adegroot (7/8/2008)

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I hear ya!  We (or should I say I since my husband works such long hours) are in the middle of painting the entire house and I'm ready to just bite the bullet and pay someone to finish the job.  I can't stand it anymore.  I wouldn't mind if everything just took one coat and I didnt have to do any edging.  I painted the bathroom a nice navy blue and it took three coats!  Has anyone seen the Mr. Bean when he sticks some dynomite in a paint can and blows it up to paint the room.  I think he might have been on to something...

Did you wash the walls down with TSPe first? (using TSPe instead of just TSP is better because you don't have to rinse the walls like you do when you use just regular TSP). Did you use primer on the walls before you painted?

3 coats of paint seems to be a lot. If your walls are sucking in the paint that much, I'd start using a primer on the rest of the house before painting.

Good luck! I absolutely hate painting and I've not done any in a week. My arms, neck and shoulders ache all over. I've had to keep seeing my chiropractor to help get things back in place where they should be. SO DH is going to be finishing the house for us.

MrsMtobe

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I used tinted primer but the color that they gave me was a light blue and I painted the walls a dark navy so I had to keep going over it to totally cover all the light blue.  I don't think that paint that I'm using covers very well.  I will NOT be buying it again.

Just the two of us... August 15, 2007.

~ June 28, 2008 ~

This day I married my best friend!

Trying for baby #1

this thread scares me. 

just bought a house, and it needs a TON of paint.  we get the keys next friday, and I am NOT looking forward to all the painting we have to do before the wedding. 

wish me luck!

~Chris & Katie ~

Moved into our first home July 25th, 2008!

Got married on August 23rd, 2008 in New Brunswick!

BEST. PARTY. EVER.
Now just renovating the house.

Sarah and Shawn

08.01.09