{"id":327,"date":"2020-08-09T09:09:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T09:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/?p=327"},"modified":"2020-08-09T09:09:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T09:09:54","slug":"painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/09\/painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So we&#8217;ve achieved a sort of milestone, we began painting yesterday. This marks the turning point between the destructive and constructive parts of the project. The upstairs bedroom has reached a point where, with some more filling and wiping down, the undercoat can now start to be applied to the plaster. Needless to say this feels like a huge psychological step forward as we can now see some positive results even though there&#8217;s still much destruction to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prepaint-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prepaint-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prepaint-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prepaint-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the test wall, filled, sanded and washed with liquid soap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint02-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"331\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint02-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/?attachment_id=331\" class=\"wp-image-331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint02-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint02-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint02-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint01-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"330\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint01-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/?attachment_id=330\" class=\"wp-image-330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint01-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint01-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Paint01-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The kid gets involved in painting her room&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Postpaint-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Postpaint-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Postpaint-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.scottrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Postpaint-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The end result may appear almost identical however we painting with watered down paint which is the recommended first step with unskimmed plaster. Next step is to fill and sand the rest of the room and continue painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So we&#8217;ve achieved a sort of milestone, we began painting yesterday. This marks the turning point between the destructive and constructive parts of the project. The upstairs bedroom has reached a point where, with some more filling and wiping down, the undercoat can now start to be applied to the plaster. 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