Painting Preparation

This month has been SOOOOOO slow.  It has been hot and the humidity high but it seems that even the contractors are tired of working.  The painting bid was finalized then it took over a week for them to begin work on my house.  Most of the days they didn't show up until 10 am and left before 4:30pm.  One day they didn't show up at all.  Complaining doesn't seem to make them go any faster.  Would you believe two young guys worked four days on covering the floors, masking off the woodwork and taking down the doors?  By Friday I hoped they would at least be ready to start the spraying, brushing and rolling of the paint.

                         NOPE!  STILL NOT COMPLETE WITH PREP-ING!

Do these pictures look like a lot of work went on?

They just draped plastic over the cabinets and taped to wall.

The Kitchen window is covered up and has lots of wood trim to be painted.  I don't know how they intend to do the spraying but the floors are still yet to be covered.

How long do you think it took them to put down the plastic and brown paper on the floor?

The marble tile around the baths and the shower were covered.  I just don't see what they have been doing for the last week.

The doors were removed.  (I had taken the door knobs off so they didn't even have to do that!)

The two stain-grade doors are louvered and they will be stained to match the cabinets.  All the rest have been primed by the manufacturer but will have an additional coat of primer and then a final coat of semi-gloss enamel.

All the trim including this picture frame around a glass insert will have a prime coat of lacquer then two coats of semi-gloss enamel.  The bedrooms will have colored walls and the rest of the walls and ceilings will be white......SOON I HOPE!