One Week Later

Well, since the last update things have gone slowly, and will continue to go slow at least until next Monday.


Tuesday the third and final coat of mud was applied, and Wednesday they sanded.

I had Thursday and Friday off, so I was hoping to have the painting done by now, but...

Thursday morning our contractors were here, and they notice a few cracks in the the drywall seams. So Friday there was more patching, and our drywall guy was back on Saturday morning to sand. I started priming at about 1:00pm. Graham lent us a sprayer, so things went fairly quickly, but the set-up and cleaning took a while, so it is hard to say how much time was saved. I decided that I would be better off using brushes and rollers for the paint. Sunday morning I started with the closet, the cramped quarters were a pain, an it took me longer than I expected. After lunch I started on the main room. Things were going well, until I switched to the second gallon. It didn't match. I didn't notice right away because it was hard to tell when it was wet, but once I finished the south wall and started cutting in on the stairwell, and what had dried wasn't matching I noticed. I opened a third gallon, and it was the correct color, so I lost about an hour there. The stairwell took longer than I had expected, running up and down the stair to the roller tray, moving the ladder and plank, etc. etc. etc.


So this week I will get a second coat applied in the closet, and I will hopefully get the shelves stained. Saturday and Sunday I will have help, so the second coat in the main room sould go faster.


By this time next week all of the painting should be finished (fingers crossed).