Sunday, June 27, 2004
The Painting Saga (Part Six)
Whew ... home stretch!!! :-)
First, I must say that my brother is right. I probably shouldn't have taped. Interesting!! Way to go Karl ... I ought to listen to you more often!!
This morning I got up and figured that since the BOOKS said to wait until after the paint had dried before taking off the tape ... I knew that the paint would be dry and I decided to experiment with a little section of tape along the floor boards. Panic city!! I discovered that the paint seeped through the tape in MANY places. Well ... I looked at the tape that I had put on the ceiling (with the intent of preserving the paint job I did THERE on Wednesday ... and which I thought was wonderful!) Worse yet!! Eeeeekkkkk!!!
Good thing that today's Sunday, and Sundays I go to church, and that I know a man in the orchestra who's like an EXPERT painter. Thanks, Vern!! Vern gave me great advice about what to do about those seepy parts. He also verified what my brother said about not taping. AND ... he said that if you DO tape, to take it off right away, while the paint is still wet. Very interesting!!!
Well ... after church I went with a friend to see Shrek 2, and then I ran a bunch of errands (including yet another trip to Home Depot). When I got home I ate a quick dinner and got to the task for today: SPONGING one wall. I wasn't sure what to expect with this adventure ... sponging ... but there's that BOOK, so I figured that I could do it.
Do you believe that it only took me about an hour or hour and a half to sponge an entire wall, including cleaning brushes, etc. Cool!! Let me tell you the key to sponging a wall: music with a great beat!! I didn't realize it until I did about half of the wall ... but I was sponging in time to the music. :-) Made for lots of cool sponge patterns. My music of choice this evening was Stephen Curtis Chapman's album _Heaven in the Real World_ ... with songs like "King of the Jungle", etc. Lots of be-bop to boogie to.
And I LOVE the way the wall looks!!!! YAY!!
So ... tomorrow all I have to do is fix the seepy blue things on the ceiling and paint the moldings, etc. And ... I will be DONE!!!!!!! YAYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
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So many entries! I wanted to tell you that I did get your IM and passed on the message to Kate, but I didn't get it until Sunday morning, and she figured you were at Church.
Glad the painting went well!
Glad the painting went well!
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