Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Please see this

23 October 2011

Re: [DIY] Please see this

By all means, I'm not defending the guy... but given all of the questions and skepticism that you shared with the group before hiring him, you sort of knew what you were getting into. It doesn't make it right but it shouldn't be a complete shocker on how things turned out.

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com> wrote:

ahahahaha, that was my first and best laugh of the day ... as I'm writing this, I'm my second. :-) cindi

From: JEFFREY WILLIAMS <livhosaere62@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Please see this

I'm sorry to say you hired a flunky take pictures and take this bum to small claims court at at the least you will get 2999.00

From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Please see this

The paint was and is not peeling in the spots I showed you. I pulled it off to see what was behind it as I was sanding, since the sanding with the machine is not really getting down to basics, again making me think he used caulking. It was elastic as I pulled it off. It was gummy behind the paint. He first SAID he used caulking which is why I got so excited (afterwards), but last night he showed me that he really meant he caulked the baseboard and used drywall paste (that's how he said it) for the "patch up" spots. However, I am still not convinced based on the way it looks and the way it feels. Again ... this entire episode gives me anothe reason to refuse jury duty, since unless there are reliable eyewitnesses to an event, ya just never know ... who is teling the truth ... I am next going to take a piece of sandpaper and sand by hand rather than machine to make sure that it's not really sanding. No, I pulled that piece of paint off and it was elastic (and gummy) of sorts. In any case, a whole lot of work needs to be done to fix those walls up.

From: Bill Chmelik <Chmelik@earthlink.net>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 2:33 PM
Subject: RE: [DIY] Please see this

No, neither drywall "mud" nor spackle is elastic, and if the paint is peeling it more than likely that it indicates that the wall was not cleaned before being painted.

Bill

From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cindi Waters
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:09 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DIY] Please see this

It's been at least 5 days. I might be overworking it. But it's elastic, would mud or spackling be elastic? He painted right over it within that 4 hour time period, yes I know some spackling dries quickly I've been told but that was last Sunday, it's now Friday and it is softer than nailpolish because I can take my fingernail and make a quick indent. OK, I'm overworking it.

From: Dale S <dalu@hbcomm.net>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Please see this

You might be over working the problem. If it were mine, I'd let it cure for a few days before attempting to sand and smooth.

Dale in the Flat Lands

clean_boost wrote:

I took it this morning as I was attempting to sand the job. I noticed that the paint was peeling over the patched up work and it was kind of elastic under that. Could that be drywall spackle or mudd that would be so elastic? I still have my doubts and wonder if somehow it really is caulking once again. You can see the lumpy job in photo 3 even though I attempted to sand it.