Interestingly enough, I will quote the response from customer service at GE silicone product center:
"The product accepts water based paints only. No oil based paints are acceptable. We always recommend you test your project on a scrap board or tile first, to make sure you like the results before you start the project.
Regards,
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So, as stated, it will accept paint, water based. But this does not answer my pesky question as to whether it will take texture from a roller or let's even say sand texture in the paint. Not that it is important at this point, because I now know that to have used caulking in this case and the way he seemingly "smoothed it out" after he plugged up the holes just isn't the right way to use it. Because it cannot be sanded.
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So, as stated, it will accept paint, water based. But this does not answer my pesky question as to whether it will take texture from a roller or let's even say sand texture in the paint. Not that it is important at this point, because I now know that to have used caulking in this case and the way he seemingly "smoothed it out" after he plugged up the holes just isn't the right way to use it. Because it cannot be sanded.
From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Cindi's Walls:
In other words, my goal should NOT be to drive him up a wall, but rather to gain a friend and be kind with him. I'll accept that. I will, however, try to teach him what I can. A young lady from craigslist is here to help strip the wallpaper, she's been painting for 6 years, I happen by chance to know her mother who is a teacher and so we're getting along famously so far. She looked at the paintjob and said essentially what you all are saying, that sometimes differences in appearance cannot be helped, but she agreed that he never should have used the caulking for anything larger than a small nail hole and from appearances, she's saying it looks like he went over the patchwork with a brush and not a roller, which he used for the rest of the walls. Also, she said that when he cut into the edges, he used a paintbrush but he should have cut close with the roller, because you can see about a 5" brush stroke on the edges as opposed to a textured look for the rest of the wall. We shall see...
From: Dale S <dalu@hbcomm.net>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Cindi's Walls:
Ignorance is a correctable condition, however stupidity is forever. If his only sin is ignorance you may be able to help him in this stead and thereby gain a grateful friend in the end. I have learned over the years that those quickest to criticize are in almost all cases the least able to tolerate constructive criticism themselves. I would far rather loose a $100.00 and gain a friend then gain $10,000.00 and have an enemy for life.
Dale in the Flat Lands
Cindi Waters wrote:
"Because he didn't really know the RIGHT WAY to do it!"
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