Want to paint a wall using different colours. How do I stop the paint from running?
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Saw a TV decorating programme where a wall was divided into squares with masking tape then the squares were painted different colours. When I tried it the paint seeped into the tape and went onto the adjoining colour. Any bright ideas please?
Please can you tell me what frog tape is I live in Sweden and need to be specific when I try to find it?
Thanks for all your helpful tips so far.
Please can you tell me what frog tape is I live in Sweden and need to be specific when I try to find it?
Thanks for all your helpful tips so far.
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:: Paint with a Brush, & Take Your Time. Don't overload the brush with paint. ... You 'can' use masking tape if you really do need sharp,straight lines, but it is not essential. ... All you do is (without using the tape), just paint ONE Colour at a time, & wait until the edges are just "touch-dry" Before you begin the next colour. .. By doing this,& by leaving the preceding colour "Wet", but NOT "Runny-wet",, you can Overlap each colour without them actually "running" together, but they will be able to be Blended together. This will give you different shades at the edges, but of the same colours you are using. ... From my own experiences, the overall effect is quite a good one! (Unless you are going for that sharply defined look.) But that is how Artist's apply their paints on a canvass! (well, one of the ways.) ................ Just One Very Very Important Thing. ::: "NEVER, NEVER,, Be tempted to rush the job by using cans of "Spray Paint"!! .................... When I was very young, my bedroom wall had been painted "beige", & I hated it. Then I saw a design in a "MAD" Comic. It was a wall of an ordinary colour, & halfway up the wall it had 3 Different colours,painted in bands that went right around the room, & each band was 1 foot in height! The colours used in the Mad Magazine, were the same one's that I used. They were all "Gloss" colours, From Top down they were Emerald Green, Deep Purple, & Orange. (Remember that the rest of the wall was painted in "Beige" & was a Matt finish. ......... Well, I was just a kid, & too impatient to use tape on the walls or to brush it on & wait for each to dry. ... Sooooo, I got my pocket money I had saved up for this, & I bought those 3 colours of paint in Spray Cans, closed the door & windows,, & you can imagine the rest & the mess!!! ........ I had one colour run into another, & all 3 colours mixed by the time they got to the floor! .......... (However,,,, I have to say that it turned out to look really good.)
:: Paint with a Brush, & Take Your Time. Don't overload the brush with paint. ... You 'can' use masking tape if you really do need sharp,straight lines, but it is not essential. ... All you do is (without using the tape), just paint ONE Colour at a time, & wait until the edges are just "touch-dry" Before you begin the next colour. .. By doing this,& by leaving the preceding colour "Wet", but NOT "Runny-wet",, you can Overlap each colour without them actually "running" together, but they will be able to be Blended together. This will give you different shades at the edges, but of the same colours you are using. ... From my own experiences, the overall effect is quite a good one! (Unless you are going for that sharply defined look.) But that is how Artist's apply their paints on a canvass! (well, one of the ways.) ................ Just One Very Very Important Thing. ::: "NEVER, NEVER,, Be tempted to rush the job by using cans of "Spray Paint"!! .................... When I was very young, my bedroom wall had been painted "beige", & I hated it. Then I saw a design in a "MAD" Comic. It was a wall of an ordinary colour, & halfway up the wall it had 3 Different colours,painted in bands that went right around the room, & each band was 1 foot in height! The colours used in the Mad Magazine, were the same one's that I used. They were all "Gloss" colours, From Top down they were Emerald Green, Deep Purple, & Orange. (Remember that the rest of the wall was painted in "Beige" & was a Matt finish. ......... Well, I was just a kid, & too impatient to use tape on the walls or to brush it on & wait for each to dry. ... Sooooo, I got my pocket money I had saved up for this, & I bought those 3 colours of paint in Spray Cans, closed the door & windows,, & you can imagine the rest & the mess!!! ........ I had one colour run into another, & all 3 colours mixed by the time they got to the floor! .......... (However,,,, I have to say that it turned out to look really good.)
What are some good ideas of things to send to my fiance in Iraq?
