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I'm sitting here watching paint dry!!!!

 
 
dlowan
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2008 07:21 am
Hmmmmm...done about a third of it......and it sure is cloudy!


I'm not sure if the messiness is gonna look good, and is intended, or it's my bad technique!

She said the rougher the job the better.........



Gibbering slightly.....
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2008 08:18 am
dlowan wrote:
Although the paint is so easy, I was tippy-toeing on a chair and stretching full-length to get to the top of the wall....and having to hop up and down from the chair.....then all the kneeling......who needs a gym????

Try not to fall on that puff of cotton you call a tail. Perhaps a low platform ladder would be a wise investment.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2008 05:26 pm
DrewDad wrote:
dlowan wrote:
Although the paint is so easy, I was tippy-toeing on a chair and stretching full-length to get to the top of the wall....and having to hop up and down from the chair.....then all the kneeling......who needs a gym????

Try not to fall on that puff of cotton you call a tail. Perhaps a low platform ladder would be a wise investment.



I have one of those...well, a stepladder. It doesn't effectually go higher than the chair...and I have to move it more often.


However, I mah have to invest in a ladder, as I clearly stuffed up yesterday's painting, and am going to have to go over it.


She said to add a little watere to the paint, and I clearly ended up with more in the second lot, so things are TOOOOOO patchy (spits and swears) and I think I need less tippy-toe and more control.


Grrrrrrr!
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margo
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2008 07:39 pm
Give it a break and get down to Adelaide Oval. Cricket's started!

Twisted Evil
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dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 24 Jan, 2008 03:21 am
margo wrote:
Give it a break and get down to Adelaide Oval. Cricket's started!

Twisted Evil


What's cricket?



BTW, I DID have a break...had to go to doctor's, which is near my old work, and I had a great few hours catching up with friends there.....
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dadpad
 
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Reply Fri 25 Jan, 2008 02:58 am
How's it all look?
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 25 Jan, 2008 07:47 am
dadpad wrote:
How's it all look?



Like I have to re-do the second coat.
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Fri 25 Jan, 2008 08:00 am
Pictures?
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 25 Jan, 2008 08:04 am
DrewDad wrote:
Pictures?



Only have bad phone camera!!!!
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margo
 
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Reply Fri 25 Jan, 2008 04:26 pm
at that hour of the night - after 1am, you won't see much anyway!
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 25 Jan, 2008 05:53 pm
margo wrote:
at that hour of the night - after 1am, you won't see much anyway!



I'd just got home!


We do actually have electric light in Adelaide, ya know.... :wink:
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margo
 
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Reply Fri 25 Jan, 2008 10:54 pm
dlowan wrote:
We do actually have electric light in Adelaide, ya know.... :wink:


I know that - I've been watching the cricket! Twisted Evil
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dadpad
 
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Reply Fri 25 Jan, 2008 11:33 pm
Margo:
you know what they say about Adelaide....

The lights are on... but no one's home.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jan, 2008 09:16 pm
I am procrastinating here on the bloody computer instead of painting!!!


Help me!!!
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jan, 2008 09:32 pm
christ now you've done it.

Mumpad has just ben talking about repainting the kitchen cupboards.

I'll be in the shed if you need me.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jan, 2008 09:35 pm
I just went to complete one of the architectural details in the hall.....I asked for THREE sample pots of the proper blue (that's all I needed, and it's cheaper than buying paint I don't need) and she only gave me two!!!


(Unless one is in the boot)


So...I just did three quarters of the final coat for that one bit.


I am going to complete another, before hitting THE WALL.......gibber....


Oh...and I found my step ladder DOES get me higher than a chair!!! Yippeeeee!


Thank heavens I didn't buy a medium ladder the other day...I shopped for one, but it was too pricey.
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jan, 2008 10:05 pm
Be glad you don't have 14 ft ceilings with tounge and grooved boards like me.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jan, 2008 10:10 pm
dadpad wrote:
Be glad you don't have 14 ft ceilings with tounge and grooved boards like me.



Oh yeah! I used to have, and that is partly why I moved.....badly as I seem to be doing it...I CAN paint this place.
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jan, 2008 10:24 pm
dlowan, would you be kind enough to post a picture of you standing on the stepladder, holding a paintbrush in your hand, and with a contemplative look on your face?

I believe others, beside myself, also share my curiosity and would like to see such a photo.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jan, 2008 10:38 pm
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
dlowan, would you be kind enough to post a picture of you standing on the stepladder, holding a paintbrush in your hand, and with a contemplative look on your face?

I believe others, beside myself, also share my curiosity and would like to see such a photo.



Nope.


In this weather, I paint commando.
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