Well, well, well – life goes on! Right now our house is a disaster (except the kitchen) because we are prepping our bedroom for painting. Brian wasn’t too keen on the baby pink trim… can’t say that I was either. I’ll post some before and after pictures on here in a few days when it is (hopefully) finished. I go to home depot today to get some primer for the trim and see what they have for sandpaper. The trim is painted really heavily with glossy pink paint, so I think we need to scuff it up so that the paint holds. I think it needs primer, to cover up the pink where we’ll be painting white. The trick with the sanding is that the trim is all beveled so it’s hard to get into all those dips and hollows effectively. Anybody have any suggestions?
So Brian is at work full time now! I am busy emailing people from Hillsboro Calvary Chapel church, finding babysitting jobs and pursuing tutoring. Brian has the car until after lunch today, so I have to keep busy in the house. It’s hard until I get that sandpaper! I spackled a score more dents and holes in the bedroom wall (I thought I was done, but gave it another “once over” and found many more) and sanded those with my almost used-up sandpaper. I can’t wait til we’re done! I think I may get a little more tape when I am at Home Depot… I’m going to be using a lot of it once we start painting. Hmm – soon as I’m done sanding, I’ll wipe down the walls with a damp rag… is that all I need to do? Some web pages have suggested using different products to wash the walls. Dad’s? People who have painted before? Help!
Well, time to get up and be productive… bathroom here I come, prepare to be spotless!
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Hello. My name is Erin and I went to Togo with Brian. I was cleaning out my inbox, and I came across an update from Brian that had a link to this site. Anyway, other than just saying “hi” I have another reason for commenting. I have worked as a carpenter in a scene shop for the last few years and you asked for some advise on sanding your trim and painting it. Sanding is really the only way to get rid of glossy paint. You want to make sure you are sanding with the grain of the wood (or along the lines) not across it. That can really mess up your trim and make it look awful. FOr what you are doing, it sounds like you want to use a fine grain sand paper. After that, you just need to brush away the dust. I don’t think you need to wash it with anything, just make sure to get it all up. A small portable vaccum is the best way to go, however a damp spounge will do the job too. Primer is a good idea. A good one that will cover up anything is KILZ. It won’t let anything bleed through. It’s one of those great things to have around the house because it will even cover up magic marker, which I’m sure you will learn the joys of once you and Brian start having kids.
Well, that is all the advise I have to give you. If you have any other questions, the people at Home Depot are really helpful.
Hi there Erin, long time no see! How are things? As you may have figured out from the blog we are in the middle of major changes. House buying, graduating, getting my first real job… it’s all good though, ’cause God is good.
Are you about ready to graduate? Seems like you and Andrew are getting close to tying the knot? Best wishes and all! Drop us a line sometime.
-Brian