what did you do around the house today?

[lasimmon]

No offense... But is white that much better?

[Buster]

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No offense... But is white that much better?

much

[B.Spilner]

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No offense... But is white that much better?

Nope. But I wasnt stripping it or throwing money at it. I'm not a fan of painted railings, but this really did change the look of our house, it opened it up, and has a much more clean look...

[HiTempguy1]

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No offense... But is white that much better?

White oak died with the 90's and should never be used in a modern house. Painted white is infinitely better. White oak, IMO, was a fad. Dark woods are timeless, light woods, meh.

As for things done, its not around the house, but its my never ending project:


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I realize they are two different sections. I only got so far, you try painting 600ft of chainlink x 2 (each side)

[vengie]

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FINALLY got around to painting our railings. It's the last of the ugly stained oak in the house.

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What kind of paint/ prep work was required to do this??

We have some oak I would like to never see again.

[B.Spilner]

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What kind of paint/ prep work was required to do this??

We have some oak I would like to never see again.

Cleaned the crap out of it with soap and water, then more water and wipe. Scuffed it with a scotch brite pad. Applied killz for the first coat, and 2 coats of semi gloss with a light sand in between all coats.

Extremely tedious job, I finished both my hardwood (sanded and re stained with clear), and cabinet transformed my entire kitchen both before I attacked this project lol.

Approx 16ft and it took me 12 hrs.

[s_havinga]

Looks good! Did you spray it?

[B.Spilner]

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Looks good! Did you spray it?

I wish! Would have taken me a quarter of the time, but also would've written off my house lol.

Brush all the way.

[dirtsniffer]

RIP Oak

[B.Spilner]

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RIP Oak

Theres a pile of it beside my house, feel free to come grab it all and reunite with it!

[Tik-Tok]

Killz, never again. I hate that shit. If the surface isn't perfectly prepped, it'll peel like plasti-dip when it gets scratched.

[swak]

New subway tile backsplash in kitchen. Very impressed how it turned out

[ExtraSlow]

Nice swak

[craigcd]

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I wish! Would have taken me a quarter of the time, but also would've written off my house lol.

Brush all the way.

Give spraying a shot next time. With proper prep the mess isnt too terrible. Did the finish work out OK with the brush? Looks good in the pic!

[B.Spilner]

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Give spraying a shot next time. With proper prep the mess isnt too terrible. Did the finish work out OK with the brush? Looks good in the pic!

I'm an interior painter of almost 20 years, I know exactly what mess comes from it haha!

Yea the finish turned out great, at one point in the day when the light/sun hits it perfectly you can see brush strokes on the bottom runner. Other then that, it looks damm near perfect!

[danno]

Did you paint it yourself?? Sand it?? What did you use. I have the same issue in my house, just a lighter shade of maple.

Looks so much better in white.

[ExtraSlow]

Hosting 25 people for a backyard bbq lunch family birthday party. Seems like as long as I stay outside, it'll be nice and quiet.

[craigcd]

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I'm an interior painter of almost 20 years, I know exactly what mess comes from it haha!

Yea the finish turned out great, at one point in the day when the light/sun hits it perfectly you can see brush strokes on the bottom runner. Other then that, it looks damm near perfect!

Awesome.... so im sure if you can pick out only small imperfections as a pro, it looks amazing. I wish I could paint without brush strokes, instead I spray and try to avoid runs haha. Good work!

[J-hop]

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Killz, never again. I hate that shit. If the surface isn't perfectly prepped, it'll peel like plasti-dip when it gets scratched.

Water or oil based? I’ve had good experiences with the oil based, water based is garbage from my experience

[B.Spilner]

Trying out the countertop transformation. Day 1, 2 coats of base coat, and tommorow finish up with 1 heavy top coat.

So far so good. Leveled out nicely... the dark countertops were scratched up pretty good and now they look pretty much brand new.