Thanks to late night B&Q
I now have 5 tester pots of paint. And a tape measure (because that's the sort of thing people have when they own a house)

I'm no Gonz, mind
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 19:59, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Did they tell you how to do swatches for the best results?
Then again, you know all about light, so you probably know more than them what to do.


Shit! I've just remembered I haven't done today's photo yet. Bugger.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:00, Reply)

no one told me anything
I shoudl probably find out how to do this shit. I just can't decide on a colour yet, and it all depends on how the light looks throughout the day
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:05, Reply)

You paint a decent sized square somewhere on the wall
Assuming two coats, a tester pot contains about the right amount of paint. Then you watch how it looks in different lights and see if you still like it.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:11, Reply)

I didn't know the two coats thing
I might do patches in two parts of the room where the light falls differently
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:13, Reply)

THe other big thing to think about is that they dry differently.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:15, Reply)

And don't use a powerful colour directly on the walls for when testing

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:15, Reply)

oh really?
What goes underneath?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:16, Reply)

Paper.
Usually llining paper, but contact paper would do just as well.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:18, Reply)

i have no idea what this is
is it like wallpapering before you paint? There is paint there already, kinda pale green
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:20, Reply)

Depends on the state of the plaster.
If it's too chipped or cracked, you might want to skim it first. In which case, you'd have to leave it for a couple of weeks afterwards to thoroughly dry.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:23, Reply)

Alternatively
it's your house - you do what you want. Get stuck straight in!
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:23, Reply)

I think it's OK, just a few nail holes I can fill with polyfilla*
oh and a shitty border round the top by the ceiling

*that's right isn't it?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:25, Reply)

That's right.
And take the border off before you paint, or it'll look weird.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:27, Reply)

OK, now about cleaning carpets....

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:30, Reply)

Get a professional
You CAN do it, but carpet cleaning companies charge (comparative) bobbins.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:31, Reply)

this is good advice, I think
I think it's something I would be shit at
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:32, Reply)

To get the whole carpet right
You need to apply equal pressure everywhere and you can't do that without a machine.

Your friendly slum landlord brings you this advice free of charge. Ring a Chem-Dry franchise - they have good guarantees.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:36, Reply)

ta - there seems to be a dude round here who does it
I'll call for a quote tomorrow
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:38, Reply)

Look up Chem-Dry though
They're franchises but Chem-Dry have very strict control of franchisees - something like 3 complaints and you're out.

They've never let me down.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:40, Reply)

yeah, that one round here is chem-dry

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:45, Reply)

And do it before you get all your furniture in.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:33, Reply)

if I were on half term
I'd try and get all these things done before moving furniture, it'd be wiked
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:39, Reply)

You'll be OK with two coats onto a neutral colour like pale green
Do what everyone else has said above as well.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:23, Reply)

yay
ta.

I think I need to get a DIY book, or just watch 24hrs of youtube instruction videos
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:26, Reply)

Get a basic DIY book
Use it until you start feeling confident, then throw it away and work off instinct.

It's very easy to fuck up painting a wall but luckily it's also very easy to correct it.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:30, Reply)

I bought my house when I was 28.
I thought that was quite late compared to people I worked with. I felt well fucking inferior.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:02, Reply)

Silly PD.
That's not why you're inferior.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:02, Reply)

So why is it?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:05, Reply)

Didn't we cover that last night?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:07, Reply)

Nope.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:08, Reply)

Because you is well gay, innit?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:12, Reply)

where did this new meme come from?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:14, Reply)

Observation?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:16, Reply)

OH LOL

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:21, Reply)

great.
I am 35. Does that make you feel better, that I am more inferior?

Owning stuff doesn't make you better, if I'd bought a house earlier I wouldn't have been able to do stuff I've done in the last decade and a half
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:06, Reply)

Nothing to do with being inferior.
Just everybody I worked with was younger than me at the time.

I'm a competitive kind of guy.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:07, Reply)

In a previous job, some of the plant operators and forklift drivers were nearly 60 and had never owned property.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:09, Reply)

OMG THAT IS SO COMMON

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:09, Reply)

I NO RITE???!!!

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:10, Reply)

Terribly.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:11, Reply)

Mate, you've got every right to be excited, it's an amazing thing in someone's life, their first real home of their own.
I'd quite like to see some photos when you get some time, snaps rather than photos.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:14, Reply)

i took a few round the house
but they aren't all that exciting. Perhaps when I've finished my brew I'll post them on fb, maybe even with annotations
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 20:18, Reply)

OK
photos on facebook. Mostly with camera shake and the like, but they are there. My shed is excellent
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 21:02, Reply)