Wall Repair

The kitchen is white, the rest of the downstairs looks like a cave.

By Joe at 5 January, 2009, 8:48 pm

Well, I finally took a day and finished the kitchen. New Years day, to be specific. The walls were pretty close to being done so I just sanded down some spackle, filled in some smaller imperfections, and then started painting. The doorway is still slightly noticeable when you look at it from certain angles, but [...]

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Wet Sanding Cracked Joint Compound and Scraping ad Infinitum

By Joe at 8 December, 2008, 11:00 am

We let the joint compound covering the kitchen doorway dry overnight and this morning it looked more or less like this: To be fair, this is probably the worst bad spot, but overall there were quite a few small cracks in it. Googling today for “cracked joint compound“ returned an overabundance of warnings not to [...]

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