Paint It Beautiful

I read a lot of blogs and did a lot of research before painting the walls. First off I decided to paint the cabinets before the walls, because I was pretty sure the cabinet finish would hold up to being taped off while I completed the walls. I was not sure if the opposite would be true. In order to prepare the walls I sanded and then wiped them down with tsp on a rag. One thing that I found most people recommended was to remove the border and the sticky residue. My experience was not good. The border pulled the wallpaper of underneath and is a complete mess. I wasn’t too worried because I want to put up a back splash anyways, but for now it is a mess. I used XIM UMA bonder as a primer. This primer is amazing! It goes on thin and dries almost clear. It doesn’t funk up a brush like normal primer would. It is almost like glue. Dry time was about 3 hours and then I painted the top coat. The uma worked great over the border and sticky residue(which I didn’t remove because I will be put...

This weekend we finished the (cabinets) kitchen, entrance, eating and sitting areas. The front wall is the only area left in the main living area with unpainted cabinets. Next weekend I hope to finish them up and tackle at least the bonder on the walls. As always I’m not looking forward to the taping off. For this leg there was no extra cost, I’m just still surprised at how very little we accomplish in a weekend. I feel like we work non stop! All of the curtains and blinds are down and ready for next week, as well as outlet covers removed etc I did a practice cupboard from the bedroom to see how many coats I will need for good coverage as well. I could have done a bit more but I ran out of top coat (General Finishes flat out flat) Dining area after