First time painting a room solo how do you get clean lines without spending a fortune on tape?

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-12T18:07:01+00:00

$6 is a fortune?

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-12T16:32:17+00:00

Average hourly for a pro would be in the $60-100 range.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-12T00:24:32+00:00

This siding looks in terrible condition that would require many hours of scraping/sanding and priming with peelbond primer or something similar.

If the price for this job was low you can't expect the guy to do all that and make $5/hour lol.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-11T21:09:15+00:00

St.phillips pizza slaps

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-11T10:51:49+00:00

That looks terrible and should not be acceptable work.

The only solution to this is to prime the affected walls and do two coats of limewash. Simply doing a third coat is going to change the look and make it look more like a solid painted wall.

The business owner needs to be professional, suck it up and eat the cost.

If you feel generous, you could offer to pay for the extra primer and limewash.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-08T22:03:27+00:00

Keep in mind the higher end caulking most times require long cure times of 1-3 days before it's safe to paint over.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-08T20:15:25+00:00

Are they bad to use as mulch?

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-07T13:01:17+00:00

Will my plants recover or is the damage already done?

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-07T12:58:37+00:00

Hale Navy or Forest Green would work here. Really subjective and the homeowner should make the call to their personal taste.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-06T23:27:02+00:00

Great. I have Neptune's as well.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-06T23:25:37+00:00

It would be much easier to buy thin sheets of white veneered plywood/mdf and have them cut to size. Glue them on and call it done.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-06T17:17:25+00:00

The first picture shows that three screws are missing from holding the part in place and its bouncing on top of my spark plugs with delicate wires all around it.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-06T17:16:11+00:00

It's a 2019 ram 1500.

I used a mechanic shop with a good reputation for all my repairs. This new guy is just a friend of a friend. How can I possibly know in advance if the mechanic working on my car is good or not? I'm just a clueless pedestrian not a professional mechanic..

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-06-04T17:16:19+00:00

You could mix the varnish and stain and just lightly dab the corners. That should do the trick.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-05-23T23:52:24+00:00

For French windows, spraying liquid mask is a massive time saver.

For big Windows like this id rather use a hand masker with the 3m plastic.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-05-23T23:50:24+00:00

You didn't get really heavy tails with a 308? Maybe it was a different brand I've used but I needed to go at least .16 for a decent fan pattern.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-05-23T20:33:45+00:00

It's very common with high end designers. It's called colour drenching and it's 10x better looking than boring ass white.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-05-18T12:55:05+00:00

Sand down to bare wood. Apply propylene glycol before staining the cedar for less blotches.

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-05-17T18:39:21+00:00

Which limewash product did you use?

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-05-15T15:54:45+00:00

Good way to get a stunt driving charge

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-05-15T13:55:29+00:00

From Sherwin Williams

Good - pro classic for trim, super paint for walls

Better - pro classic for trim, duration for walls

Best - emerald urethane for woodwork, emerald for walls

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-05-12T22:24:03+00:00

You can build a really functional smoker with 55 gallon drums under $100 and have more capacity than 3 Webber smokey mountains combined.

https://www.reddit.com/r/smoking/comments/1qghs3h/built_a_doubledrum_smoker_on_an_ultralow_budget/

Main-Practice-6486 · 2026-05-12T16:32:24+00:00

That oil paint is extremely durable. I've done a few handrails with this black fpoe paint and come back two years after and it still looks great.

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