Sarah F
My fiance was deployed a while ago, I sent him a package with an auto magazine, photo album, some fruit snacks, hand sanitizer.. a few other odds and ends. Does anyone have any good ideas of things to send? Or things that would be useful? I sent him the build a bear with voice recording a couple months ago, and an Easter basket with candy and fun things.. Any other ideas!? Thank you so much for your feedback!
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I send a package to my husband like every two weeks also when he deploys. I also have an 11 page attachment if you would like it that have different themed care packages that i have put together through hubby's deployments. These theme care packages make it a little more fun to shop for when you have a certain theme in mind. I have used many of them and then you can just talior it to your fiance. Here are some other sites:
http://www.4militaryfamilies.com/articles/carepackages.htm
http://www.militarycarepackageideas.org/
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art27764.asp
http://www.girlposse.com/talk_talk_talk/themed_care_packages_0605.html
http://www.getromantic.com/gift_guide/gift_ideas/romantic_care_packages.html
http://www.militarywives.com/index.php/component/option,com_content/task,section/id,8/Itemid,55/
http://www.theknot.com/co_profileview.htm?profilename=CarePackageBio&MsdVisit=1
http://www.janellsretreat.com/carepackagethemes.html
http://www.cafepress.com/silentranksshop/2000833
Some things I sent hubby:
-summertime I sent a "Summer Fun Box", beach balls, frisbee, stick to door basketball hoop, nerf balls, etc.,
-things and snacks that i knew he would like. I also sent him things that his friends liked to because they didn't get much.
-cd's of his favorite music
-lots of cards and letters
-I also sent him a box full of unused cards such as thinking of you, Christmas Cards, Birthday Cards, Miss you cards, etc., that he could send back home to family and friends. It is hard to find cards there.
-I sent him Cake in A Jar
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1096421/how_to_bake_cake_in_a_jar.html?cat=22
-Sent him themed Care Packages (some can be as cute as you want and some can be as adult as you make it). One time I took a picture of our front door closed from the outside. Then a picture of the front door open and a picture of the floor. Then a picture of my shirt on the floor, then a picture of my shoes on the floor, then my socks on the floor, then my pants on the floor, then took a picture of my bra on the floor, then I took a picture of my undies on the floor, then I took a picture of our bedroom, then I took a picture of just the bed. Then put a little note that said wish you were here, miss you in my bed. Something like that. Remember though to take the pictures while making your way to the bedroom with the stuff on the floor so it looks like you are dropping your colthes on the way to the bedroom.
-Another thing you can do: buy a new pillowcase. Every night before you go to bed, take a shower but leave your hair a little damp before getting into bed. After a week, the pillowcase will smell like you. Package this up in a ziploc baggie and send a note with it "Something to remind you of me".
-Write in a journal. I sent this to hubby after every 2-3 months. Of course he still got plently of cards and letters but the journal was more thoughtful and more personal. I would write in it right before I went to bed. I wrote everything down, just like a regular journal. My feelings, what i did, what I ate, something that was funny to me that day, something that made me think of him that day, that I spoke to so and so, what the kids did, etc.,,. I then sent that to him. You know that sometimes we always don't get that long phone call or forget to tell them certain things by the time we do talk to them. Or letters that we don't want to make to long because we don't have the time. Hubby loved this because he said it still made him feel close to me and the kids even though he was gone for a year.
-Send him a photo album. Include pictures of his family, your family (as long as he likes them), kids, you, friends, his favorite car, his favorite boat, his favorite place to eat, his favorite place to visit, etc., I sent something like this to him and included letters from friends and family. I also put together a photo album every 4 months for him of things the girls and I did.
-Does he need anything for his room: storage containers, shelves, blankets, new sheets, pillows, footlockers (you know those rectangle black ones), a clock, picture frames, towels, washclothes, shower curtains (you would be surpised how yucky the ones they are using are), a foldable chair, a small table, paper plates, cups, silverware, etc.,
-Indivdually wrapped goodies and snacks. This way they stay fresher. this also includes the drink mixes that can be added to water.
