happy and sad at the same time. hired a house painter.

[pointysticks]

YAY!!!
and
BOOO!

i may have inadvertently told my wife i would paint the house this summer. mountain biking, coming from my singletrack back to my house i was passing a pro work on a house in worse shape than ours. i wanted to get tips. biggest tip gathered? maybe i am not the man for the job. the guy did prep work like a magician. he sanded a good portion of the home down to wood..patched holes, covered with a latex coating and then painted...geeze. i would die.

i watched him finish up and leave. i got his number and my wife just got an estimate and hired him.

sure..not cheap. but damn..better than me doing it. summer is ripping by!! my deer season starts in 2 weeks...no way i find the time, and i end up in the dog house all winter.

[ishy]

Rigth there with ya. We are trying to list our house, and now it's August and it's still not ready and I am getting more nervous by the minute.

[timberland]

YAY!!!
and
BOOO!

i may have inadvertently told my wife i would paint the house this summer. mountain biking, coming from my singletrack back to my house i was passing a pro work on a house in worse shape than ours. i wanted to get tips. biggest tip gathered? maybe i am not the man for the job. the guy did prep work like a magician. he sanded a good portion of the home down to wood..patched holes, covered with a latex coating and then painted...geeze. i would die.

i watched him finish up and leave. i got his number and my wife just got an estimate and hired him.

sure..not cheap. but damn..better than me doing it. summer is ripping by!! my deer season starts in 2 weeks...no way i find the time, and i end up in the dog house all winter.

I just consider it "the cost of doing business" (freeing up time to go hunting)

[Swede]

That sounds great to me. I have about 6 years on the current house paint. It should last another 6 years too. Be sure you get a high quality paint. Two neighbors bought some paint and it started pealing in five years. Often painters will recommend a good paint, but may go with a cheap paint to save themselves a few bucks. Consumer reports and some others will give you a good idea. I went with a high end Sherwin Williams paint and have been very satisfied.

[Lefty]

No need to paint aluminum siding

[LongShot]

At one point in my life, I painted houses professionally. I can tell you that prep is 90% of a professional-level paint job. And there aren't really any shortcuts except experience when doing that prep work. Paying a pro is worth the extra expense, and Mama will be happy with the result. I still do quite a bit of painting around the house. My wife wants different colors on the walls, but she can't paint worth a damn and gets bored 10 minutes into the job. Just like hunting, I've been known to paint from first light until dark. Strange, huh?

[pointysticks]

No need to paint aluminum siding

FUNNY..i'll armor arm the tires!!

[pointysticks]

At one point in my life, I painted houses professionally. I can tell you that prep is 90% of a professional-level paint job. And there aren't really any shortcuts except experience when doing that prep work. Paying a pro is worth the extra expense, and Mama will be happy with the result. I still do quite a bit of painting around the house. My wife wants different colors on the walls, but she can't paint worth a damn and gets bored 10 minutes into the job. Just like hunting, I've been known to paint from first light until dark. Strange, huh?

right. talking to the guy, we heard steps in prep i ddint even know about. this guy is all about the prep..i think his company name is "prep prep prep painting" something like that...