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Skim Coat

May 15, 2013 by Emily 5 Comments

Remember the kitchen and dining room?

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That lovely burgandy paint is mixed with sand. That’s right, sand.

What does it feel like, you might ask.

Why, it feels like sand paper, just like you’d think.

My first thought is Stoochinski falling and hitting the wall and coming up with the worst rug burn you’ve ever seen. This stuff is rough!

We thought we could just sand it off, but apparently, you can’t sand sand with sand. Get that? Basically, it’s not gritty enough. You couldn’t get a sand paper gritty enough to actually take the sand off the wall. Who knew?

So our next best solution: the Skim Coat.

This is a very thin layer of drywall compound wiped over the entire wall then sanded smooth. Due to time constraints and our general lack of skill/knowledge in this area, we hired it out!

Best decision thus far in this process!

Voila!

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A. Maze. Ing.

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The rooms are so much bigger already!

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This made a HUGE improvement to the main floor. It opened up the space and made way for easy painting!

I’ve seen tutorials on how to do this yourself. It is possible, but it is super messy and time consuming. I think it was worth it to hire someone to do it right in as little time as possible.

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  1. Dad/Tim

    May 15, 2013 at 8:23 am

    Cool. The way you get an ultra-smooth finish on an old car body is to skim coat the whole thing with Bondo and sand until your arms fall off. I had never thought of it as a house painting technique – makes sense. Having a pro do it makes sense, too! Nice work.

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  2. MOM

    May 15, 2013 at 6:52 pm

    Lookin’ good! This townhouse needs that done to the basement walls. They take skin off when you bump them – ouch!

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  3. Elyse

    May 16, 2013 at 1:35 pm

    So… erm… why was there sand mixed with the paint, again?
    And it looks great, so far. 🙂

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    • Emily

      May 16, 2013 at 6:07 pm

      For aesthetics. I’m sure they thought it would look cool. It didn’t. 🙂

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  4. Erin Bolton

    May 16, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    Sand in your paint. Worst idea ever. It looks GREAT now, Em! I can just imagine the work involved to DIY that job; I think you made a great decision sending it out!

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