Why does my gray paint look blue?
Sarah
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Why are my grapevine's grapes turning blue/gray?
Comments (4)Are you on the coast, by any chance? Is June Gloom in your area? I have friends in Orange County, and LA, close to the coast, and they are all whining about the drizzly, gloomy June weather. If so, you will definitely have to spray. That's disappointing, but at least it's fixable. You won't lose your vine, just the grapes, and next year start spraying or dusting early. Good luck! Suzi...See MoreMy grey paint looks blue!
Comments (12)I have not seen it. But we know that it belongs to the Purple-Blue hue family. Whirlwind Colorography. Which means there's a good chance, if the quality of light in the space is relatively balance across the spectrum, that Whirlwind will show up as mostly neutral, just gray. It also tells us to be aware of its hue family roots and look for moments of purple, flashes of blue. You might also pull a chip of Fog 1010-2....See MoreWhy does my stain look like paint?
Comments (0)Hi folks, we had our stains refinished by a guy who seemingly specializes in just this type of work. He used minwax Kona. What is disappointing is that the entire stain looks like a dark brown paint. We understand that Kona is dark but still expected to see wood grain and some oak character come through. I watched him sand off the top layer of old poly, but I wonder if this wasn’t done properly (or just wanted sanded down enough). I will post pictures shortly but again, just looks like a dark brown paint. Contractor is swearing up and down that he sanded and broke the poly and that this is the way that Kona looks....See MoreWhy does my stain look like paint?
Comments (23)OK, so this person ONLY worked on the stairs. So that tells me the person who did the FLOORING is doing a great job...but the stair stainer is not. Who hired this subcontractor? The person who hired the subcontractor is the one who DEALS with the subcontractor. If the GC did it, then the GC gets involved. If the homeowner hired the subcontractor (ie. the Homeowner BECAME the GC) then the homeowner is responsible for the quality of the subcontractor. By the sounds of it, the subcontractor only 'roughed up' the poly on the stairs to give it 'teeth'. Then s/he applied stain/gel stain over the tread in the hopes that it would be 'good enough'. You (or the GC...whomsoever hired this person) will need to do a sit down with this person to get to the bottom of the situation. It would be STUPID easy to figure this out. An off-cut of RAW wood (the same species that is on the treads) can be coated with the same stain that was used on the stairs. Then it can dry. If they look IDENTICAL then the treads were sanded down to raw wood. If it looks DIFFERENT then you know you have an issue with what the subcontractor is saying versus what he/she actually DID (ie. subcontractor is falsifying his/her work/methods). A photo of the CAN of stain/product which was used would also clear this up very quickly....See MoreBeth H. :
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