Painting secrets

I just know somebody from an initials-only organization is going to come a disappear me for revealing these gems. But a Popular Mechanics article promotes the following:

  • Sanding
  • Tinted primer
  • Press blue tape with putty knife
  • Use paint extender/conditioner
  • Scrape a ridge in a textured ceiling
  • Use canvas drop cloths [better if it has a plastic backing]
  • Do one wall at a time
  • Scrape (don't tape) windows
  • Box paint
  • Wash roller covers before use
  • Degrease walls before painting*
  • Load the brush
  • Push paint

Full explanations and examples here:

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  • Oil and (latex) paint don't mix. You can use fact this to your advantage by spraying your hands with PAM before painting. After painting, a squirt of PAM in the paint can will put a thin layer of "oil" atop the remaining paint thereby preventing skin formation.
Reply to
HeyBub
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I had no idea you were non-English speaking! ex. "...is going to come a disappear me..." and "You can use fact this to your advantage..."

Reply to
Bob Villa

I paint two walls at once with a roller in each hand. It's twice as fast and good for developing your split vision. Sometimes I rig up a hard hat with another roller so I can do the ceiling at the same time.

And what's this about a "drop cloth"? Painting the floor at the same time is the easiest part.

R
Reply to
RicodJour

My native language was Pig Latin, or at least that's what my parents spoke whenever they were around me.

Just shows how willpower can overcome even the most insignificant of deficiencies.

P.S. Being multi-lingual can reap rewards. I'm presently at work translating the New Testament into Morse Code.

I intend to bill the result as "The Translation for the Pastor Who Has Every Other Translation."

Plus, the work will be directed to a specific market. My previous endeavor, attuned to a general audience, "Toilet Tissue Origami - The Ultimate Book for the John," frankly did not meet my sales expectations.

Reply to
HeyBub

Perhaps you did not use the right brand?

Reply to
willshak

Just for the record, the non-standard use of the verb "to disappear"with a direct object is now accepted because people are, indeed, "disappeared" by criminals, terrorists, or other unsavory actors. This usage appears regularly in the media.

HB

Reply to
Higgs Boson

Just don't plagiarize my own magnum opus: "The physics of toilet rolls", subtitled: "To hang inside or outside".

HB

Reply to
Higgs Boson

Explain about paint pan - invention of the devil? What else would you use?

HB

Reply to
Higgs Boson

Are we talking actual English here? "(Someone)...is going to come a disappear me..."! Let it be your record then!

Reply to
Bob Villa

How do you feel about "I'm going to adios the trash"?

I often say good-bye as "hoista ya legga". Little Spanish lingo there...

Reply to
HeyBub

Recently I had to have an MRI. Of the three (female) technicians in the MRI room, one said I'd have to lower my pants (I guess the zipper might influence the machine) and offered a modesty sheet.

I demurred, noting I was sure the three ladies had seen a male in his shorts before.

After the scan, as I was pulling up my pants, I remarked: "I certainly got a different reaction from you girls than I usually get when I drop-trou at the bus stop."

Shock. Giggles. Offers to meet after work.

Anyway, it makes sense, if you are going to DROP CLOTHES (particularily at a bus stop), to use cheap ones as you suggest - you may have to leave without them.

Reply to
HeyBub

Look.... I meant NO disrespect to anyone.

I was just voicing my opinion, as most of you guys do here. There was no need for the rash of bull-shit comments.

Yes I am a home owner, no, I am not Mr. Know-It-All...Maybe I should have explained more of myself... I just got tired of all the bad comments some of you posted...Again no disrespect...But some of you give poor advice and make bad comments. But I do understand the human need to want to help out...Ergo my poorly worded post...

I meant no harm...Yes I did have some spelling errors.. ...Yes it does take a little practice...but once you get the hang of it, you'll never use a pan again. Try it.

Also there are screens you can use in the bucket if you need to...Some pro's find no need for them...it slows down the job when production is called for...

Mia Culpa..

Drop cloth? Pat.... :-)

Reply to
Papa Pat

Uh, no. You're thinking of "Momma Mia!"

Reply to
HeyBub

Uh, the objections were not about your opinions, they were about the lack of useful information.

5 gallon bucket instead of a pan...

seems reasonable. I don't think it will change my painting life but that's what I was looking for, some information.

Thanks.

Reply to
despen

Close. It's MEA CULPA.

Ego te absolvo.

HB

Reply to
Higgs Boson

Actually MAMMA MIA.

HB

Reply to
Higgs Boson

clipped

But h.o. don't use five-gal. very often....what then?

Mea culpa?

I've done a good deal of painting, but have never been able to roll flat paint so that there aren't roller marks under side light. Always thought the roller was too loaded. I am obsessive about prep, and do pretty well, but don't like painting walls for that reason.

Reply to
norminn

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