Home Improvement Part 1
March 7, 2010
So I have been working on spiffing up my house in hopes to sell it as soon as I can. I have already replaced all the door knobs/hinges, worked on the kitchen cabinets, and painted all the closets upstairs. A few minor glitches on each, but nothing I couldn’t handle 
So this weekend I was going to paint both bathrooms and the closets downstairs. All in all only one bathroom and closet got done. Someone told me that I should use primer before painting…..what do they know? Apparently more than me lol. A few years ago I painted my living room, kitchen, and the hallway (upstairs and down) without using primer…why would I need it now? Well, after putting an off-white color over white it looked like crap. You can see where I started and ended every stroke with the roller. The upstairs bathroom got painted with no problems. And after a second coat on one closet, it looks ok.
Now the downstairs bathroom. I have replacedall the ugly, outdated, brass hardware in the house with nickel which looks awesome. The downstairs bathroom has a walk-in shower with a glass door and a brass frame. I had this brilliant idea of painting the frame with a nickel spray paint (which it did say would bond to metal). Ummmm….the paint did not bond, but whatever adhesive that is in the paint did. So, I tried to get it off as quickly as possible, but to no avail. I even bought some mineral spirit stuff that was supposed to work….no luck. So now I get to buy a new door. Along with a light fixture that I broke in there also.
This weekend has been a nightmare for me and I am actually looking forward to going to work this week. I think I broke more here than I fixed lol. So in my spare time I will be taping off every room that needs to be painted in hopes to primer it all next weekend. It is only a minor setback for me….but at least Home Depot still loves me 
