Painting and patching. Patching and paiting.

13 years ago

How long do you wait after you paint a bathroom to put the shower curtain rod back up? I have a tension rod and was so excited to show you guys everything back together I waited maybe a day. Possibly two. Oops.

So last night when I went to lower the rod a smidge because the liner inside was a little too close to the inside/top the paint ripped off that area and a even saw some flakey drywall dust. Niiice huh? So a quickly put it back the way it was and am going to deal with it when company leaves next week.

So far I've discovered I'm terrible at patching holes and fixing these types of things. The paint always seems to flash and I can never get the area quite right.

When I hang pictures OOK hangers don't always work depending on where the hooks are on the back. You don't want to see the hangers sticking out above the picture. Sometimes also sometimes push the picture out too far from the wall. I never even worry about finding studs when hanging stuff. I always use some type of wall anchor. I moved a picture in the LR the other night and couldn't get the plastic anchor out of the wall. Oh sure, I got bits and pieces but it's in there tight and my best bet would probably be stuff it in the wall and patch over it. But again, my patch jobs seem to be less than stellar.

Anyone else have these problems and have any pointers? I think I'm going to try and use OOK hangers as much as possible. I can make those tiny holes disappear much easier than the damange from a screw.

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theroselvr

13 years ago

I'll tell you; with the shower rod, you're better off putting it on tile or the shower enclosure if possible until you are sure it's dried (week). I don't know what the trick is but I've waited a few days & still had the issue.

Patching is something I can do pretty good once I get my "groove on".. I was spackling the kitchen the other day; my MIL is coming & she's going to help me paint a few rooms (or that's the plan) so I've been prepping. What works best for me is a 2 inch "knife". I've learned that if the spackle seems dry, wetting the tip of the knife works pretty well. For some reason, using a bigger knife doesn't work for me.

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suero
13 years ago
Get wall bumpers to put on the back of the pictures to keep the top and bottom evenly spaced from the wall.

Here is a link that might be useful: adhesive bumpers
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pammyfay
13 years ago
I just had painters in to paint the bathrooms (and MBR and elsewhere), and I put the shower rod up in one of them, also a tension rod, up this afternoon, 24 hours later. Because it's been a few days since I had a shower and I'll certainly need one today! LOL! When I stepped back, I thought it could go up another inch or so, but I didn't want to mess with it. The plastic rubber at the ends of the rod are all business and I figured there might be trouble if I tried to rejigger. It's called a tension rod for a reason! LOL!

On to the pictures: Maybe the wire behind them is just too low or there's too much of it (and therefore too much slack). I'd think that'd be the only reason the top of the hanger would be showing. You can shorten or reposition the wire on most any frame, you just need the small eye-hole screws, or you can use what's there if you can get them out. It could be that if you bought the picture already framed at a store, the eye-hole screws were just placed in the frame at the wrong height. The hanging wire needs to be mostly taut.

If the picture is projecting too far from the wall, perhaps you are using too large a hook for the picture. The bumpers help a bit with this (they go only on the bottom corners).

I've found that hanging a series of framed prints together--lined up either just horizontally or 2 above 2--is the hardest to get perfect. Even if using a paper template to start with, I always need to adjust the wire's tautness (or on my component metal frames, slide the wire holders just a smidge up or down--enough to drive you crazy! Plus, over time, they can loosen up enough to not line up anymore).
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Shannon01
13 years ago
I don't mean to brag, but I am a wiz at patching. When we redid our fireplace we had to retexture the wall to match the rest of the wall. DH just told me to go for it. He did not even bother to try.

I think I am just really a perfectionist and know that if it does not come out right I can just redo. The fireplace took a few tries on a practice board and a few redos on first attempt at the wall. But once you get going on a large surface there is no turning back. It can be nerve racking. But in the end it came out really nice, if I do say so myself.

Again, I think the trick is not being afraid and to just do it and take your time. That goes for any project. Have the right tools helps, that is DH's motto. Which explains why we just had to buy a new tool chest.

As for the rod issue. My paint has been dry for years and whenever that rod gets pulled or moved around it tears up the wall. So I move it back to the original spot. Someday I think I will get those cup things that they use to hold up closet poles, and get a piece of pvc or something instead of those stupid tension rods or those rods that twist to extend. Just hate those things.
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