Fired the mexicans! About to try to renovate my own apartment?

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[–]naples[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Dude, thank you so much. The gents at the hardware store are often on point but are at times condescending.

There is one wall that I plan to leave with the original pinewood strip paneling. Should I bother to spackle over the cracks before I paint or should I merely accept that the paneling will be uneven in places.

I feel better already about this after talking to you.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If it were me, I would either get rid of the wood paneling or just paint it as is, with a light color. I painted the pine in my bathroom at home a light gray and am happy with how it brightens the room. It' s more work to demo and then install drywall, but it depends on your budget, what you are happy with, and how long you plan on living there and having to look at those walls every day. If you paint, put on a good coat of primer before you paint, even if the paint has primer in it.

[–]naples[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks! I'll roll with that.

Well my plan is to remodel in stages. No time through is as bad as your first time through so once I reno one of the rooms, I'll be that much more ambitious about the rest of it!

I owe you a beer at the annual saidit meetup.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sadit meetup? I think half of the active users here are the same person or a small few, so it would be a small meeting.

Hang a sheet of thick plastic over the doorway of the room you are working on. Home Depot sells a zipper that you tape to this sheet of plastic down the middle. Unzip and cut a slit in the plastic with a razor knife. You now have a dust barrier you can seal up easily each time you need to walk through. It is sold in the paint section near the plastic drop cloths.