PSA: People still paint over dirty walls and it drives me nuts

I was helping my neighbor in his kitchen last month and saw him roll right over a greasy spot above the stove. He said 'the paint will cover it.' Spoiler: it didn't, the stain bled through in a week. I learned this the hard way in my first apartment 10 years ago. A $5 bottle of TSP substitute and 20 minutes of scrubbing makes all the difference. Now I see that shiny patch on his wall every time I visit. What's the one shortcut you see people take that always backfires?

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kai32719d ago

Wait, he painted right over actual grease? That's not even a shortcut, that's just ignoring basic physics. The paint has nothing to stick to but a layer of cooking oil. It's like putting a band-aid on a wound you didn't clean first. That shiny patch is gonna haunt him forever now.

the_ryan19d ago

Seriously? It might just be a small spot that holds up fine. Not every shortcut ends in disaster.