Taking up arms against the bathroom...
Aug. 1st, 2010 04:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Despite my best efforts, I could not get parts of the wall over the sink smooth. Priming the wall just pointed out the flaws. I kept going over and over with spackling and a sanding block and making the problem worse and worse...
So this morning I let fly with the entire can of spray spackling and pretended that I wanted that wall to be textured all along. It hasn't hidden all the flaws - there are tape lines that will be showing through the bathroom (and the pantry for that matter) as long as the walls stand, but it made all the little issues fade away. And now that the paint's up, the texture looks kinda cool.
So tonight I don't have to brush my teeth in the kitchen sink. I'm really grateful for that!
fandance says her ex is willing to come give me a hands-on class in cutting out and repairing the rotten drywall. Tongue cannot tell my gratitude; the mission creep on this job is getting well beyond my capabilities.
Y'know, remodeling does odd things to your priorities. I now *want* one of the cats to hork up a hairball, so I can smush the sample of pergo in it and see what happens.
So this morning I let fly with the entire can of spray spackling and pretended that I wanted that wall to be textured all along. It hasn't hidden all the flaws - there are tape lines that will be showing through the bathroom (and the pantry for that matter) as long as the walls stand, but it made all the little issues fade away. And now that the paint's up, the texture looks kinda cool.
So tonight I don't have to brush my teeth in the kitchen sink. I'm really grateful for that!
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Y'know, remodeling does odd things to your priorities. I now *want* one of the cats to hork up a hairball, so I can smush the sample of pergo in it and see what happens.
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Date: 2010-08-01 10:48 pm (UTC)I can save you the trouble; the answer is nothing. I've got pergo & 3 cats & it's wonderful, messes just wipe up like they were never there.
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Date: 2010-08-01 11:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-01 11:56 pm (UTC)One of my clients left me a note saying that her big moose Buddy had watched her wrap holiday presents and then barfed up some needles off the tree tastefully wrapped in red, green, and gold ribbon. Truly a gift from the heart... or some internal organ, anyway.
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Date: 2010-08-02 01:08 am (UTC)tastefully wrapped in red, green, and gold ribbon
That's really hilarious - if it didn't happen to you!
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Date: 2010-08-02 01:30 am (UTC)If someone figures out how to train cats to barf only on easily-cleanable surfaces, that person will make a mint. At least few people have shag carpet these days. Oriental rugs can be pretty good-- sometimes it blends right in with the design.
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Date: 2010-08-02 03:41 pm (UTC)But you still have to look to see it. And he's outgrown massive spills. Cat horking has not been an issue--here, they prefer the carpet or throw rugs to the laminate for that task. Or their own cat bowl, as they're still shoving it down as it wants to come up. Stoopid cats.
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Date: 2010-08-02 05:33 pm (UTC)Mine do that too, and it's so disgusting! They'll barf in one bowl and calmly shove another cat away and eat out of one of the other options. Ugh!
Mind you, this morning I learned why one should never casually say, "I *want* the cats to have a hairball now..." I canNOT wait to get rid of all the carpet!