Ouch! The "proper" way to do textures is to mix paint in with it,
especially with popcorn ceilings. On walls, it depends. One reason
for the popularity of "knockdown" is that it works with no paint, so is
more profitable. I hired a good painter to do popcorn ceilings once.
He said the
graco makes a molded hose set to stick in the 5 gal bucket with the
short sprayer. I think I used cement blocks or something when I used
min out of 5 gal buckets. (most of when I use it. A gallon won't do a
room. (unless maybe you have a 8-10 foot hose.)
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote
Yeah I probably should have given it a coupla days in between coats to
let it dry completely.
Lesson learned!
On 4/9/19 12:50 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
It took three coats to get our popcorn covered properly, drying in between.
Do NOT try to get it in one!
-- Jim
--
--FT
It took three coats to get our popcorn covered properly, drying in between.
Do NOT try to get it in one!
-- Jim
___
http://www.okiebenz.com
To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
Be thankful! Popcorn is out of favour these days and you just got an
easy, if expensive, removal of it. Popcorn hides issues so you may have
to do some patching and repair, but in the end, you will likely
appreciate the smooth ceiling.
On 09/04/2019 10:39 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Well, that did not go well. Finished painting last night, it looked
really good. Go in this morning and see that parts of the ceiling
popcorn have started peeling off. I pull at a piece and it just starts
zipping off, about 1/3 of the ceiling just fell off in one giant sheet
with no more
I guess that it all depends on the application of the popcorn - YMMV.
Spraying does sound like the easiest way to paint it, once you have the
sprayer, masking done, and know how to use it.
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 3:25 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I tried to
in" around trim.
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Buggered
> Benzmail via Mercedes
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2019 4:24 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Cc: Buggered Benzmail
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] WOT I bought an air
I tried to roller it on with a fuzzy roller but more was coming off than was
getting covered.
I sprayed 2 coats of kilz2 on and have put on some white paint. Need to do
another coat when this one dries. Looks pretty good. Or good enough I guess.
--R
Sent from iPhone
> On Apr 8, 2019, at
A coat of Kilz is probably a good idea. We did 2 coats of white over what was
a fairly pale pink and it covered okay and lasted a good 10 years, if anything
now it just looks like a really pale pink.Plan is for a like teal so I plan to
sand and smooth, then prime and probably 2 coats of
Use ceiling paint for the whole room. It is thicker and hides previous
colours better than normal paint.
On 08/04/2019 12:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Neat, I need to repaint our bedroom at some point. It was pink when we moved
it. We painted it white 12 years ago but the pink
I have heard different advice on covering a vivid color.
One is to first do a coat that is a blend of the current color and the
final color you want.
The other is to do a coat of gray first and then the color you want.
Only time I've faced this is when I painted a room that had been a dark
On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 17:17:25 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> Neat, I need to repaint our bedroom at some point. It was pink when we
> moved it. We painted it white 12 years ago but the pink is bleeding
> through. It needs to be sanded and have some cracks fixed before
>
Neat, I need to repaint our bedroom at some point. It was pink when we moved
it. We painted it white 12 years ago but the pink is bleeding through. It needs
to be sanded and have some cracks fixed before repainting...
-Curt
On Sunday, April 7, 2019, 3:12:47 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via
We used the thick napped rollers on the popcorn ceilings with no problems.
Sure, some of the popcorn came off, but not enough to be an issue. You just
have to wear eye protection ...
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 9:30 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I went with the
yep, Coupon brings it to $180 or maybe lower, I forget what I paid for
it, might have been less.
--FT
On 4/8/19 11:44 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
Like this?
https://www.harborfreight.com/airless-paint-sprayer-kit-62915.html
On 07/04/2019 2:11 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Like this?
https://www.harborfreight.com/airless-paint-sprayer-kit-62915.html
On 07/04/2019 2:11 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
For doing some repaints on the house. Harbor Freight special, it
seems like a decent unit, got good reviews. I just primed a bedroom
in less than 30min,
In other words, don’t even think of hesitating or you’ll unload a quart of
paint in a very small space. The key is to keep moving, and fast.
-D
> On Apr 8, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
> It does move a lot of paint fast though, which is good but you gotta watch it.
I went with the sprayer because the ceiling has that popcorn sh*t on it
and I didn't want to scrape it off like I have done in other rooms. So
I had to mask off anyway, and I usually do tape on all the moldings and
baseboards, so adding a bit of paper to the tape was not that big a
deal. I
My only issue with the rental units is what you said -- you need to get
used to the volume of paint. This is not anything like spraying from a
rattle can. First time I tried one I had paint running down the wall in
rivers.
They are great for any kind of textured ceilings.
For me rollers are
Yes, it does take awhile to get primed and then cleaned up after. Much
better for big jobs given the sunk time involved, but it works very well
on this job too.
I am actually kinda impressed too that a cheap HF unit seems to work
pretty well. It needs a higher stand to be able to use the
for a room, it takes longer to set up and clean than to spray. I
sprayed a house and garage in one day the first time I used one. Be
sure to purge the thing with mineral oil so the oil is in the valves.
Otherwise they rust and set you back $60 or more.
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote on
I’ve used one of these. They can’t be beat for painting large areas, like walls
and ceilings. Once you get a hang for the volume of paint they put down, you
can knock out a single wall in a minute or less if everything is masked.
When we built our house in Wisconsin I painted the interior with
Does it work better than paint rollers?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 7, 2019, at 2:11 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> For doing some repaints on the house. Harbor Freight special, it seems like
> a decent unit, got good reviews. I just primed a bedroom in less than 30min,
>
Oh yeah. One wall in less than 5 minutes, maybe more like 3. It’s not a huge
room but it goes fast.
--FT
Sent from iPhone
> On Apr 7, 2019, at 4:29 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 15:11:58 -0400
> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> For doing some repaints
On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 15:11:58 -0400
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
> For doing some repaints on the house. Harbor Freight special, it seems
> like a decent unit, got good reviews. I just primed a bedroom in less
> than 30min, walls and ceiling (which has that popcorn on it that you
>
For doing some repaints on the house. Harbor Freight special, it seems
like a decent unit, got good reviews. I just primed a bedroom in less
than 30min, walls and ceiling (which has that popcorn on it that you
absolutely cannot roll paint on). It looks really good. I'll let that
dry a bit
27 matches
Mail list logo
