needs it.

Looking good!!

 

[TnWV]

Looks sharp!

Thanks!

I don’t consider myself much of a painter, but keep finding myself looking at the walls amazed at how sharp they are coming out. Not sure if it’s the sherwin Williams paint (never used it before), or what, but I’ve definitely never had walls turn out this good before.

Im also really liking the 18” rollers. Primer takes a while still, but the paint goes on very fast and smooth.

 

[TnWV]

I sprayed primer and 1st coat, then rolled 2nd coat. Hasn’t been painted since, and really needs it.

Looking good!!

Thanks!

I thought about spraying, but was worried about blowing dust/dirt out of places we missed when cleaning. If I had to start over, I do think I would at least spray the ceilings and maybe the primer. Priming is what is taking all the time. The drywall really sucks it up.

 

[TnWV]

After a way longer than planned trip to menards and Home Depot, we made it back with most of the lights and fans we need, and some other odds and ends.

I got the lights installed in the laundry room, installed the outlets and the 3 way switches for those lights. Man is it a good feeling to be putting some things in permanently.

Then finished all the priming, just have to paint now. Priming the foyer ceiling and walls took a while, a lot of up and down the scaffolding. Will paint the foyer ceiling tomorrow evening, then it’s just walls left. Hope to be done painting and have flooring started by Wednesday, we’ll see if that works out.

It was 10:30 when I quit and forgot to take any pictures, I’ll get some tomorrow.

 

[Buppies]

We only use Sherwin Williams paint very durable. Nice job you are doing

 

[EddieWalker]

I've been on jobs where there was a big crew of painters. Most of them are doing prep work. Usually just one guy does the spraying, and a couple of guys follow him around with rollers. This was a $25,000 paint job that I passed on because I had too much other work to do on that house. An experienced crew makes it look easy, but when you see them work, you understand why they charge what they charge. This house was pretty big, but the worse part was the 12 foot walls downstairs and 10 foot walls upstairs and the great room that went all the way up both levels!!!

In my opinion, spraying rarely speeds things up. The only advantage to spraying is if you are looking for a special type of finish. Oil based enamel on cabinets can only be done with a sprayer. Baseboards and doors can be done a lot faster with a sprayer. Walls take too much prep work to spray, and even after you spray them, you have to go back over everything because of the tape coming loose, over spray, under spray and runs. It's just not possible to spray walls and not have to go over them again.