Friday night, we painted the ceiling. We used Zinsser ceiling primer and paint in one. I figured since we already primed the ceiling, and it started white to begin with, a second coat of primer/paint in one would be equivalent to a second coat. The paint goes on slightly pink, so you can see where you've already painted. Slightly is probably an understatement, as the pink was so faint that it was very, very difficult to see where you'd already painted. The glare from a light ended up being a better indication of what was painted and what wasn't.
Saturday morning, we started on the walls. We went with an eggshell finish of Behr Seasoned Salt. We didn't tape along the ceiling, we just painted it in by hand. I think that ended up being far superior, as every time I've tried taping off areas, even with the good tape, paint ends up underneath it. That, and tape is ridiculously expensive.
Immediately after the first coat, the paint looked terribly uneven. However, as it dried it evened out. We put on a second coat that afternoon. It seems like no matter how careful you are with one coat, your roller still ends up missing in spots. The large white areas will be covered by tile and cabinets, we're not that inept at painting.
Sunday, I removed the final 70 or so nails that were embedded all wonky in the floor, presumably from the chisel passing over them and knocking them flat. I scraped the ridges off the nail holes, and put down floor patch to level out areas where the previous linoleum had been chipped up. That stuff stunk bad while drying.
Next up, cutting and fitting the underlayment!
1) You could have went into detail about your painting pattern techniques
ReplyDelete2) Frog tape is the bomb diggity. Worth the extra money especially since you get a cool box with it.
3) Your underlayment is showing.
Ross wins the prize for best use of "bomb diggity" on our blog.
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