i went to menards about 2 weeks ago and bought myself a brand new paint gun. my house has 2 decks. (and 2 decks has my house.) a smaller one in the front, and a bigger one in the back. every 2 years or so they need to be stained. the front one can be done in 2 or so hours...but the back one, god i hate the back one, it takes more like 616 days. and thats just the 1st coat. its 2008, we should have come up with a deck stain that looks fantastic after one coat...but we have not. which proves my theory that humans are not very good at making deck stains.
anyways...i bought a handy dandy paint gun...at menards. got it home thinking "this will be so much easier than staining with a brush." turns out it was not. did you know that paint guns need different tips for different types of paints, stains, etc? yeah, cause i didnt either...so back to menards i went to get a stain tip. another 12 bucks. i tried it out...it works great. the problem? it comes with a container that hooks on to the bottom of the gun...it holds enough paint/stain to cover about 10 square feet. so you unscrew it, refill it...and youre on your way again...for 10 square feet, and then you refill it AGAIN. it gets old quick.
all this leads up to today. i finished the 2nd coat on the front deck. (using a brush...good ole reliable brush...which only cost me like 2 bucks) woo hoo. it looks good. i decided to go ahead and get the gun out to put the 2nd coat on the back. but this time instead of using that annoying little container, i wanted to try out the duel hose hook up it came with. just hook one end up to the gun...and stick the other end in the container and youre good to go. what possible problems could i have? welp...i had about a half a can of stain left. "just enough to finish up", i figured. i starting spraying, everything was going fine until i took one step to my right...the hose knocked over the can of stain! my half a can of stain spilled all over the middle of the deck, and splattered all over my jeans. i had to quickly grab a brush and spread it out as quickly as i could. argh. said jeans are now in the laundry.
long story short: i will need to go back to menards. i will buy another can of stain. and then i will hit the man who runs the paint department...i will hit him with my paint gun. and i will spray paint his trousers. its not his fault at all, but i think it might make me feel a little bit better. and if not, oh well, i did my best. sometimes thats just all you can do.
anyways...i bought a handy dandy paint gun...at menards. got it home thinking "this will be so much easier than staining with a brush." turns out it was not. did you know that paint guns need different tips for different types of paints, stains, etc? yeah, cause i didnt either...so back to menards i went to get a stain tip. another 12 bucks. i tried it out...it works great. the problem? it comes with a container that hooks on to the bottom of the gun...it holds enough paint/stain to cover about 10 square feet. so you unscrew it, refill it...and youre on your way again...for 10 square feet, and then you refill it AGAIN. it gets old quick.
all this leads up to today. i finished the 2nd coat on the front deck. (using a brush...good ole reliable brush...which only cost me like 2 bucks) woo hoo. it looks good. i decided to go ahead and get the gun out to put the 2nd coat on the back. but this time instead of using that annoying little container, i wanted to try out the duel hose hook up it came with. just hook one end up to the gun...and stick the other end in the container and youre good to go. what possible problems could i have? welp...i had about a half a can of stain left. "just enough to finish up", i figured. i starting spraying, everything was going fine until i took one step to my right...the hose knocked over the can of stain! my half a can of stain spilled all over the middle of the deck, and splattered all over my jeans. i had to quickly grab a brush and spread it out as quickly as i could. argh. said jeans are now in the laundry.
long story short: i will need to go back to menards. i will buy another can of stain. and then i will hit the man who runs the paint department...i will hit him with my paint gun. and i will spray paint his trousers. its not his fault at all, but i think it might make me feel a little bit better. and if not, oh well, i did my best. sometimes thats just all you can do.
ps...chloe is napping behind me right now...she is fast asleep, but whimpering like a puppy. it would be cute if it wasnt so creepy.
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Forget Menards..I hear there is now a Lowes there. Go there...my friends husband is a manager there. Lowes= good. Menards=crappy paint sprayer. Time saved by going to the right place= Priceless.
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