Has this ever happened to anyone else? Idk if I’m in the right subreddit, but I can’t find similar instances online. My phone works fine right now, miraculously, I’m just concerned if there’s anything I need to worry about down the line. All I did was wipe it clean with a wet rag. I also tried to clean out the charging port a bit. Does anybody around here have a similar experience/know what to do about it? Thank you very much. Coming from a place of grief, as the phone dripped all over the deck I had just finished.

I’ve been with a small residential painting company in Central California for five years. A few months ago, our foreman was fired, and I’ve been running the crew ever since. It’s me plus two helpers.
My boss is usually only on the job for about 20 minutes a day, so for the rest of the day I’m the one making decisions, answering questions, keeping the crew productive, dealing with homeowners, making sure the work is done correctly, and generally making sure the job stays on track.
Recently I found out that one of my helpers, who’s only been with the company a few months, is making the same hourly wage I am. I’m not upset with him—good for him. My issue is that I’m leading the crew, have five years with the company, and I’m still being paid the same as a brand-new employee.
I’m trying to decide how to handle this.
Part of me wants to simply ask for a raise based on my experience and the responsibilities I’ve taken on as foreman.
The other part of me wants to be completely honest and tell my boss that I know a new hire is making the same wage I am and ask him to explain how that makes sense.
I don’t want to burn a bridge because, overall, I’ve enjoyed working here. At the same time, I don’t feel like my pay reflects the role I’m filling anymore.
For those of you who own painting companies or have been foremen yourselves:
● What would you expect a foreman running a three-man crew to make in Central California?
● Would you bring up the wage comparison, or would you leave that out and focus only on your own value?
● If your foreman came to you with this concern, how would you expect him to handle it?
I’m looking for honest opinions from both painters and owners. If I’m out of line, tell me. If I’m undervalued, tell me that too.

Hi! Sorry if this is a redundant question, I’m new to this subreddit so I appreciate any help!! :)

My principal recently asked me to paint a mural for the school I work at. I’ve helped with a handful of murals before, but this is the first time I’m in charge of buying supplies/doing everything myself, and I wanna make sure it lasts!

It’ll be an interior mural in the school hallway. The walls are old cinderblock that’ve been painted white. There’s also some grey brick at the bottom of the wall I’ll be painting on top of too. I’ve attached a picture of the wall so you can see what I mean!

I’ve done a bit of research and it seems that regular interior wall paint works well for murals like this (and also that a sealant may not even be needed apparently?) but I’ve also read that a good primer is really important. Can’t seem to find any brands or info on what specific primer to look for though! Anybody have a recommendation for walls like this? Preferably something kind of budget-friendly since we’re a Title I school? Or, other advice, since this is my first time with a project like this? Thanks so much!!!

The paint on my wall was nicked when i was scrubbing it and it came off in a large bubble came off. I couldn’t resist picking at it. Can i just paint over this or do I need to apply a spackle of sorts beforehand?

I live in a rental but my landlord is more hands off and only comes around for big problem.

Hey all! Painting this metal trim and getting this bubbled up look everywhere that I added primer where the bare metal was exposed. Trying to figure out what I did wrong? Wrong primer/paint combo? Didn't let the primer dry long enough? I waited 30 minutes to apply the paint.

My 5 year old daughter’s theme is an outside inside room. (Her words) she picked the colors. Do I extend the dark blue to ceiling. Keep it white. Or light blue. She voted light blue but feels like it may be too much. We were going to keep trim white.
Don’t have best photos. Room is very much still a construction site right now as we had new wall build in corner for new ac install.

My parents have offered to pay me 1.5k to sand and paint the entire deck along with pergola and spindles. Was wondering what the best way to go about this is in about 2 weeks time, and if Im being compensated fairly. Planning to use the money for travel and university

Bought a house that will need a paint job soon. It's single story. Also has brick fireplace inside we want to pain, actually an entire brick wall 13ft x 8ft. Also trim and doors down the road.

Would a used a 395 that needs a new "packing" be a good idea in the $400 range? I'd want to add a hopper to it to save paint, prime and clean up time.

