Painting Rules...

Ok, I have RULES...Painting Rules. There are many places I've been with painting. Some good and some not so good. They were bad, REEEEEAAALL bad. I'm talking 9th level of Hell bad! So bad that I've made myself a set of rules! And I hate rules! But I digress...

Anyway, it never fails. I get in a hurry. I want to do a project. I want to see the finished product! And, even though I've told myself not to go down that Prompt, Painted, Passage to "Project Pulverization", for some screw-ball reason, I just can't help but break the rules!

So how did I prove my point to myself today? Well, I've started my first attempt at transforming one of those "1990's, Cumbersome and Obsolete due to the invention of the Flat Screen" Entertainment Centers into an "OH SO CUTE" kid's kitchenette. Google it, they are adorable. And to someone like me, who sees the destination, not the journey, I think "SOOOOO EEEEEEAAAAASSSSYYYY!!! Should take me a couple of hours, maybe a day". I get started.

As usual, my goal is to do as much, if not all, of a project with things I already have. Thrifty, yes, but honestly, I'm just lazy and I hate leaving the house. That would require a bra, real clothes, and shoes. Makes me tired just typing it. So, I survey the Pandemonium that is my Garage.

1. Entertainment Center: CHECK (found on side of the road, SCORE)
2. Extra Wood for Oven Door: CHECK (Pandemonium, remember. I've got scraps of wood EVERYWHERE)
3. Hardware for Sink, Stove, and Oven: CHECK (again...stuff I just have laying around, weird I know)
4. Silver bowl for Sink: CHECK ("I don't need that mixing bowl, a little silver spray paint & we're good")
5. Paint: CHECK (gallons, upon gallons of paint in my garage in a variety of colo.....oh, wait...my rules.........what was number one again??????

Painting Rules for Furniture or Large Projects

1. Spray Paint, Spray Paint, SPRAY PAINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And this is where the gift of Free Will backfires on me EVERY TIME! 2 choices; 1 right, 1 wrong. Latex (here, but bad for me on this project) or Spray Paint (Not here, have to drive). I go back and forth.

"Meenie, Miny, Mo"...then I think to myself "The perils of painting that caused me to create Rule #1 weren't THAT painful. I mean, I don't wanna drive! So...Latex it is. FULL SPEED AHEAD!"

Wrong Choice made. For me and my none detailed hands, using the regular "paint and brush" method on these kinds of projects DOES NOT WORK! I KNOW THIS! No, I mean I KNOOOOOWWW THIS!

Big projects and a gallon of Latex paint (don't even get me started on Oil) with an expensive brush in my hand will undoubtedly end up with clumps and strokes (and yes I use Flotrol, but it looses it's flow control on me!). Inevitably, I find myself painting, sanding, painting, sanding, changing colors, clumping, sanding, painting, sanding, more clumping, scraping...throwing, kicking, breaking, EXPLODING!!!!

And there you have it; my day in a nutshell. So, now, after my explosion, I'm taking a time out. Having spent last night and all of today on just the painting and sanding dance, I've decided I should have gone with Choice #1. Later, I will force on suitable clothing and shoes and head to HD for some spray paint. And all will be right with the world...

Project will resume tomorrow.