Just primer and she'll be ready to go.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee A. Stone
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] base boards and painting
a question to which I do not know the answer. should Jennifer put
something special like a bonding agent on the old paneling prior to
actual panting? It would be helpful for this senior blind handman
as this will maybe a spring project in this house.. thanks.Lee
On Fri,
Jan
15, 2010 at
02:06:23PM -0500, Tom Hodges
wrote:
> Jennifer, I'll give you two tips.
>
> Number 1, run a bead of caulk where ever two wood panels come together,
> before painting. If you don't the paint will have a hard time filling in
> the gap. I'd also caulk at the top of the baseboard and anywhere else there
> is a gap.
>
>
>
> Number 2, Nail the quarter round to the baseboard prior to painting them.
> Quarter round comes in various sizes, 1 quarter inch, half inch, three
> quarter inch, etcetera, so buy the size you need to cover the gap, where the
> carpet was.
>
>
>
> Also, when putting the quarter round in, place the end of shims under it
> about every foot or so. Then after nailing them in, take them out and you
> will end up with a small gap, which will allow you to place paper under the
> quarter round to mask it off for painting, so you won't get paint on the
> floor.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Jennifer Jackson
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 6:56 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] base boards and painting
>
>
>
>
>
> Good Morning Handy People,
>
> I am about to tackle a new project in my home. Actually, I am drafting my
> now eleven year old to be my worker bee and "we" are going to do several
> projects around the house. *smile*
>
> Our first project is to paint that stupid paneling in my living room. It has
> some gouges in it and some wall paper goo still stuck to it that appears to
> be permanent. I can not get it off with physical force or nasty chemicals,
> so I give up. I plan to use some wood putty to fill in the gouge marks,
> prime, and then paint. I will really appreciate any tips for getting this
> done as far as the actual primer and paint myself as I want to contribute to
> the we in this project.
>
> I also need your thoughts on how to handle the base boards. Last year my
> husband took out the carpet and painted the concrete in that room. The
> floors look really good and we get lots of compliments. He did not, however,
> ever get around to lowering the baseboards or filling in the space where the
> carpet used to be with quarter round. I think using the quarter round is the
> best idea because it means that if we want to put carpet in later we can
> just remove the quarter round and not all the baseboards.
>
> So now I am trying to decide what to do about the baseboards when I paint.
> Should I paint them too, and then just paint some quarter round and put it
> in? should I even paint the baseboards at all, or leave them wood colored
> with the walls painted? I am painting the walls an off white in a standard
> color and the floors are a natural gold color.
>
> I know it will be easiest to just paint it, but I also want to consider the
> resale value of my home. Also, we had a flood last week, so I am going to
> have to get a lot of my downstairs baseboards restained anyway.
>
> This project is taking place tomorrow by the way. Both of my younger sons
> will be gone and the oldest and I will have the place to ourselves to get
> this done.
> any basic painting tips are appreciated too.
>
> Jennifer
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