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| Days 26-30: Mudding/Taping Walls & Painting. | |
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Yay! I've started mudding and taping! Boy, was this hard! I did all of the mudding and taping on my own, and I must say I did slightly better than I thought I would. It's not perfect, but I was able to successfully tape the drywall joints and inside corners without any major mishaps! This image shows how my shed looked after the first coat (called the "tape" coat) was applied. Only two more coats to go! |
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Finally! I'm done with mudding and taping! After allowing the first coat to dry, I applied a second coat the next day, and then a third coat two days later. Between each coat of mud, I lightly sanded the previous coat to help make it smooth. When applying the mud, I also worked to feather the seams by using a larger spackle knife each pass. All I have left to do is to patch any questionable areas and start sanding! I'll then be able to prime the walls for paint! Here you can see how much of the walls are covered in mud. They almost look painted, but it's due to the width of the spackle knives I used for the last coat. |
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Just because I can, I'll post a picture of Watson. :) He was a really well-behaved dog while I was applying my final coat of mud. In fact, he posed for the camera near my tools, so I couldn't resist snapping this picture. He's my little "worker" Watson! LOL! |
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So, after a little snafu with my paper corner beads pulling away from the walls (requiring them to be nailed down and re-mudded as the adhesive didn't hold), I finally got to prime the walls! I was really excited to get to this step, but sadly, any pride in my mudding and taping job went down the toilet after applying my first coat of primer. :( Man....I did a terrible job sanding! There are ridges on the walls where I didn't feather the mud enough, but at this point...I don't care! I'm still happy with the results. So my walls aren't 100% smooth...it's not really that noticeable. :) Anyway, I applied 4 coats of primer (used an entire gallon!) to make the walls an even color before starting on the color. This picture shows the shed after I applied the last coat. |
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It's color time! After waiting about an hour after my final coat of primer, my mom and I started on the color! I picked a goldenrod paint from Eddie Bauer called "Gourd". I really like how it looks; almost pumpkin-y. :) Anyway, I took this picture after the second coat of paint. We had to wait about 2 hours between coats, so I didn't finish the third coat until later that evening. I'll take another picture of the finished walls once I have a few more things installed. |
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Here's a shot of the final paint job! I painted a total of 3 coats, and have enough paint left over for touch ups. Last night, I caulked around the windows and doors, installed the outlet covers as well as the cover for the gas pipe (the round black thing on the right wall). All that's really left with the windows is to paint and stain the trim. However, I can do that at any time. I'm ready to start on the floor! :) |
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