Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Never Been This Discouraged (UPDATED)

Stupid ceiling. *cussing like Yosemite Sam*

I'm rolling drywall mud on the ceiling in the living room. It gives a subtle stucco texture when knocked down a little.

But every few swipes makes pieces of the ceiling come off! Some of it is old plaster, some is flaking paint. Some is previous patching. So I go up and scrape off the loose crap. Then I pick the particles off the roller. I just kept rolling.

Some spots just look terrible. Most of it came out okay. BUT..... six hours to texture one ceiling? My arms are thinking about seceding to a new body in Canada. My back is planning to go with them. My neck has already left.


The more water I added to the mud, the less of a problem I had.


Later, I'll sand the rough spots down, and re-do the bad spots. Today, I'm taking the day off and playing video games. I've never been so discouraged. Tomorrow's another day.


UPDATE:
I talked to a professional about how the ceiling was coming apart. He said it's because the water in the fresh drywall mud softens the old material too much. He told me to put oil-based paint on first, so that the water can't soak through.

My back and neck were hurting for about 2 weeks because of scraping and texturing ceilings all day for so many hours. It's all better now.

So then I started having carpel tunnel symptoms. I changed the way I held the scrapers, and those symptoms died down.

Right now, I'm only working 5 or so hours at a time. I am making good progress during those few hours. I'm still sort of discouraged, but at least I'm working for ME and not for someone else. I will have something to show for all of my labors at the end of all of this. Unlike my job, where my haircuts just grow right back, and my owner keeps most of the profits.




1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I hope you succeed. A guy that is a millionaire said that you should pay yourself first every day. Meaning no matter what, the first hourly salary should be saved. If I had done that since I started working (16) I would have a pretty good savings account!

Blanca

7:16 PM  

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