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We've been thinking for a while now of repainting Maggie's bathroom, a small room painted deep dark green. She requested pink and blue, so I picked up some sample paints some weeks back and slapped them on a couple of corners.
Bad idea.
Now we had pink splotches on green walls. For several weeks. And guests on the way right after Thanksgiving. Guests who redecorate as a pastime.
It was time to correct this problem. So, last week I ran down to Home Depot and acquiesced to a couple of items in their Disney color selection -- Bibbity Bobbity Blue (I'm not kidding) and a pink I've forgotten the name of but I've come to think of as Retinal Burn Rose. This weekend we painted.
And painted.
And painted.
And today, I painted some more. I think we may be done, except for touching up some edges and corners as we notice missed bits.
Let this be a lesson to you -- when painting over a dark color, primer is a *very* good idea.
Bad idea.
Now we had pink splotches on green walls. For several weeks. And guests on the way right after Thanksgiving. Guests who redecorate as a pastime.
It was time to correct this problem. So, last week I ran down to Home Depot and acquiesced to a couple of items in their Disney color selection -- Bibbity Bobbity Blue (I'm not kidding) and a pink I've forgotten the name of but I've come to think of as Retinal Burn Rose. This weekend we painted.
And painted.
And painted.
And today, I painted some more. I think we may be done, except for touching up some edges and corners as we notice missed bits.
Let this be a lesson to you -- when painting over a dark color, primer is a *very* good idea.
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Date: 2008-11-24 10:59 pm (UTC)I hope you are finished!
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