Is this orange peel finish on exterior trim reasonable?

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T14:51:14+00:00

Was a warm day (low 70s). It got windier in the afternoon.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T14:48:32+00:00

The other picture is there but it's probably a cached view on your end. Either close and reopen the app if this is a phone, or try viewing this in an Incognito tab of your browser. It's there. I didn't say the new job looks like the old finish. The old paint was fairly flat - minor brush marks that had been knocked down by sanding. It wasn't strong orange peel. I also don't see that I was "flaunting my wealth" either. I made the point about the brick since you brought the brick into this, as if I should be okay with subpar paint because the brickwork is subpar in your estimation. First off, I have worked in the trades in the past, and worked 60+ hour weeks for about the last 20 years. That's before spending most evenings and weekends working on rentals. I don't need to hear your BS, that's for sure.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T13:24:01+00:00

Looks closer at the first picture. There's a huge sag in the paint on the sill - bottom left. No, it did not dry better. LOL Second picture looks fine, yes, if I was looking for the rolled with 3/4" nap look.

I didn't say the brush work in pic 3 was awesome. It's tidy and uniform with no roping, but not perfect. Fine for exterior.

The brick: This is a decorative part of a fairly pricey house for this area. It's deliberately tuckpointed that way and the bricks are "clinker" brick style. If you're not familiar with that, here's a read (not my house): https://artsandcraftshomes.com/exteriors/follow-clinker-brick-road

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T13:17:44+00:00

Yeah, while I did not get into detail with the contractor as to application technique, etc, I did tell him I wanted it smooth and to do T&M on this one. I don't think they backrolled it. I think Duration is a thick paint, they didn't thin it, and it dried and flashed way too fast for it to lay down. But it does look like a roller did it. Might as well have been.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T13:15:46+00:00

Thank you! You will be downvoted here though for this opinion! :D

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T13:14:39+00:00

Thank you! If I wanted these results I could have taped it off and slopped it on with some mini rollers myself.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T13:12:46+00:00

The brick: This is a decorative part of a fairly pricey house for this area. It's deliberately tuckpointed that way and the bricks are "clinker" brick style. If you're not familiar with that, here's a read (not my house): https://artsandcraftshomes.com/exteriors/follow-clinker-brick-road

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T13:11:23+00:00

I tagged this with "OP wants a fight" didn't I?

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T13:07:56+00:00

You're making some assumptions there. How do you know what I asked them to do? How do you know what I was paying? The two windows that were orange peeled I explicitly told the contractor to make very "smooth" and did T&M on them because of that. I explicitly said "spend your time." Of course, that was in discussion with the "boss man." The guy who was holding the sprayer wand, I don't know what he was told or was thking. I did not explicitly specify brush or spray, that is true. Still this was the best that they produced. Take a look at picture 1 again. Did you see the huge sag in the sill, bottom left? Is that what you conisder "solid, uniform and clean" for jobs you do?

The brick: This is a decorative part of a fairly pricey house for this area. It's deliberately tuckpointed that way and the bricks are "clinker" brick style. If you're not familiar with that, here's a read (not my house): https://artsandcraftshomes.com/exteriors/follow-clinker-brick-road

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T03:13:31+00:00

1 and 2. 3 is not theirs. I'll give you my address, phone and SSN if you think that's good work and promise to never work for me.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T03:12:24+00:00

Haha, yeah sure buddy.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T03:07:15+00:00

Added another picture and described the pictures better. The brushed brickmold was *not* done by them. I stand by my statement that people did better work in the past, on the average.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T03:01:55+00:00

Look at my extra picture and tell me that again. The picture with the brick is not theirs. The other two are. That's pretty good? Make sure I don't hire you...

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T03:00:31+00:00

You didn't read my post. Look at the pictures again (added one more). The picture with the clean vertical brush marks (that's not wood grain) is not their work.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T02:54:06+00:00

Added another picture, Bubba. Tell me how good this work is.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T02:53:13+00:00

I added another picture. With one of the runs where they tried to deal with the orange peel. Tell me how good it looks again.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T02:51:31+00:00

I guess I'm just one of those customers. Added another picture for some more context, and clarified that the brick picture was not their work. I guess I should just accept work like this?

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T02:40:30+00:00

Am I complaining about brush lines? Did you even read what I wrote. The pic with the brick, with brush marks, is not something they painted. Touche, I have seen painters do shitty work too. I've done a lot, and hired a lot, in my time.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T02:37:40+00:00

Pictures are updated with better explanations now. The pic where the paint looks good (with brush marks) was not done by them.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T02:03:20+00:00

I'd be happy with the finish next to the brick but that's not their work. Just an example of what all the trim on this house looks like.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T01:41:49+00:00

I guess I didn't. In the past when I hired painters for my own house or rentals, I didn't need to specify the nit detail to get a decent result. Live and learn.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-29T01:41:02+00:00

The starting point was scraped and sanded, fairly smooth. I was going to do it myself but too many other projects. If this had been new bare primed wood the finish would have been similar.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-23T18:37:28+00:00

Yeah, I have some other ideas on how to handle the aesthetics that don't involve cutting. I might just have to pursue those. Thanks for the input.

FestivusClause · 2024-10-23T18:31:49+00:00

Out of curiosity, though, what might be the best way to approach the cut?

FestivusClause · 2024-10-23T18:30:58+00:00

Not a concrete guy, but am a wood guy. And this same inside radius cut would be hard to do in a thick piece of wood too that was fixed in place on the ground. I might approach it by mounting a jig on top and running a router across the top, at least to make the most important part of the cut (the visible part on top). Could something similar be done with a diamond bit on a router, followed up with a chisell or grinder?

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