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spaci1701 replied to your photo “Masking tape...”

Sam, that's ceiling texture that's unpainted. Don't sand it, it will just make everything look more obvious. Get your artsy side on. Smoosh the spackle on with your fingertips, work it under the edges of the existing to help glue down anything loose and dab it with your fingers to mimic the texture. I'd your dabs are too pointy you can let it partially dry and flatten the blobs a bit or very lightly sand. Basically, finger paint with mud.

Yeah, most smooth patches do look very obviously like patches, but it does need at least a little sanding once it’s on there, just so it’ll take the paint easily. I’m not overly worried; it’s an area people aren’t likely to be gazing at in detail :D I’m more concerned with the paint color on the ceiling making it stand out anyway, but who knows, the kilz might  blend. If it does, there are a few other patches I could hit...

breeamal replied to your photo “Masking tape...”

When I painted my living room ceiling a small chip of paint peeled away as soon as the roller touched it. I thought nothing of it and kept painting. I had the entire ceiling covered, and still wet, when it began to fall in big, wet, sticky sheets. There was much screaming.

Ooooooh noooooo, I hope you still had dropcloths down! 

sailorsol replied to your photo “Killed Can #3...”

They make whiteboard contact paper Sam. Much cheaper and easier than painting.

Possibly cheaper, but between aligning seams, trimming excess, and making sure there are no air bubbles, which is something I am not notable for being able to do with contact paper, I’m not sure about easier :D I found a roll that’s 20′ by 2′ but unfortunately the column faces are between 2′8″ and 3′8″ wide depending on the side.

It’s a very awkward column and not structurally necessary -- it doesn’t hide a support beam but rather a ventilation tube of some kind. But I figure if I need to deal with it I might as well make it something notable and lean into the “giant white column in the middle of the room” concept :D

tomboyluce replied to your photo “Masking tape...”

This looks like contemporary art

It’s kind of amazing how much photos of a paint job in progress look like something you’d find at MoMA. I might do a whole mock gallery installation of photos I’ve taken of my paint jobs :D 

missbuster replied to your post “Answers About DIY”

Sam! I had a teacher who was a scenic painter and he was living in a 3-bedroom rental that was going up for sale, thus he would be evicted when it sold. He had faux-wood grained his floors (and fooled the home estimator person so the real estate description said “hard wood floor in 3rd bedroom”) but to help the house NOT sell he painted a big horrible crack in the plaster so it looked like the wall was caving in and it took a lot longer to sell. Go theatre skills!

AHAHAAH, that’s awesome. Faux painting is hard and boring work, kudos to him! 

msbarrows replied to your post “sellahdor replied to your post...”

Re the spare key - you mentioned having a storage space elsewhere in the building. If it can be accessed without needing a key (combination lock, for example) that can be a great place to hide a spare.

I’ve got a key lock on it now, but I might change over to a combination lock, that’s not a bad idea. 

tienriu replied to your photo “Killed Can #3...”

have you considered spackling the holes in the ceiling and then instead of patch painting, doing a sort of mural (like a trail of leaves and flowers)? That way you can sort of shrug and let the fact that there's marks and smudges be a point to draw the eye.

I did think about it! But I think with the sharp edges everywhere else it would look a little weird. 

miikarin replied to your post “sellahdor replied to your post...”

during renovations of the units my mom owns she ended up on a first name basis with multiple people at our local home depot - they got to see the progress of our renos based on what questions she had that week

Yep, I’m starting to become known to the people at the local hardware store. In part because two of them visibly recoiled when I brought in the sample of red I was going to paint over. 

One of the old dudes who’s only there once in a while calls me Captain America because I always show up with a Captain America shield backpack in which to carry everything.

jmathieson-fic replied to your photo “Killed Can #3...”

Always do a second coat. I know it sucks, but the first time you have to wash a mark off the new paint, you'll likely rub through to the old...