Setback

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  • New plan: cover the whole hallway in sheets of white board. Put markers at both ends. Done in a day.
  • Dude, there's no other words for this aside from, that sucks. I've never had a home improvement project of this scale go south, and I know how angry and frustrated I get at little stuff (like getting the wrong materials to rescreen a screen door).

    Stacy and I have crazy schedules right now, but please - keep us updated about your plans, and if we can find some time when we're both on the east side of MI, we're easily bribed with beer and pizza.
  • Ouch. :( I've had that happen before with primer on plaster, and it's never any fun. If it weren't such a long damn drive from San Diego, I'd come lend a hand. Regardless of the setback, you all are doing amazing work and should be seriously proud.
  • Old plaster, very old plaster, can have a alkali condition in it chemically also. That may be where the pink tell-tale of that condition came from-- I at first hoped it was as simple as red dye in paint bleeding into your Kilz II primer. Kilz, old fashioned Kilz, is oil based (alkyd based) and will bond to stuff that is not way too alkali. Try a test gallon of old-fashioned Kilz on the wall that peeled real easy and is pink under the primer.

    Do not let this get you down, think of using white paint over old-style Kilz-- which will allow latex paint over it. That will save on paint until you later have money for lots of color, capisce?

    I did not research this on the web, it is from learning from an old Damman Hardware employee about an alkali problem possible in old plaster. He had worked at the Detroit Damman store on Hayes (I think that was Detroit). HE taught me to sell Kilz or BIN (Zinnser brand, shellac based paint primer) where there was a need to handle chemical reaction bubbles in latex based primer. Process he taught me was peel off offending bubbled primer, seal with Kilz, (preferred), then paint with choice of paint. He was in his late 70's 25 years ago, but he knew old construction.

    Another surer way out of this mess-- see what it would cost to drywall the hallway, then use Kilz II on the drywall. Might prove cheaper for 10-15 years or so and get you past move-in inspection faster also than doing all that labor(not getting into that any more here, just a mention).


    Lincoln, check your PayPal, will send some extra money this month (tonight).
  • Oh, from experience, you might be able to heat-gun the primer off and leave the spackle more intact.
  • So sorry, guys... so sorry.
  • Seriously sucks, sorry guys. Wish I lived closer, I'd be there in a heart beat. Maybe you should just do a small section with the oil based and make sure it works before doing the entire area. There's got to be other work you can do while you wait to see if it works out. Best of luck, keep your heads high!
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