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I didn't take any BEFORE shots, because it was a spur-of-the-moment decision to upgrade the room.The ceiling lamp was an addition, and the medicine cabinet, i wanted to sink flush against the wall, but after breaking the drywall, there were pipes that kept me from doing that. so it is set back about an inch.
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I replace the incandescent bulbs with L.E.Ds, which give a cleaner light.The wall was stripped of wallpaper, spackled, sanded and painted.
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The shelves were also repainted. The ceiling was torn down, resheetrocked taped, spackled, sanded and painted.
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The baseboard heater is rusty and crusty, so I'm going to repaint that.There is a product I really am impressed wtih, called Evaporust. It is an environmentally friendly was of stripping rust off metal. I'll give the bad spots a coat of that to start with, but some work with some coarse steel wool is the start.
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This is one of the covers that cap the ends of the baseboard. This I'll paint separately from the rest.
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Some #3 steel wool gets the surface rust off.
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You can see the piles of rust alongside the heater on the floor.
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This is the cover at the 90 degree junction. This is badly rusted at the bottom.
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This is a chip brush. They are used to spread glue, and hard to clean materials and then thrown away, because they are inexpensive and not particularly well made.
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I'm switching to a wire wheel in my cordless drill to get at some of the further areas. Because the toilet is so close, it's difficult to get in there.
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I'm dipping the removable pieces in a derusting solution.
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I swear by this stuff. It's non-toxic, biodegradable and works wonders on rusted metal.
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I'm brushing it on the entire section of exposed metal.
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The areas behind the toilet are really in sad shape. Mostly due to the inability to get back there to clean the heater.
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I use packing paper to mask off the sections I don't want to get overspray on.
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I've found that automotive aerosols are better for metal than typical spray can paints. They are more durable and less prone to heat and chemical damage. I admit that I've never used this particular brand before, so I cannot tout how good or bad it is.
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The plumber who installed the heater did a shitty job painting the baseboard. So I want to undo as much of his bad work as possible.
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The individual pieces get sprayed first. I would have liked to give them a coat of primer first, but the brand that I used tends to have the nozzles clog up and I was unable to get it out of the can.
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Next I start on the easy spots first.
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I don't know how many coats it will take to get good coverage. I see some of the rust spots peeking through.
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Careful not to get paint on the porcelain throne, I spray the harder portions.
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This color is darker than I would have liked, but it was the only gloss, automotive gray I could find, so I cannot be choosy.
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Removing the masking was almost as tedious as laying it down.
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I had to clean up some overspray, and the floor still needs a wash, but it does look a whole lot better. I wish I had the time to give the pieces a coat of primer before I sprayed them, but time was of the essence so it was necessary to skip that step. The crown molding is next.
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