Loyal reader,
I have latex primed, oil primed, painted the ceiling a couple coats, and painted the walls a couple coats.
I free-handed all my cutting in throughout. It worked pretty well.
I after a bzilliion hours of painting, this weekend I was completing the final step: Putting a semi-gloss on all the woodwork. Rest assured, there is no shortage of woodwork.
At the bottom of the three-piece crown, I used a piece of
ogee inverted. Typically, one would use this as a top cap for some baseboard. (I just kind of made up my own crown moulding profile).
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Ogee on bottom |
If you actually click on that picture and see it full size, you will notice that there is only about 1/8" which would be parallel to the floor. Cutting up to that when your brush is pressed against the wall is easy... Riding along that 1/8" ridge while painting the woodwork is an entirely different story.
And its upside down.
And its above your head.
I started cutting in free hand. After the eight feet took like 15 minutes, I decided to use...... tape.
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Reaching a new low |
I used tape not just because I'm a true quitter, but I also thought it would actually save me time (the God's are laughing now). No, really guys. I thought if I could tape the rest of the bottom of the crown in less than 15 minutes, then slapping the paint on the crown would be a cinch (keep in mind, I had already cut-in by hand where the crown meets the ceiling with no problems).
Anyway, I get to the end of my tape run (literally, the last inch of tape I needed) and I tack it to the wall a bit misaligned. So I pull it back to reset (you know where this is going)
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Freakin A. Culprit on the right hand side of picture. |
Paint was over 24 hours dry. Two coats.
I'll just say this:
I will never, ever use tape again..
The remedy requires opening the joint compound bucket. The above picture includes ones coat of joint compound (I put on two)
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After sanding two coats of compound, and primer |
Look at that semi-gloss shine on the crown!
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Coat 1.0 |
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Coat 2.0 |
Almost as good as new. What a rip (pun intended).