How to Paint a Wall
Just some random tips if you are thinking of tackling a painting job yourself: – New construction, obviously paint your walls before you put down flooring – Keep a rag on you to clean any dirt that may get caught in the paint while painting (You can probably tell that I use my paints more then I should) – Go slow, painting doesn’t take long in general, so there is no rush. If you can catch all your drips and streaks before they dry, you will be thanking yourself later. If you go fast and there are streaks all over the place, they are a pain to fix afterwards. – If you do get a drip, and it is semi-dry, I would scrap it off with a razor then touch it up. – If it has dried completely, I wouldn’t recommend scraping it at this phase. Let it cure completely, then sand it down with a some very fine sandpaper (180 grit or finer). This is where a rotary or finish sander comes in handy if you have lots of drips. – Sprayer is something to look into if you are doing large areas without many windows. The section I was painting had 11 windows on the floor, therefore in my opinion it was easier to use a roller. With spraying, you’d have to put plastic over each window and tape it. I plan on using a sprayer on the first floor where there are only two windows and the two doors. – Most importantly, make sure the surface is smooth. If you want a professional job, you are going to have to touch up a bit with plaster and sand down any bumps, there is no way around it. Drywall dents very …
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July 28th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Was a decent video. Up until you went off on that tangent about white walls, debt, and GDP…and all. And then you just kept going, and going…
July 28th, 2010 at 6:19 am
what the hell i preffer the VNW it is how you get it done perfectly as long as you dry roll afterwards.
July 28th, 2010 at 6:49 am
You do good work. I prefer the M painting technique as opposed to the W, btw.
July 28th, 2010 at 7:02 am
Fabulous house you have there mate, keep going.
July 28th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Keep working! Doing good!
July 28th, 2010 at 8:02 am
Thats awesome, nice work, looks good with the paint! Your own little White House!
July 28th, 2010 at 8:39 am
i don’t use the wiener technique i use the MH technique for Man-Handled, because one has to show both the wall and the paint whose boss, otherwise they will retaliate against you in rebellion. And no one likes walls and paint attacking you in your sleep.
July 28th, 2010 at 9:00 am
The Wiener technique makes sense
July 28th, 2010 at 9:35 am
lookin good
July 28th, 2010 at 10:21 am
Ha ha. W for weiner. Can not wait to see the end result. Nice to see you back doing videos.
July 28th, 2010 at 10:55 am
It looks amazing Mike! Winery looks great!
i feel like I have been slighted to have never owned a sander……
Weiner….LMAO
July 28th, 2010 at 10:57 am
Hi,
wow, it is looking good, you have been busy, great work, must feel great
ok, take care.
July 28th, 2010 at 11:30 am
haha “W stands for weiner”
it looks great! and your accent is awesome!
July 28th, 2010 at 11:40 am
haaahah…yeah just paint with a roller a little crooked and you’ll be good. Oh and have the primer colored the same color that you paint will be. And Canada isn’t doing so bad
July 28th, 2010 at 11:57 am
@mitchblahman *love
July 28th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
because W stands for weiner
lol live it man!
July 28th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
haha, hey. I Agree with the W comment…. who makes this shit up? lol
July 28th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
LOL that was really funny and WOW! Wow that’s how it turned out! LOOKS AMAZING!!! Congrats!
Please keep doing more videos!
July 28th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
damn. come along amazing man. happy you ame back to haha!
July 28th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
I’m actually really glad you did this video b/c I just realized exactly ALL of my friends are weiners…. *cries*
LOVING YOUR PROGRESS! Happy you came back here to update us!
July 28th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I agree with all the comments!
July 28th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
newmys back! a lot of progress so far
July 28th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
looks really great so far! Now Im really excited to see it when its done!
July 28th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
its coming along great!