After being thrilled with the first coat of color, we went about applying the second coat. We let the first coat dry about two hours.
Again with the 8oz mocha – as I wanted a dark dark brown finish.
Second and Third Coats Ratio: 1 part untinted Component 1 Acrylic Solution to 1 part Component 3 Powder Mix. (1 quart per 1.4 pound jar.) Again, figure higher on the square footage a bit, and don’t forget to figure in the edges and the back splashes.
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I got worried at this point that the painter’s tape wasn’t going to come off the wall, and I was right. We were over the 14-day clean remove on the packaging by about 7 days… not to mention the fact that we were putting concrete over the edge.
So, here’s where we got a very sharp utility knife and cut along the tape lines and removed all the tape in place. We also decided, at this point, to remove the floor coverings (which had dollops of concrete dried on them) and replace them with new drop cloths. This was a good idea as we have hardwood floors and the concrete could scratch easily.
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I’m not much of a do-it-yourself er. I’ll admit that it’s partly because I’m lazy and partly because of a time crunch – but I’ll admit – I have big dreams of doing very cool stuff.
On a recent trip to Half Price Books, I was perusing the magazines area (the house and home area, to be exact) and came across two previous issues of ReadyMade magazine. I flipped through quickly, and subsequently snatched them up and brought them home.
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The paint has been picked for the first floor.
We had the best of intentions in painting. The previous owners had some interesting paint up – or not up…
I’ll post pics soon.
The color picking wasn’t that tough… all of the colors are Benjamin Moore colors:
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Second coat of bodning primer applied, we set out to duplicate step 3 and sand.
Before sanding (click for larger image):
Again we went over high and rough spots with the putty knife. We also went around the bottom edges with a chisel, making sure that things were even on on the bottom edges.
A few mistakes were made and I managed to chip off some of the front edges of the counter tops, removing the bonding primer, so we had to apply more to those spots, and leave it for later.
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