-If he has access to a microwave, some microwave treats
-slippers, robe
Hope all is well and that some of these sites are useful. Good luck and have fun.
I send a package to my husband like every two weeks also when he deploys. I also have an 11 page attachment if you would like it that have different themed care packages that i have put together through hubby's deployments. These theme care packages make it a little more fun to shop for when you have a certain theme in mind. I have used many of them and then you can just talior it to your fiance. Here are some other sites:
http://www.4militaryfamilies.com/articles/carepackages.htm
http://www.militarycarepackageideas.org/
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art27764.asp
http://www.girlposse.com/talk_talk_talk/themed_care_packages_0605.html
http://www.getromantic.com/gift_guide/gift_ideas/romantic_care_packages.html
http://www.militarywives.com/index.php/component/option,com_content/task,section/id,8/Itemid,55/
http://www.theknot.com/co_profileview.htm?profilename=CarePackageBio&MsdVisit=1
http://www.janellsretreat.com/carepackagethemes.html
http://www.cafepress.com/silentranksshop/2000833
Some things I sent hubby:
-summertime I sent a "Summer Fun Box", beach balls, frisbee, stick to door basketball hoop, nerf balls, etc.,
-things and snacks that i knew he would like. I also sent him things that his friends liked to because they didn't get much.
-cd's of his favorite music
-lots of cards and letters
-I also sent him a box full of unused cards such as thinking of you, Christmas Cards, Birthday Cards, Miss you cards, etc., that he could send back home to family and friends. It is hard to find cards there.
-I sent him Cake in A Jar
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1096421/how_to_bake_cake_in_a_jar.html?cat=22
-Sent him themed Care Packages (some can be as cute as you want and some can be as adult as you make it). One time I took a picture of our front door closed from the outside. Then a picture of the front door open and a picture of the floor. Then a picture of my shirt on the floor, then a picture of my shoes on the floor, then my socks on the floor, then my pants on the floor, then took a picture of my bra on the floor, then I took a picture of my undies on the floor, then I took a picture of our bedroom, then I took a picture of just the bed. Then put a little note that said wish you were here, miss you in my bed. Something like that. Remember though to take the pictures while making your way to the bedroom with the stuff on the floor so it looks like you are dropping your colthes on the way to the bedroom.
-Another thing you can do: buy a new pillowcase. Every night before you go to bed, take a shower but leave your hair a little damp before getting into bed. After a week, the pillowcase will smell like you. Package this up in a ziploc baggie and send a note with it "Something to remind you of me".
-Write in a journal. I sent this to hubby after every 2-3 months. Of course he still got plently of cards and letters but the journal was more thoughtful and more personal. I would write in it right before I went to bed. I wrote everything down, just like a regular journal. My feelings, what i did, what I ate, something that was funny to me that day, something that made me think of him that day, that I spoke to so and so, what the kids did, etc.,,. I then sent that to him. You know that sometimes we always don't get that long phone call or forget to tell them certain things by the time we do talk to them. Or letters that we don't want to make to long because we don't have the time. Hubby loved this because he said it still made him feel close to me and the kids even though he was gone for a year.
-Send him a photo album. Include pictures of his family, your family (as long as he likes them), kids, you, friends, his favorite car, his favorite boat, his favorite place to eat, his favorite place to visit, etc., I sent something like this to him and included letters from friends and family. I also put together a photo album every 4 months for him of things the girls and I did.
-Does he need anything for his room: storage containers, shelves, blankets, new sheets, pillows, footlockers (you know those rectangle black ones), a clock, picture frames, towels, washclothes, shower curtains (you would be surpised how yucky the ones they are using are), a foldable chair, a small table, paper plates, cups, silverware, etc.,
-Indivdually wrapped goodies and snacks. This way they stay fresher. this also includes the drink mixes that can be added to water.
-If he has access to a microwave, some microwave treats
-slippers, robe
Hope all is well and that some of these sites are useful. Good luck and have fun.
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