Larry Jaques wrote:

Painting or touchup once or twice a year is a whole lot less
maintenance than mowing weekly, fertilizing, sprinkler systems, mower
service, mower purchase, gas, oil, etc. A whole lot less.
And once you've worked on a painted floor, you'll never go back. If
you drop only one precious spring or screw in that time, you'll thank
your lucky stars. Dust cleanup is easier, too. And think of all the
-cushioning- all those mils of paint give your feet!

I've got 3' wide strip of carpeting I often unroll to work on. Besides
for protecting your knees, it keeps your light fixtures from being
scraped up too. BTW, a little trick I invented for finding those lost
springs and screws is a powerful magnet (I've got a 2 inch stack someone
gave me from electronic devices--equivalent to the "rare earth" variety,
I think). It even works in the grass!



Spraying is considerably quicker and a whole lot less work.

A paint stick cuts half your time in painting over a brush or roller
and pan. A sprayer cuts a paint stick's time in half, including rental
time. Since you'll spray primer and then paint on all 5 surfaces
500sf + 4x250sf = 1,500sf) and you can do it without a ladder...

I just looked it up. I had never heard of a paint stick. It appears, I
have to review my FMC fundamentals and do some more drywall work to do
before I'm ready to paint. "Oh when your smiling... " (an archaic
musical reference combined with a tad bit of sacrasm (sic)).



I need to take time out to grumble some about the popcorn...

It appears that you don't have popcorn after all. Rejoice!

Good, I don't need to fear "dust" in my finshes? Or just, rolling it
off the ceiling? : )


"Two steps forward and three steps back, you'll never get very far like
that..." (words from a popular country song in the mid 80's, I think).