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I have had painters -- three of them -- at my house the past two days. They were all good-looking men around 30 years old. (No point in hiring ugly workers I say.) Today, one was lying on his back on my hard tile floor, painting upside down and I hear this: "Sometimes I hold my breath when I'm cutting in -- like a sniper. I don't know why I do that. I think I'm getting a little dizzy." Good thing they couldn't see my face, I was cracking up.
It was interesting to eavesdrop on their conversation, though there wasn't a lot of it. Sports, tuxedos for some reason, food several times - I think one of them was doing Atkins, and hunting. Nothing deep-- not the Syrian refugee crisis, their families... just the everyday patter and silences of people that spend a lot of time together.
It was a good couple days. First, they did a nice job and second, I learned a lot: Valspar is a good, reasonably priced paint. They make non-spatter rollers. Ceilings and doors are hard to paint. Flat paints can be touched up; eggshell can't, but has a nice shine. The baseboard is painted last. It's OK to tape off door handles and paint over/around picture hooks. Plastic paint trays are good. Leave them sitting in water overnight and the latex peels right out. Don't try to save money by not doing the trim. And you need a really big ladder to get that high spot above the stairs.
It was interesting to eavesdrop on their conversation, though there wasn't a lot of it. Sports, tuxedos for some reason, food several times - I think one of them was doing Atkins, and hunting. Nothing deep-- not the Syrian refugee crisis, their families... just the everyday patter and silences of people that spend a lot of time together.
It was a good couple days. First, they did a nice job and second, I learned a lot: Valspar is a good, reasonably priced paint. They make non-spatter rollers. Ceilings and doors are hard to paint. Flat paints can be touched up; eggshell can't, but has a nice shine. The baseboard is painted last. It's OK to tape off door handles and paint over/around picture hooks. Plastic paint trays are good. Leave them sitting in water overnight and the latex peels right out. Don't try to save money by not doing the trim. And you need a really big ladder to get that high spot above the stairs.