Paintable caulk is just that paintable, it just means that it will hold a coat of paint. When you paint, what is under the paint is just as important as the paint, if part of a wall is flat and part is gloss, it will take multiple coats to get the wall to look even, when we painted the kitchen red, we could not get the color we wanted even after 3 trips to the paints store, so we found that if we painted the wall a gold color first, we got exactly the shade of red that we were looking for. If your handyman filled in holes with caulking the only way to fix it is to remove the caulk and do it right.
Bill
From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cindi Waters
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 8:59 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DIY] OK, now the photos
I went to HD tonight and traced the items exactly that he bought for the job. He bought caulking adhesive for the patch work. The paint person told me that most people would not use that to plug up holes, esp. large ones. They would use spackling or mesh. She also said that once you apply that caulking you cannot sand it down or even paint over it because it is elastic type stuff. Yet the package says that it is paintable. So how is this? Also, the texture is entirely different from the rest of the wall and I just don't understand why. I looked at the roller he used and wonder how he painted the patches. I am going to ask him to explain to me step by step what he did, what tools did he use. The lady at HD said more or less what you just said, Roger. She said if he had done it right the first time, he could have been able to sand over it and match it to the rest of the wall, maybe given a reasonable procedure. But now it's done wrong and it will have to be removed and replaced with drywall in order to get them uniform in texture. Definitely "next time" I get the place painted I will try very hard to patch up the walls myself. I'm disabled, but not too old to learn and/or do certain things. My husband is learning, too, with God's help we'll both get smart. :-)
From: Roger <frontierrog@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] OK, now the photos
I think it needs to be said that this would have been a very simple fix before this guy painted over the uneven surfaces. Filling holes in drywall is not rocket science. So this guy has taken something that most homeowners fix themselves with very little skill( and this is not a dig on you, since you are physically unable to do the work), and turned it into a real pain to fix.
From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] OK, now the photos
Anyway, so once again, my questions, in order of important to me, are:
should I go over the entire wall with paint?
should I apply a faux finish to it, perhaps speckling it without first painting it again?
should I apply a faux finish to it after painting over the wall again?
should I drywall it?
or should I just give up and leave it and hope I can sell or rent it anyway? I mean, who would rent it that way? I wouldn't. So perhaps skim coat would be easier than replacing drywall?
From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] OK, now the photos
LOLOL -- I'm a bit way off from Tampa -- but thank you -- I AM continuing to read many of these posts to my husband, he seems to be listening, lol. After I try to fix the job this man did, and am finding I"m not doing too well in fixing it, lol, I didn't want MORE work, but anyway, yes, I will be talking to our 'friend,' asking him these "annoying" questions ... I would love to have the drywall put in, but you know what? I'm afraid to have him do more work...lol, especially putting in the drywall.
From: Roger <frontierrog@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] OK, now the photos
Yeah, if the guy didn't know that painting over that would make it ridiculously more difficult to fix that after painting I'd pay him minimum wage/hour for his time. Seriously. I'll be in Tampa next week. Want me to drive down and have a chat with your "friend?"
From: clean_boost <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 1:53 PM
Subject: [DIY] OK, now the photos
I did take photos. One is in the daylight before I fixed it up somewhat, so you can see the awful job done. The second is one I took today after I sanded and repainted yesterday. Doesn't look much better, you can still see difference, I don't think I can leave it this way right now. I took this picture with a flashlight, applying your suggestions. Please look and give me your opinions if you have the time at "Clean_boost" album in the photo section, thanks.
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