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Originally Posted by funkill  OMG - I am exhausted.... decided to paint Ophelia while on vacation. After reading several posts, I trekked to Sherwin Williams ready to purchase their Bonding Primer, Duration latex paint and then pick-up Krylon spray to do the front endcap. I left SW with a gallon of off-white Duration laytex interior paint and a quart of light blue-ish. And, a gallon of XIM primer. The store manager convinced me this primer would do for both the vinyl clad walls and the ABC plastic endcap.
I washed all the walls with (phosphate-free) TSP and double rinsed. Then I sanded the endcap with 120 and cleaned. This took longer than I expected and I was ready to get the primer on. OMG - the primer was pure hell. It *went off* very fast = gooey mess within about 10 minutes. It was a bit humid and I had all the windows open (as I was warned about the fumes) - but 10 minute working time??? And there was NO WAY to get it smooth on the end cap. I was even using the expensive moe-hair (sp?) smooth rollers. I decided to goop it on and sand afterward. Two days later and I'm still working on the end cap. I thought rolling on the primer would be less time consuming that taping all off for spraying Krylon. Now I wonder 
Day two and I'm excited to start getting the Duration semi-gloss paint on the walls (re-address the end caps later). I got the cut-in portion completed. Two coats and worked on the end cap a bit more. Hopefully I'll finish on Day 3! This is really frustrating work. Not at all fun. Dang. But it does look nice and clean - smells fresh - and I am sure that, some day, I'll be really glad for the fresh look. 
Laura |
I rate painting up there with wallpapering, root canals, and prostate exams. But I bet your work will bring many rewarding hours of enjoyment when it's all complete (not that working on the AS is ever complete).
Good luck...and keep on keeping us updated. Oh...and pictures.
Kevin