• Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
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    10 hours ago

    When I first took down the Venetian blinds the mount at the top wouldn’t come down even after removing the screws. I had forgotten about landlord paint logic and just tore it down and like 16 different layers of paint peeled off.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      21 minutes ago

      I bought my house recently from a guy who had been renting it out for the last 40 years. He painted everything before putting it on the market but I didn’t like the color. When I started the prep work for repainting, everything he put up peeled off like shelf paper. I was denouncing him as a total moron until the paint I put up did the same thing. In one room I even painted the walls and when I came back the next morning the paint had all flowed down to the floor and ruined the carpet.

      Turns out the last tenant was a smoker and the walls were coated with nicotine. Had to wipe the whole house down with mineral spirits to get paint to stick.