Why?!?! Why would someone...

[jaguars4ever]

"You just have to be careful with the stripper lest it get all over the place."

 

ain't that the truth.  we dated a stripper while we were in college, and it were a nightmare.  couldn't get rid of her.  she would show up at our dorm room, and at our job and outside our classes and at football practice. 

 

what can we say?  she were a "biostatistics" grad student with great legs... but she had issues. Gromnir were immature 'nuff at the time to think that dating a stripper were neato.  sad thing is that we never paid 'nuff attention to her to even figure out what the heck "biostatistics" were... though we assumed that it were some very focused statistics thing that were applied to medical data.

 

HA! Good Fun!

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[Cantousent]

Both Gromnir and Krazikatt came to visit? Well, I'll be...

 

I might not be interested in dating your former stripper, but if she can throw some planks around then I might have use for her yet!

 

At any rate, hopefully you didn't refer to your female stripper as an it.

[Dakoth]

As for you Phosphor there is a product on the market called Killz usually in the paint department trie that before you paint and prime and you should (crosses fingers) have more luck.

 

It's actually called "Kilz". The primer battlecry in the painting community is "Kilz'll Kill it". Kilz is a primer. The best dang primer ever created. If you hire a painter to, say, paint the exterior of your house, and he uses anything but Kilz, and refuses to use Kilz, fire him. Besides using substandard primer, he intends to water down the generic paint he bought instead of the expensive stuff you're paying for as well.

 

I've used Kilz extensively on exterior and interior jobs. Brick, wood, plaster, plastic, concrete, floors, walls, clabberboard, cedar (not my idea), oak, pine, particle board, clay tile.......

 

BUT....Do not use it on something that you may want to strip down later in life. It will be extremely difficult to strip.

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Heh remember back in the good old days when the painters made and mixed their own paint? What ever happened to those times?

[Kor Qel Droma]

All I remember from the 'good old days' of painters is the bastards taking a huge crap in the bsement bathroom with a ton of cigarette butts to boot and getting blamed for it!! Has painting evolved since?

[Gromnir]

Both Gromnir and Krazikatt came to visit?  Well, I'll be...

 

I might not be interested in dating your former stripper, but if she can throw some planks around then I might have use for her yet!

 

At any rate, hopefully you didn't refer to your female stripper as an it.

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in a strange bit o' coincidence, we cannot help but share our recent experience with a home purchase. is part o' a business venture and we ain't sole owner, but the previous owners of the house had painted their exposed wood ceilings a powder blue color and they painted the fireplace black.

 

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was friggn' surreal.

 

our partner is a builder and he had a crew come in and actually sandblast the ceilings. was surprised to discover that sandblasting could be controlled to such a degree as to handle the relatively delicate job o' removing a thin layer of paint from exposed wood, but it turned out better than we had anticipated. the exposed redwood now actually looks more like cedar.

 

as to the fireplace... am not honestly sure what our partner used to remove the black paint, but we know it were gonna be a multi-step process. however, after first step we took a look at the fireplace and were kinda shocked at realization that the light black speckling that remained actually looked very nice... which were a surprise. we is gonna leave the fireplace as-is.

 

the damned kitchen is a nightmare. gots this huge sub-zero fridge/freezer thing in a disproportionately small kitchen. to replace the unit with an equivalent appliance would be horrendously expensive. we want to put in a smaller unit, but the existing monstrosity is situated in just such a way that the space we gain is almost useless... and our partner is starting to get frugal on us. doesn't do us much good to have more cabinet space if he wants to put in crap... and while Gromnir is quite good at convincing folks to see things our way, we thinks we pretty much hit our limit when we got our partner to go in on the granite counter tops.

