24 July 2010
Worked on condo ceiling painting all day. Two lessons learned: (1) always use the same paint for cut-ins as you use for the surface to be painted: there IS a noticeable difference between “white” and “bright white” ceiling paint and (2) when George Bedard (Treetops Condominiums handyman) says that a Treetops condo ceiling needs to be sprayed vice rolled, LISTEN to him, even if two “professional” painters say differently. Seems the good folks from Corner Cutting Condo Construction kind of forgot to prime the sheetrock before applying the original popcorn ceiling paint. Thirty-plus years later and that corn will pop right off if you so much as look at it sideways. Suffice it to say that after George gets the walls painted and the wood trim around the windows refinished this coming week, I’ll be doing quite a bit more ceiling repair and repainting. …and here I thought I was going to be building a woodshed this summer. Silly me! Returned to Fern Lake after dinner for a much needed cooling-off swim.