Taping the walls
So today I got a lot done, but I was kidding myself when I thought I could paint all the trim in one day. I had no idea that taping off all the trim could take so long. Well I went through about 360 feet of tape! Insane, huh? I thought I had WAY overbought on tape, but it was just about right. So I spent all day taping up the condo. Well, I had lunch with some old coworkers first, at Chuy's (thanks for lunch, Brad!) Mmmmm enchiladas. How does Chuy's manage to hit the spot every time?
So anyway, yes.. LOTS of time spent on taping. And then I tore up the carpet. Why did I do that? Well I decided to go ahead with the carpet. At $1247? NO! at $667! Yes, I got my other quote today :) Awesome! Much more reasonable. Maybe not quite as nice carpet, but who's being picky?
So all is taped off, carpet is pulled... tomorrow all I have to do is shopvac, and paint. Oh, and I bought another 14 ft baseboard for the downstairs closet. I'm just going to paint that on the wall. That way I don't have to wait for it to dry, I can paint it when I paint everything else, and it's in the closet, so doesn't need to be perfect.
Tomorrow: Shopvac, install closet baseboard, wipe everything down with Windex, wipe everything down with deglosser/liquid sandpaper, paint. While paint dries, clean the doors with Windex, install the thresholds.
Also tomorrow.. I think I am going to grab lunch with Amy Hughes from http://www.amyrtw.com I ran into Amy at SXSW here 2 years ago, right before she headed out on her round the world journey, and I've been reading her journal from the trip over the past year. She is going to be going to Peru in a few weeks and I'm going to try to answer any questions she has about it. I'm also meeting with another friend NEXT week to talk about Peru because her and her husband are going there. AWESOME!
Ok. that's all for now folks. Er... there are folks out there reading this, right? AHHAHA I haven't told anyone. Maybe I'll send out an email.
Pulling apart the stairs. They're melting!
Dali stairs
Carpetless stairs.
Carpet stack #1 in master bedroom
No more carpet in here!
All gone
THIS is what took so long. Look at all that taping in the closet!
Details details details
Like the pinstriped look?
Carpet stack #2, and closet nightmare #2
Blue frames white
Ok, I put this in here as a joke for any painters looking at this.
See, this took a LOT of time.
And I am SURE there is a painter trick to doing this, but I couldn't figure it out, so here you go. Laugh away painters!
Read the rest of this post - CLICK here!
So anyway, yes.. LOTS of time spent on taping. And then I tore up the carpet. Why did I do that? Well I decided to go ahead with the carpet. At $1247? NO! at $667! Yes, I got my other quote today :) Awesome! Much more reasonable. Maybe not quite as nice carpet, but who's being picky?
So all is taped off, carpet is pulled... tomorrow all I have to do is shopvac, and paint. Oh, and I bought another 14 ft baseboard for the downstairs closet. I'm just going to paint that on the wall. That way I don't have to wait for it to dry, I can paint it when I paint everything else, and it's in the closet, so doesn't need to be perfect.
Tomorrow: Shopvac, install closet baseboard, wipe everything down with Windex, wipe everything down with deglosser/liquid sandpaper, paint. While paint dries, clean the doors with Windex, install the thresholds.
Also tomorrow.. I think I am going to grab lunch with Amy Hughes from http://www.amyrtw.com I ran into Amy at SXSW here 2 years ago, right before she headed out on her round the world journey, and I've been reading her journal from the trip over the past year. She is going to be going to Peru in a few weeks and I'm going to try to answer any questions she has about it. I'm also meeting with another friend NEXT week to talk about Peru because her and her husband are going there. AWESOME!
Ok. that's all for now folks. Er... there are folks out there reading this, right? AHHAHA I haven't told anyone. Maybe I'll send out an email.
Pulling apart the stairs. They're melting!
Dali stairs
Carpetless stairs.
Carpet stack #1 in master bedroom
No more carpet in here!
All gone
THIS is what took so long. Look at all that taping in the closet!
Details details details
Like the pinstriped look?
Carpet stack #2, and closet nightmare #2
Blue frames white
Ok, I put this in here as a joke for any painters looking at this.
See, this took a LOT of time.
And I am SURE there is a painter trick to doing this, but I couldn't figure it out, so here you go. Laugh away painters!
Read the rest of this post - CLICK here!
posted by Mike at 11:14 PM
2 Comments:
Yo, Genius...take two pieces of tape and cut half circles in the edge of each piece and line them up so the two half circles make a full circle (the size of the post). Place each piece on one side of the post...next to each other....coulda saved yourself about 25 feet of tape...
~ Kelly
OR, since you are using latex, you just use a small angled brush, and have lots of damp paper towels on hand. Go slowly, wipe off any excess you get on the walls or wood with the damp towels so you don't need to tape off at all. :) Next you'll tell me you are using a roller and a pan! This is 2005! Go Paintstick!
Amy
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