Carla thought that the walls in our place are too white (they looked fine to me) so we decided to paint a few walls. Finding the paint and painting equipment was not too hard as BAUHAUS (Home Depot copy) carries it all and has a pretty good selection.
Our ceilings are 10' high, so the first challenge was to find ladders that are tall enough. Luckily, my cousin had a tall ladder at his place so that problem was quickly solved.
The next problem was painting the walls. The paint looked pretty thick, and it definitely did not drip off the paint roller during painting. Later on, as I shared my experience about thick paint with my cousin, I learned that we were supposed to water down the paint. And not by much. We were supposed to add 1 liter of water to 10 liters of paint (10%).
What perplexed me was, "Where and when am I supposed to add this water to the paint?" The can in which paint came was too small to add water right then and there. Should I add water to the paint when it is in the paint through (where you use the paint roller)? Not a good system, if you ask me. I like buying things premixed, prepared and precooked. :-)
Well, all the effort was worth it, as our place looks magnificent. Carla did a great job of picking out the right colour for our apartment. Good work, Honey! :-)
2 comments:
ok now I'm curious - how DID you get the water to mix with the paint?! heh heh ps...always trust the ladies - we know what we are talking about esp when it comes to home decor ;)
xo The Ws
To answer your question, Alison, we did NOT add the water to the paint. We only found out about that water should be added AFTER we had painted the place. Oh well, painting with thicker paint was actually easier and more enjoyable, because it was not dripping all over.
The lesson from all this is:
Read the Manual First!
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