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Working overhead is quite a bit more than it seems. Oh, fiddly. I did get everything cut, fitted, screwed in, if not perfectly the first shot. Then I took a minor break to think things through. Back I went, to begin filling and taping. Okay, yeah, so I'm not a pro. I can hope I get it mostly filled out in a few more passes, but she ain't going to be beautiful. There is some kind of odd hump that prevents a smooth finish on the western most of the two patches. Not my doing, by the way. It is an oddity in the ceiling itself, just near where I am working. Working for an half hour or forty five minutes while holding either a drill and this or that, or even just a scraper, ends up being a little bit of work. It isn't the kind that is like heavy lifting, though there is a bit of that. It is just the odd angle of the arms, cuts down on air intake or something. And arms aren't supposed to be up like that for that long? At least I don't need a ladder like most people would. A ladder wouldn't improve my angle, either, at least not without having to move it more often than would be reasonable.
Like I said, it won't be beautiful. I am hoping I can get it a bit smoother on the second coat and then stretch the area out more with a final third coat. I would, actually, like to leave this sort of job to the professionals, if it doesn't turn out well, but I can only imagine what that would cost. No, I'll do it, and make the most of it. Thankfully these patch jobs will be under a light, mostly. I won't really complain though. It is sort of fun to have gotten this far and to actually be finishing the job. I have a few more tools, a little insight, some experience, and it is fun. Hmm, I bet that first coat is dry. Back to it.
Perhaps you get a sense for why drywall plastering is my least favorite home improvement activity. It is a tremendous amount of work for the non-pro, for limited and sometimes iffy payoff.
ReplyDeleteNot that I haven't gotten relatively good at it. It is just so blasted time-consuming to get it even semi-right.
Oh, absolutely! It is a completely non-formulaic process. Drywall is an artisan craft. Which is why I am so impressed with whoever actually did the walls and ceilings in my home. They didn't do a good job, they didn't do an excellent job... they performed a work that doesn't show signs that work was done. I have the work of a true master in my home.
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder how much practice it takes, and I suspect further that like any art, no amount of practice will quite lead one to the sort of quality I have here, minus my work. That is a gift, one I don't think I could obtain. At least we have the eye to know that?
Be of good cheer though. If I had the money for a true set of artist tools, I would dabble in that as well. I suppose the greater our fail, the more our appreciation when we do espy the finer things? It isn't even that I did extremely poorly, just... it isn't 'there', it is merely done.