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Kids, you don't know where that money has been!
And then...
After doing all that...
high humidity can cause it to seep through anyway!
This nicotine is one of the reasons I got out of apartment painting!
I was asked to look at an apartment that was totally orange (not paint). There was orange ash in the carpet... window frames... puke! Oh, and it had popcorn ceilings! I happened to have my wife and kids with me and let them look through the door to see how some live. I also found some money on the carpet and asked my kids if they wanted to put it in their mouths. They said no, of course! I said that this is one reason why you don't put money in your mouth! You don't know where it's been... except now you know one place it may have been!
I used TSP substitute (twice) and used BIN... 2 coats. Oh, and it's kind of hard to wash popcorn ceilings (if anyone has any bright ideas, let us know) Nicotine absorbs into the walls and will act as a time-release even after using TSP or the no-rinse substitute and sealing. I've talked with other guys who have also tried different things. Several of them had gotten complaints that the bathrooms bled. It seems to be the humidity in there.
I started weasling out of these jobs by getting too expensive. The money was good, but the jobs stunk...literally. I've done rentals where the nicotine was running down the walls... I wanted a higher quality of life... blah...blah...blah...
Last edited by TimAZ; 04-13-2007 at 01:38 PM.
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