The handywoman came in today to "fix" the walls. She charged me $100 for about 4 1/2 hrs. work. I balked because the other day she charged me by the hour, which was $15 an hour and I only paid her $60 for 4 hours work. She wants to paint the rest of the house, but I said I would think about it. I like her work, but I'm not sure YET. But -- here's what happened. She scraped and sanded and put drywall compound on the spots. Then she painted, using a roller. She had to go over the entire walls again, ok, I understand. But the interesting thing is that some of the same bumps are still there. Because -- she said she sanded as much as she could, they're old walls, etc. Not ALL of the bumps and blemishes are there, but as I looked at it, I said, "Well, it's not perfect." And she said that it could not be perfect, these were old walls, etc. The same as the other man said. So -- I will see it in the morning when it dries, hoping it will dry to a more or le ss uniform look. How long does it take for paint to dry thoroughly? Ten years? Five years? :-) No really, the reason I ask is because I want to start doing the floor and don't want specks of carpeting to sit in on the wall because the paint isn't quite dry.
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