Good morning everyone.
Running a tad behind schedule but all is well.
Have a great Tuesday my friends!

 

Goodmorning everyone!

It's Tuesday & so far a good day here.
Have a wonderful day & hope it goes by quick!

 

Hey there Bill,

Thanks for the heads up. I admit that I was hoping that the paint with the primer in it would cover the prior color so that I didn't have to do each room twice. I was already dreading doing each room once. LOL A couple of the rooms we did prime with Kilz 2 because we knew the colors were way too dark and would bleed through for sure. That worked great and then I was able to coat the room with just one coat of beige.

Yup, the 3M blue tape is what I always use, so that's good. How about baseboards on carpet? I have a couple of spots where I replaced the baseboards on carpet and need to paint those. How would you tape them off? Still tape to the bottom 16th of the baseboard and put the rest of the tape on the carpet itself?

Plus, I made a mistake. I'm using a Perdy 1 1/2" cut-in brush. Not a 2" cut-in brush. I wasn't looking at it when I wrote this but looked at it afterwards. LOL

Ya, I had to do some "edging" where my wife's ex transitioned one color to another color in a different room and the primer bled under the tape. I never did the caulking method, even though I've heard about it. I heard/read you should put a real thin layer on the edge of the tape. However, what I'm afraid of is that won't the edge not be straight depending on how much caulk you put on with your finger? You won't be able to put the caulk on perfectly on edge of the tape and isn't it supposed to overlap the tape and onto the wall? (the whole point of trying not to get the paint to bleed through) Or is it such a thin layer of caulk that you actually paint over it and when you pull the tape off that it cuts the caulk (the tape does) in a straight line anyway?

Anyway, thanks again for the tips. I'm planning on doing this in a couple of days. At least the walls look great so far. I'm just paranoid of anyone touching them or marking them up until the house is sold. You should see me running around telling everyone to keep everything away and to keep their greedy lil paws off the walls. LOL!!!!

Thanks!
Mat

 

Hey Mat, i guess i did not make myself clear, use a very thin layer of caulking on the tape edge and wipe off any excess caulking with a damp rag. you just want to seal the edge of the tape to prevent bleed through. the carpet along baseboards, run the tape up the base 3/8 of an inch or so,(more or less depending on how plush the carpet is or is not) then pull it away and tuck it in with your fingers. a 1.5 inch sash brush will be fine for painting the baseboards.

 

Tuesday is mostly gone. Looking forward to Thursday and Bowling at the Grand Sierra here in Reno. I'm trying to ignore Wednesday.

Hope everyone had a good day!

Luke

 

Tuesday has been good for me. I was making glass pendants, down in Carson at the Brewery Arts Center. Great people good weather and I made some good progress.

Hope everyone is well and happy.

Good luck with your bowling Luke. Are you one a team? Or just playing for fun?

 

Good Morning All!

Happy hump day, hope everyone has a great one!

 

Good morning all my favorite people!
Its Mid week already, do you know where your weekend is?
Thats RIGHT.......its right around the corner!
Have a wonderful day!

 

I'll second that motion!!!

 

Hi all,

This week has been HELL!!!
From marriage issues, someone trying to kill my horse & last minute stuff to do at my rental house...this week sucks!!!
Hope everyone is having a better week than I am.

 

During the summer I bowl on one league with my wife. Winter time is different...More like two or three leagues per week.

Which is why I need to get/fix my truck. Last winter I missed 2 weeks due to not being able to get anywhere...Shouldn't have lowered my Mazda!

67 Olfthfl: And this is why I tried to just skip today...Didn't work so well for me.

 

Oh Donna, i hope you have a better tomorrow!

has anyone heard from Criag? were still looking.

 

Nope, haven't heard from him at all. It's like he fell off the face of the earth or something. Weird!

 

Luke,
I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one having a bad day/week!
I'm on my 3rd marriage & it's my hubbys 1st, so I've been through all this sh** before. I swear...if this marriage doesn't work - I'm giving up on men! I'll go find me a hot, sexy woman. LOL!

 

First few days back from Vacation are never good for me. Takes me until Friday to get caught up and in the swing again.

I'm on my 1st marriage and my wife's 1st also. I figure if this one falls apart I'm done. Besides, with two kids under the age of 6 I can't afford to not make it work!