FINAL TOUCHES ON A WINE & SPIRITS STORE

In my old hometown of Limerick will be Pennsylvania newest state wine and spirits(whew scary) store: http://www.lcb.state.pa.us/. While working there the spirits didn't bother much with me. I believe there was a poltergeist and maybe a few banshees. They were relatively friendly, but they haunted the electricians a little bit and knocked over some saw horses, but if you met the electricians you'd understand. Unsavory types.

We were the second painters on this job. Months ago we bid on the job and were not the low bidder (I can only assume that), and consequently were not awarded the contract. Well sometimes you get what you pay for, and the first "so-called" painters were excused from the job and we were then brought in to the "clean up" the mess. I will not go into detail about their shortcomings as painters, because I'll run the risk of sounding cocky. Most tradesman always believe they are the most skilled at what they do anyway. After removing the rust spots on the aluminum decking ceiling ( from using the wrong paint) and spackling the walls which should have been sanded properly before painting, we will be adding an accent border. The application is similar to the red wall I discussed in earlier blogs. The border is to be 8' off the floor and 1' wide. The walls and floors were not perfectly level surfaces, but to make a long day shorter for you the reader, we measured up in the corners 8' for the bottom of the border and made a pencil mark, then measured up another foot for the top of the border. We would then go to the next corner and repeat the process. When two corners were marked a chalk line was used to snap a straight lines. After all the chalk lines were completed I used the painters tape to mask out the lines. After completing the taping, I applied a small bead of chaulk between the edge of the tape and wall where border will be. The chaulk and tape combination will produce a perfectly straight line, the paint cannot drip down under the tape because the chaulk barrier will block it . And in similar manner to my other blog, you would be wise to apply a gray primer to serve as an undercoater to the finish, in this case, a wine colored burgundy. Here are some photos showing the process: