WP's Work

WisePainter

After I finished the current residence, I was hired to make their previous home (literally around the corner) ready for selling.
They are wonderful people and truly deserve the home they are in, especially after having lived in such cramped quarters as these with 4 children..this is also the house where I ate $250.00 worth of floor insanity...

Icky kitchen:






picture taken from the "den" which today received an alkyd primer.

The floor that killed me:
damn you floor!!
I will return to this in a moment...



This is the tile backsplash that I sought info on concerning the proper coating:





In my opinion, these are pretty cool tiles...oh well, say "bye bye" tiles.

Here is the highly recommended bonding primer that has become my latest "favorite", this stuff is incredible:



Applied with white china bristle SW cheapy:


Consistent brush lines are sexy!

Then I mixed up the 2 part water based epoxy from S.W.


Done:





Looks good to me, I will be using "Mr. SW 2 part water based epoxy" again.

Next is wallpaper removal and cabinets...

Resta

I don’t like what you did with the tiles. Sorry. And what it is in the last photo – big chip?... Or dust?

WisePainter

Yeah I liked the originals better, did you click the link to the backsplash dilemma?

What you see there is a string hanging down left over from the grasscloth wallpaper removal, that will be in the next set of pics.
This is a make ready job, I don't normally go for these "polishing turd" kind of jobs however for this client I will make an exception.

Mr. Mike

May I ask why or if you painted the tiles from side to side, I always thought this type of painting should be up and down. No offense I am an other wise painter and am just asking.

BTW: Thanks for providing lots of pictures and posts for us to browse and comment on.

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WisePainter

Could be, I have never painted tiles before.
I went both directions between the primer and top coat to be sure I was getting good coverage.
I wonder if there is a reason to paint them vertically?

You're welcome, I have a few more between the 2 jobs left to post.

Mr. Mike

When you paint a surface vertically it is harder to see the brush marks being that the light is always above or below the surface.

A solid door for example that would get brushed should be brushed up and down. Even the small squares at the top of most exterior doors should be up and down, I see a ton that have been painted side to side though.

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Traditions2

looks like 100% improvement to me. That brown tile was nasty. For what it is I'd say it looks good. I notice brush marks in the primed pics but not the topcoated pics. looks fine to me.

Are you spraying the cabinets?

WisePainter

I wish.

I wanted to roll the tiles with a white foamy whizzz but the surface was too uneven. Never having used XIM I wasn't sure if I could step on it to lay out better, the water based epoxy was another first for me. Next time I will step on both.

So I took the foamy whizz and used it on the cabinets.

Whizz Alkyd All Surface Enamel satin (which builds like a semi gloss with 1 coat) on the doors while hanging w/vaseline on the hinges, there was nowhere else to stage them.
I put the paint on with a white china then tooled out out with the roller.




Nasty paper has also been removed here:




After the doors and drawers, time for the body to get painted:



I like to stack my drawers with the smallest on the bottom! At least when I look back at the picture I do...







Good to go!








Is this the way I would normally do it? Um, no but I weighed the spray vs. brush and roll with the obvious choice being made because this was a "budget" job.
When people hear the words "painted cabinets" they instantly curl their lip and envision some brush line filled mess...I hate that.
Total time for the cabinets was about 8 hours over 2 days, profit was $350.00

next is the floor pics...

Tim0282

Great post WisePainter. Enjoyed the pictures and the notes with them.

Mr. Mike

Great thread for sure.

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