I used to work in the “home interior” business, which added up to about everything from carpeting to painting. I have soem stories from the trenches in regards to that.

Painting could sometimes get a little out of control. We had a full house to do and started in the basement. The walls were different in the basement because we were on the shoreline, so the water table was higher. The customer wanted the walls to have that clean and fresh look.

Spent alot of time trying to accomplish that goal. Coat after coat, I knew it wasn’t gonna go, but neither the customer nor my boss would spring for what needed. We needed a primer coat of Kilz or the equivalent. When its stained, or damaged,interior painting requires a primer coat.

We could have saved alot of time and energy if we had done that basement primer initially. If these guys would have gone to DoItYourself.com and read the articles, and watched the videos, or even bought the DVD set, they would have saved money, and we wouldn’t have wasted time. In the end, the primer was purchased anyways.

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