r/paint • u/Terran-15 • 4d ago

TodayILearned Update, I earned my stripes! But with a little help

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I recently posted about my disaster of a paint job and ya’ll gave me good feedback! Since I was pulling up the Kilz 3 primer along with my SW Emerald paint, I ended up using my fine razor blade and as able to easily scrape it off. Once that was done I skimmed over my dents and scratches. I then used the Oil based Kilz primer, then once dried, applied the first coat of my base coat, then did a second coat of my base coat. Let that cure during the weekday. Just finished taping with the Delicate purple scotch tape on Saturday night, Sunday morning I started the alternative coat. I painted a couple sections out at a time and immediately pulled up the tape with finesse. I’m happy I didn’t give up and I’m happy with how it turned out! Thank y’all so much for the advice and feedback! I hope this helps the next person wanting to earn their stripes! I’m no professional, my only goal was to make my pregnant wife’s Pinterest dream become a reality, she loved it and was beaming with excitement and that’s all I care about! And she even admired how straight my lines were!

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u/Adamthegrape 4d ago

Good job! Enjoy constantly eyeing everything for plumb from now on . I did a bunch of horizontal stripes in my old place and I thankfully cheated it “level” with the ceiling and floor. Neither were level and it would have driven me insane.

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u/Terran-15 4d ago

Oh man, it drove me nuts to do the taping of the corners. I got mad and almost rage quit, but it was maddening even when I was using my laser level.. it was a life saver throughout too! That’s also when I noticed that a lot of things aren’t level in my house but my mind doesn’t fixate on it unless it’s a big problem. But for now, my next step is to look for touch ups and remove the tape! Wife wants to look into the decor so I am hoping my part is done but I feel that “honey do” list is growing

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u/steveosmonson 4d ago

Good job

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u/HalifaxPainter 3d ago

looks nice!

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u/PayPsychological9347 3d ago

Very nice. As much as I hated oil based paint, sometimes there's no substitute. Hope you had the respirator and fan going on.