 

the house were 'sposed to be ready for sale on december 23... but we knew that wouldn't happen. end o' january looks more likely

[Cantousent]

First of all, I agree. My fireplace was painted an off-white color. The entire top of the brick mantlepiece has a different finish. It's smoother, so I removed the paint in little time and it has virtually no paint in the nooks and crannies. The two formost bricks on either side have the same finish. So, if you look from the right or left, you see two very smooth, clean bricks. The rest of the bricks have a rougher finish. They're beautiful. Different shades of red and dark colored brick placed in no particular pattern. Oddly enough, I agree, I managed to get almost all of the paint out of the nooks and crannies, but the remaining paint does create a nice effect.

 

As for off-white v black? At least black doesn't so gleefully show soot marks that refuse to come clean.

 

I would love to see pictures of your powder blue ceiling and black fireplace!

[~Di]

Granite countertops? I'm so envious. I wanted granite desperately when we built our home. Husby said no, too expensive. So then I lobbied for Corian. Still too expensive. So I got a cheap tile job.

 

Every week when I have to scour the grout I pretend it's my husband's pompous face. Tell your partner that the kitchen is a woman's throne room, and no man with a brain will force his wife into a kitchen she hates. You are right; your partner is wrong. Cut corners anywhere in the house... but don't cut corners in the kitchen.

[Dakoth]

Granite countertops?  I'm so envious.  I wanted granite desperately when we built our home.  Husby said no, too expensive.  So then I lobbied for Corian.  Still too expensive.  So I got a cheap tile job.

 

Every week when I have to scour the grout I pretend it's my husband's pompous face.  Tell your partner that the kitchen is a woman's throne room, and no man with a brain will force his wife into a kitchen she hates.  You are right; your partner is wrong.  Cut corners anywhere in the house... but don't cut corners in the kitchen.

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Why not laminent easier to clean than tile. We just riped out all the sea foam green tile in our bath room what a freakin mess when you combine that eith plaster walls.

[Gromnir]

Granite countertops?  I'm so envious. 

 

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don't be too envious. Gromnir has tile in his own crappy kitchen... but if you got 'round 800k burning a hole in your pocket and you wanna move down into the valley, let us know...

 

HA! Good Fun!

[~Di]

$800K? Ha. Chump change. I'd buy it out of petty cash, if it weren't for that lousy Valley fog y'all have to put up with...

 

 

 

 

@Dakoth: Ugh, I hate laminate even worse than I hate tile, that's why. I know, I'm impossible. Husby says that all the time...

[Dakoth]

$800K?  Ha.  Chump change.  I'd buy it out of petty cash, if it weren't for that lousy Valley fog y'all have to put up with...

 

 

 

 

@Dakoth:  Ugh, I hate laminate even worse than I hate tile, that's why.  I know, I'm impossible.  Husby says that all the time...

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No I agree I would much rather have Granite ( althought it must be sealed periodocally to keep germs and stains out), corian, or marble even though your tastes are expensive I wouldn't necessarily say I don't agree with them. Laminate is cheap and easier to clean, and change than tile thats why we went with it. I think if people ever found out how easy it was to laminate a counter top they wouldn't be as expensive as they are.

[Cantousent]

We have a tile counter, but I'm a bit leary of trying to do anything about it at the moment. What I am determined to do, however, is to install a stainless steel sink.

[Dakoth]

We have a tile counter, but I'm a bit leary of trying to do anything about it at the moment.  What I am determined to do, however, is to install a stainless steel sink.

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Quite easy my friend just make sure you have the proper plumbing incase the old can not be reused. Unless of course you need to cut a new hole for the sink that can be a little tricky some times.

[Cantousent]

I have to cut a new hole for the sink. Really, if it weren't for the wonderful neighborhood, I would hate this house.

[Dakoth]

I have to cut a new hole for the sink.  Really, if it weren't for the wonderful neighborhood, I would hate this house.

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No No the sink should be the same size. What I meant was some times in new countertops you must cut your own hole for a sink, it can be a tricky bit of buisness.

[Cantousent]

I can't find the same size sink. I have a feeling I'm going to have to do some more major renovations, which means learning how I go about doing it in the first place. Unless you guys have some advice...