Painting….
Brian July 9th, 2006
In case anyone is wondering why it has been so quiet around here, I have been spending some quality time with a paint brush at “this old house.” All of the walls and ceilings, after being smoothed and patched up, are getting a fresh coat of primer and paint.
The hardest part, I think, is putting all that time into the primer knowing that we are just going to cover it up as soon as it dries. It is a necessary waste of time, I suppose. I keep voting to leave them in the primer - that odd shade of gray - but everyone else keeps demanding paint and actual colors.
Here are some photos of the early progress. I still need to take some of the finished product.
Awesome! When you finish we need to see the after photos:)
Brian,
Just remeber, don’t scrap or sand the walls. Your house was white walls, and it was built before 1978. This means you may have LEAD paint on your walls.
Take care and have fun.
Lead paint? Ah crap. Ours was built in 1947, and we scraped the paint off before we painted last time.
Didn’t even think of lead…
Good point, John. I would not doubt that all of that paint is lead-based.
On the walls, we have been covering it all up with the “mud”. But on some of the trim, that had been painted, we have had to “strip” it back down to the wood which required a lot of scraping and sanding. I always wear a mask, though.
Brian, where is your house located? It looks very familiar, but I cant place where it is at.
I tried to email you, RT, but it bounced back. Email me and I will reply with more details.
Good luck, Brian.
It’s getting closer to when we’ll be painting the outside of our 32 year-old house. Last time we painted three coats!!!! So we may have a bit more time.
I think I (and the hubby) have one more exterior paint job in us before we give up and hire it out in the future.
But at least this next time I have an IPOD (I’m possibly the oldest owner of one). I learned long ago, that with music, it isn’t painful to paint.
Meanwhile, I’ve seen a few too many HGTV shows for my own good and I am painting the inside (or much of it) in the coming year. What ever gave us the idea that white interiors loooked any good?
Don’t worry, I am pacing myself so I have time to volunteer for James Webb.