Interior Painting

I planned to sub out the painting but the workflow directed me to tackle the job with students' help.

By Mike Guertin

Usually painting crews want to get in and out in a week or two and have the place to themselves. But the second floor is ready for paint, and we’re still compounding the first floor. I figured we could move things along upstairs by doing the painting. So one weekend I set up my sprayer and primed all the upstairs surfaces and then sprayed the ceilings. In less than two days I had all that work done myself. Then in four 90-minute workdays, Addison and Nick painted the three bedrooms, one bathroom, the laundry, and hallway. I cut in the ceilings so they could focus on rolling. paint 22017-02-03 12.49

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b0bb0 | Feb 20, 2017 08:33pm | #1
No crew?
Adelazhang | Mar 03, 2017 01:40am | #2
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StevenBWilson | Apr 29, 2017 05:03am | #3
Very nice paint good job
JanWSwanson | Jun 06, 2018 11:12pm | #4
I like your article. keep it up!

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