"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" wrote:
>> > PS - you are getting your house painted soon. Any questions, I can
>> > answer for you to make sure you are getting a good job that will last.
>> > Main thing to start with...all outside needs to be washed before
>> > painting.
>>
>> I have no paint questions. I used to sell paint.
>
> You forgot to write the first sentence in your response:
> "Thank you for that offer, Gary, but-"
>
> I expected that answer from you. Selling paint has nothing to do with
> a lifetime of using it and knowing the process and what kinds of
> different paints and primers to use based on conditions.

I don't need to pick the primer. I'm not buying the paint. I have chips.
I know what color family I want. I will ask Jesus if he thinks the color we
chose will be good. We are keeping the green trim but I'm easy on that.
Doesn't have to be the exact color. And I'm not brand loyal.
>
> I often hear paint salesman telling a customer what to use for certain
> conditions and I have to bite my tongue not to say something. It's
> their store. They only know what the company tells them. They have
> never actually used the products and see if they last or not.

Okay. But I do trust the painter I have chosen.

>
> Once again, I'll give you very first basic advice of having your
> outside painted. Any painted surfaces need to be washed before
> painting. If you don't do this, you are painting over years of dust
> and dirt. Your job will look very nice but it won't last very long.

Gary... I'm not stupid!
>
> You trust your neighbor painter. You should stay awake the day that he
> starts and make sure that he cleans it all, pressure washing if big
> areas, hand washing if small areas....at least spray it down with a
> hose.

He is going to do this. I can see his house from mine. I know that he
isn't going to screw up. He has painted and roofed houses up and down this
street and others around here. He also does siding and gutters and he will
be doing some of that here.
>
> Julie's response:
> "In this area, paint jobs don't last very long anyway."

What? I never said that at all! Paint jobs last a very long time here. We
don't get severe weather. I have no clue when this house was painted prior.
We've been here for 10 years and the paint is beginning to chip on the trim
around the garage door. But that's not the reason why we are getting it
painted. The soffit had to be replaced in several places and some of the
siding has rotted on the back house. Reason unknown in some cases. But due
to bufoonery on the part of a person who shall go unnamed but was not me in
the other instance. Angela was the one who spotted the buffoonery and
immediately reported it to me.