I normally don't rant, but here's one for ya:
So far in my home-improvement experience, I have for the most part used el-cheapo Walmart paint. Yeah, it's cheap and normally takes multiple coats, but for the most part it works. I hate Walmart primer, but their paint has treated me fairly well.
Well, I'm currently renovating our second bedroom into a nursery for our upcoming family addition. I'm in the late stages and down to finish painting. After being quite impressed with the Kilz primer (I used General Purpose Latex) , I decided to try Kilz paint. It was either a bad idea, or I have bad luck. The "can" (it's more like a big plastic bottle) I got had a thick skin of dried paint under the lid that got stirred/shaken into the gallon and was also really thick. I mean THICK. About the consistency of honey. Way too thick to brush -- I think it needed a putty knife. Kilz recommends never thinning the product. But I did. About a cup of water in the gallon and it was usable.
Why does something as simple as painting have to be so difficult?
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Yay! I can leave comments now! I am glad Amber talked to you about that :o) Go Amber go!!!
Lorne just painted our upstairs spare room today. We used Debbie Travis paint. It was about $40/gallon, but the cool thing was that he only used half a can when normally we would have used almost 2 cans of cheaper stuff! And it looks sooooo good. I will send Amber a pic as soon as that room is almost set up.
Too bad that can of paint was so goopy. I don't like painting anymore. AFter painting our livingroom (one red wall took 5 coats) I decided that painting is annoying. Luckily Lorne didn't mind painting by himself. He is a cool dude!
Have a good night! It is nice to see you blogging. Now I can bug Amber AND you all the time!
Mwuahahahahah ;o)
Oh yeah, by the way I like your little header thingamajiggy. "The Pit and the Paintbrush" just sounds cool.
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