Day 2 of House Painting

July 30th, 2008 | Category: Do it Yourself

In summation of the preceding exposition, “Day One of House portray,�? after unsuccessfully attempting to match paint in my taupe-colored family room, I undertook the project of repainting the whole room. Trying to do it right, I first primed the wall, and thereupon applied the first coat of paint.

The following dawn, I awoke planning to quickly apply the moment coat, clean up, and thereupon go do something fun with what remained of my weekend. I grabbed a cup of coffee and headed to view our work from the day before. Pleased with my work, I surveyed the room for a closer inspection.

Upon closer scrutiny, something didn’t look right. There were obvious stripes in the paint around the edges. How could that have happened? Due to my inexperience, I hadn’t noticed the paint grow darker towards the bottom of the can as it settled, leaving an obvious difference amidst the wall and the edges which I had painted by hand. (more…)