{the NOT SO PRETTY part of painting}

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For the most part…usually…well…almost always…pretty much – my paint projects go off without a hitch – some of course are a little more involved than others, some take a little more time than planned, some are easier than planned – BUT – some turn into BIG FAT pains in my booty.

Painting is not always fun – of course putting on the paint is fun, taking the “after” shot is fun, putting money in my pocket for my hard work is fun – but when mess ups happen – NOT FUN.  Not fun at all.

Take these 2 projects for example.  This is what i am working on right now – i am on break now, so i thought i would share my misery :)

This table i seriously got about a month ago – yes, i have had it for a month(its a refinish that i am doing for someone).  We thought that it was all wood, so i was just going to stain the top.  Well – its not all wood…wood and MDF.  So, we decided to paint it black again – didnt like it.  I decided to repaint with an enamel paint so it was more like the factory finish – didnt like it.  So now  its being sanded down to try another option – wish me luck.  Poor lady without a table – but she is very understanding :)

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Then this cute little table was dropped off for a simple repaint.  For some reason my primer bubbled – so guess what i am doing today.  I grabbed my trusty cleaning toothbrush and have spent lots of time cleaning the primer out of all those little details.  Ugggghhhhh……

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doesn’t  this look like fun??!!

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i have lots to say on this whole painting thing – but i will save that for another day.  But – i just wanted to show that its not all pretty in the furniture painting biz – not pretty at all….  :)