Always do the tricky part of a paint job first. That's the tip for the week! #askahousepainter #askakitchenpainter

Decorators caulk is the flexible filler in a tube that you apply with a gun to fill cracks along the tops of trim and between ceiling and wall lines. It is a super time-saver compared to fillers and fingers, but it can often cause more problems than it solves. This is due to incompatibility between mostly latex (ie low acrylic content) paint and the caulk where the surface tensions are different and on drying the paint cracks. The easiest way to reduce issues is to find a decorator caulk where it literally says on the tube: acrylic, over paints in 1-2 hours, and the important parts: interior and exterior use and +-12% flexibility. If it doesn't say all that, especially the flexibility, it almost certainly doesn't meet those criteria and avoid it. #askahousepainter #askakitchenpainter

Watching #paint trade tips on YouTube, not much has changed in 10 years.

Are there any house painters posting on Nostr? #asknostr

For a primer coat on chalky and new porous surfaces there are a few paint choices. This is clear latex IE a PVA based clear sealer formulated to be over painted. This latex is a different beast to PVA as in glue or the sealer used by plasterers. I have seen so many issues where builders and DIY try to get away with this option to seal porous surfaces prior to painting. Don't risk it. By far the better choice of primer is 100% acrylic based. PVA is the poor relation to acrylic resins. Acrylic primers tend to be white but clear versions are available. And once you start delving into "best primers" you will discover a whole world of sealers formulated for damp, or smoke damage, lime or mould. One space age option is from Clasidur which penetrates deep into a substrate, binds down chalky surfaces and seals back stains. The painter's job is to match the correct paint to the substrate. 40 years on it is still not obvious how to treat some jobs.

Hard to beat oiling natural timber. Casual scratches and knocks do not show compared to a coloured door. #paint #decorate #restoration

What to do with the #paint on a door like this? Strip it off back to bare timber. For a translucent finish to highlight the grain, while maintaining the current colour, use oxalic acid to remove the stains, and finish with tinted hardwax oil from Osmo. If the woodwork turns out to be ropy, which is often the case for painted doors, the quick answer is a solid finish again with primer, undercoats and top coats. For super flat finish check out gras à lacquer linseed oil filler. The secret to. 10 Downing St door before it was bombproof metal.

One of those days, running numbers, working out business plans, kit lists and wondering how it got so complicated. But out of nowhere you suddenly have basic marketing sorted with business cards, introductory letters, Nostr and an admin game plan sorted. GN, time for a work-life balance movie.

The idea was to start Posting exclusively on #olas the Instagram killer but it seems there is no comment feedback or zapping enabled so I will post images on amethyst too for the time being. Hopefully the lack of feedback on olas is a technical limitation and not because I have nothing of interest to offer :) #paint #painting #colour #housepainter

Highly recommend this video on assorted treatments for bleaching and protecting various timbers. From walnut to poplar and all in between. #Wood is a never-ending source of wonder, as is a favoured #paint brand #osmo and their white wax and natural wax oils.

Enjoying #olas both posting and scrolling. A few features don't work but still, not complaining. We are early apparently.

What's the #amethyst trick for blocking posts that mention a specific word or term that bores the pants off you? #asknostr

Turn to #nature for colour inspiration. If you painted this, people might say you made up an impossible combination.

My lightning wallet journey so far, potentially of interest to those who aren't fully conversant with how it works. I have used lightning for ages with Muun which is a self-custodial wallet but a bit of a hybrid of lightning/btc from what I can gather. And a raft of usual custodial lightning wallets from Play Store. But I have just set up #phoenix self custody wallet and learnt more about the workings of lightning in those few minutes than the whole period up til now. Such is the cost of convenience when everything is done for you and you remain clueless! On Phoenix I set up a first invoice for a 1000 sats trial amount to transfer from alby. I was welcomed to the world of self custody with a 2400 sats fee. Steep wtf learning curve - I didn't understand the settings about an onchain fee to set up a channel. After setting up the liquidity channel ( a term I have heard over and over without knowing what it really was) subsequent transaction fees are tiny/ single sats fees which I was used to when using custodial wallets on Nostr. Phoenix works just fine now for up to 25000 sats total incoming payments, at which point the channel is closed. In other words, the fee for setting up the channel on Phoenix is the cost of being a lot more self sovereign than when using convenient custodial wallets. Phoenix isn't completely trustworthy, by their own admission, but users are a lot less rug pullable than those using full-on custodial wallets. I then learnt from Phoenix that it cost 7000sats to set up a liquidity channel to receive up to 500,000 sats. About 1.5% fee. I am getting closer I guess to the world of nodes and true bitcoiner!, where you can set up your own liquidity channel by interacting direct with the btc blockchain? Is that how wallet devs are earning money, basically setting up liquidity channels with millions of sats capacity and handling lightning transactions for wallet users charging a miniscule fee that adds up over time? Bitcoin is a never ending learning cycle. Back to the #painting. I'm going to set up an offer "Jobs at Cost" to launch a new painting service. As long as half the discounted invoice is paid in sats. We will see.

#Fountain seems to be Android and #Amber unfriendly and I can't get an account set up let alone one linked to Nostr. Despite setting up with RSSblue and podcast 2.0 feed, the current platform distribution therefore is Spotify. Sorry folks

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Galvanized steel, paint brands and Nostr

House Painter sharing decorating tools, materials and techniques · Episode

There are four reasons for #painting. DIPS. Decoration, Information, Preservation. Sanitation. I mention it, because listening to my first podcast, I mention that the top of a galvanised steel door doesn't need painting for preservation purposes. Now you know what I was on about.

very wise advice on devising a small business plan. The key is to understand that a business plan should show what you need to do to run your business and make a profit. In this case, follow the plan will deliver 180k profit. You may well be able to double the targets stated, great, but you are only able to aim for that higher level, once you first reached the goals using the tactics required. For instance, if you beefed up your initial plan to show a profit of 360k if you do a, b c... it would be a mistake, because to redo the initial business plan, you are putting too much pressure on your business from day one. The likelihood is you will fail to hit the elevated targets, and every day you are drawn into increasing overheads to try reach that higher target. Year end result, you could reach 80% of the elevated turnover goal and be left tired with 150k profit.

If you are #decorating your home or property and want to know about #paint and specs and how-to's, I will be posting exclusively on Nostr - on #olas the Instagram of Nostr! And Nostr social apps in general. I also just launched my first podcasting effort. glug!

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Discover millions of podcasts and emerging artists worth supporting. Powered by RSS, Lightning and Nostr.

My effort to spread the reach of Nostr out from tech and crypto. Having said that, the aim is to use my platform to purplepill newcomers, so there will be some tech chat related to Nostr #v4v If you see any value in what I share, feel free to support me with boosts, comments and zappy doooos.

Today I put together a simple podcast. The format is a practical how to section; a painting industry take and finish off with why Nostr. A few snips of music for intro outro chapter breaks. Just lost power as I was exporting the file from Audacity so maybe that's a sign :) Time to found out about RSS feeds and 2.0 software

How do I make lists of different types of topics on amethyst? #asknostr