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Strangely enough I never ever saw a ''professional'' painter in the UK using masking tape when painting around door frames either. T
Perhaps not, but I've learned from experience that it's so much less hassle than trying to clean up my mistakes. Besides, in many situations you end up with a perfect line which I could never achieve by hand.
I might add that I'm not a pro painter, but merely an enthusiast.
Professional painters in the US evidently aren’t “cool hand Lukes” either, because applying masking tape before painting is as essential to their job as is using a drop cloth. (Do they use those in the UK, to catch random spills and drips?)
Our apt in BsAs was still like new 6 years after it was built, and then a painter came in after some wall repairs, and sloshed white paint all over parts of the baseboards and door frames. He must have considered himself Michelangelo’s best pupil, serafina .
Michcelangelo’s pupils were here!
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Professional painters in the US evidently aren’t “cool hand Lukes” either, because applying masking tape before painting is as essential to their job as is using a drop cloth. (Do they use those in the UK, to catch random spills and drips?)
No painter and decorator in the UK would work without dust sheets. With most houses having carpets they have to.
Michcelangelo’s pupils were here!
Wonder whose bright idea that colour scheme was? 
daniel , I so agree. Most of all, I hate the endless cleanup. But next to that, I hate the prep, especially the masking tape.
I don't like the prep either especially in an old house with dodgy walls. I do like the painting side of it although ceilings can be a pain if you have to use a brush. As for mess....I rarely make any. That's why I won't let the wife do it.
Moving on to the kitchen I find some rising damp. Luckily we've hired some blokes for some plastering and other jobs beyond my skills, so they'll sort these this week.
Moving on to the kitchen I find some rising damp. Luckily we've hired some blokes for some plastering and other jobs beyond my skills, so they'll sort these this week.
They don't install a damp course here when building....at least they didn't in the older buildings from what I've seen.
Careful, Splinter - if you make the house completely perfect, someone will take note and make you an offer you can’t refuse. The next thing you know, you’ll be out on the street and having to move to an apartment in Palermo.
No thanks. I don't think I could ever live in a flat, even though Palermo does seem quite nice with plenty of life to it.
Anyway, the living room and kitchen are now finished, including the kitchen door, so all that's left is our bedroom and the spare which Adri uses as an office. Both should be easier than the kitchen, thankfully.
The lad's room needed a lot of work because of the leaking roof, but the builders had to leave last Thursday due to the quarantine and since we've already paid them half, they'll need to come back later in the week after the rain has gone.
Meanwhile I've been repairing the roof again and doing some more wiring. It never really ends.
The lad's room needed a lot of work because of the leaking roof,
Every house in Argentina must have a leaky roof...we certainly have. The wife had to move the bed the other day when drops started falling during one of the thunderstorms.
Which reminds me. I was going to go up on the roof today and hammer any loose nails down but had other things to do and now it's dark. More rain forecast for tomorrow as well.
The last post here was pre-house arrest, so I've had to make it up as I go along because the workmen we hired couldn't get out of the house quick enough when they knew the lad was returning from Spain on 12th March and of course, they haven't been back since.
The living room, kitchen, patio and terrace are now finished, except for the terrace floor which needs a special waterproof paint which is hard to come by with all the shops closed. Ironically, Adri will have a look in a large Coto to see if they have it or something similar. When I bought some last year, a 4Kg can was $800, so it must be double that by now.
When that's finished I'll be painting our bedroom and the small hallway, but of course once you've painted the walls, the doors have to be done, otherwise it looks awful because the doors all have that yellowish patina.
Before:
After:
If the house arrest goes on longer, I'm sure I'll run out of paint before I run out of jobs.
I'm glad the paint shops are closed.
I'm glad the paint shops are closed.
But you can order online, which I'll probably have to do since I'm now running out. I've used about 40 litres of paint so far, finished our bedroom yesterday and am now thinking about the outside again.
But what colour?
Today I'm going to attempt to reassemble the mother-in-law's washing machine, having had the drum repaired (long story) and fitting of a broken three arm clamp that holds the drum to the main body.
I took photos of disassembly, fortunately.
Fixed...and it appears to work.
You da MAAAAAAAN!
(Next: squirrel bar?)
We still have the old white cheap SIAM fridge we bought when we arrived six years ago. It works great, but in the new home it is an eyesore. I have been looking at fridges just because i'd like a silver one, but it seems a sin to replace a fridge for its color (#whitefridgesmatter).
Options:
1) paint the old fridge with silver paint with metallic finish
2) apply a giant sticker (there are people doing it for a living!) with the print of our choice
the hard part sill find the way to make the white plastic handles blend in naturally.
This is our fridge (minus the dispenser) (ph. from the Internet)
Ideas from Pinterests:
