DIY Powder Room Makeover
I just wanted to paint the bathroom. My wife said we can do better than that. -scraped the popcorn ceiling by using a pump sprayer with hot water and a taping knife. Be careful if you attempt this as older homes can have asbestos -fixed all the corners from scraping since it damaged the drywall tape -primed and painted the ceiling and top half of the wall white and the bottom half of the wall green as well as the existing trim -went to my local lumber yard and picked up 1X3 pine boards sanded them, primed the knots with killz original since it’s oil based and then primed the whole board with killz 2. I did two coats of that sanding in between coats. Then top coated twice -attached a piece of trim upside down for the 1X3 to sit on which was also pre painted. Not sure what this technique is called just saw it on instagram. Then attached the boards with my 16g finish nailer. Filling all the holes with wood filler as I went. Once dried I sanded it down caulked and repainted the green. -I had to “custom build the pipe shelves” I had the poplar wood left over from another project and the cheaper kits I saw on Amazon for the pipe shelves wouldn’t have worked. Bought the pipe size that works and cleaned them up, gave them a scuff sand and sprayed them with matte black spray paint. Used water based poly on the poplar -replaced the light fixture, and faucet, hung the mirror. Left the wife to decorate. What was supposed to be a quick weekend project turned into a few weekends but it was worth it. submitted by /u/Funny_Champion_8360 [link] [comments]
| | I just wanted to paint the bathroom. My wife said we can do better than that. -scraped the popcorn ceiling by using a pump sprayer with hot water and a taping knife. Be careful if you attempt this as older homes can have asbestos -fixed all the corners from scraping since it damaged the drywall tape -primed and painted the ceiling and top half of the wall white and the bottom half of the wall green as well as the existing trim -went to my local lumber yard and picked up 1X3 pine boards sanded them, primed the knots with killz original since it’s oil based and then primed the whole board with killz 2. I did two coats of that sanding in between coats. Then top coated twice -attached a piece of trim upside down for the 1X3 to sit on which was also pre painted. Not sure what this technique is called just saw it on instagram. Then attached the boards with my 16g finish nailer. Filling all the holes with wood filler as I went. Once dried I sanded it down caulked and repainted the green. -I had to “custom build the pipe shelves” I had the poplar wood left over from another project and the cheaper kits I saw on Amazon for the pipe shelves wouldn’t have worked. Bought the pipe size that works and cleaned them up, gave them a scuff sand and sprayed them with matte black spray paint. Used water based poly on the poplar -replaced the light fixture, and faucet, hung the mirror. Left the wife to decorate. What was supposed to be a quick weekend project turned into a few weekends but it was worth it. [link] [comments] |
