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Originally Posted by faithfulfrank

I love painting. I've painted whole house interiors, and it is gratifying to see a worn out looking house transformed into a thing of beauty.

The key is good prep work and good tools. I recently had a terrible experience with some bad paint I bought at HD. Thank God it was at my house and not someone elses. I'm in the middle of a labor intensive fix, using valspar to cover up the bad Behr paint. I should have listened to an old painter friend of mine who says, "Better to leave the walls bare then to use it."

I'm hoping the Valspar will be the proper fix. We leave for Florida next Saturday,(Yippee), so I think the job will not get done until we return in June. I can't wait to get back down there.

Frank D.

Hi Frank.

Yikes! What was the issue with Behr paint? Well, not that it can help me now. I have used 1/2 of 1 gallon and have 2 more gallons of a different color.

My issue with painting is the stupid popcorn ceiling. HATE IT! Being inexperienced & with hind-sight being 20/20, I should have attempted to place tape as far to top as I could to have the illusion of painting to the ceiling and have a straight line. Did the best I could, but it isn't very good. And that blue tape that is advertised as so wonderful... well, maybe I dabbed too hard or something, but it bled under and I do not have the nice clean edge I expected.

With this said, I'm going through posts to contact some painters to help me correct my errors and paint the rest of the living/dining/kitchen areas.

Oh ... primer. Has everyone primered or used flatwall paint first?

Regards,
Rebekah
Bonita Village