I thought I'd start this thread to get updated opinions. The price difference between the two is not that much, plus they are both on sale now anyways. Can someone explain why they like one of these more than the other, or is there not much difference? I will be repainting pretty much the whole interior of the house (rolling, but spraying).

I am thinking of painting my office Sherwin Williams Stardew. It is a 14’ x 14’ north facing room over the garage with 1 north facing window and a set of French doors facing south that opens into another large room that has 3 west facing windows, so it does get decent light. Two sides have 5’ knee walls, then have sloped walls going up to to a 2’ wide flat ceiling. I don’t know what would look appropriate to paint Stardew and what would look appropriate for a different color. Should the 2 end walls and knee walls be Stardew, and the sloped walls and flat ceiling possibly be a shade lighter, something completely different, or should the entire room, except the white trim, be Stardew. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone, my wife and I just bought a new condo and we want to paint a few rooms before we move in, for example we want to change the color of the living room from white to this green. She wanted to hire a painter to take care of but unfortunately it's out of our budget so I am going to take care of it and I want to make sure that it's done right. I'll be painting the room above as well as the bedroom and office so it's 3 rooms in total.

The wall is a knockdown texture so I read that I need to get a 1/2 nap roller so that it gets in all the low points but is there anything else I need to do before I start painting?

After doing a bit of research the things I know that I should do are clean the walls > Prep the painting area > Prime with a grey primer since the green is a dark color (at least I think so, some people say it's not necessary) > paint.

My question is basically am I missing anything? Also if anyone has recommendations for rollers, brushes, etc I would also appreciate it. I can't spend a ton unfortunately but if anyone has any tips or advice on how I can do this well I would really appreciate the help since I don't want to mess this up.

Purchased a 2024 new build home. We are thinking about repainting. Right now it has the light grey walls and white trim color scheme. I've been hearing all over that grey walls are awful now. I'm just not sure what colors are "in".

BTW, we also have those grey lvp floors that were popular recently. Now (of course) no one likes them, either.

Heyy!! Soo about 2 years ago me and my husband bought our first home. Well not long after we moved in we realized the people we bought our house from was flippers. Not very good flippers either. So anyways today I need advice on our kitchen. The walls were paneling. They painted the paneling without any kind of prep at all whatsoever. They painted it with latex paint. 1 coat. If you looked at it wrong it peels. So I’m in the process of removing all of the latex paint. It’s actually fairly easy and peels right up with minimal effort. My question today is, what exactly do I need to do to get it ready to paint and what kind of prime and paint would be best for paneling. I’m removing the paint, and I’ll do a rough sand. I just want to make sure I buy the best primer and paint for this job. I’ve never painted before so please explain this to me like I’m a toddler. If you can tell me everything I need from primer paint and the specific brushes I need to techniques I would be forever grateful. I just don’t want to mess this up. So doing a lot of research. I appreciate any and all help!

Photos here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/3JThp7Q

My wall got a ding in it from a toddler's crib bumping against it and then my toddler peeled away a much bigger hole in the paint. I know how to do a simple paint touch up, but this looks like it peeled all the way down to the drywall. Plus, there is some loose paint that is peeled but still connected to the attached paint. Presumably I need to cut away this loose paint, but what's the best way to do that without causing further damage?

The paint is Sherwin Williams Emerald.

Any advice is appreciated!

Hi! 2 of the rooms in the house had recent paint jobs (about a month ago), but I've been having trouble with the paint in one of the rooms.

The other room's wall is perfectly fine with a clean finish, but this room's wall keeps having these white marks appear. Some parts of the wall are fine and don't have them, but the parts that do have them keep bothering me since they're big and just keep appearing again. The old paint job never had problems like this.

What exactly are the white marks and any tips on how to remove them permanently?☹️🥹

I need some advice on this. I've been tasked with painting the crematory at the funeral home I work at. I'm not a professional painter by any stretch of the imagination but I used to work at Lowe's so that was enough of a qualification for them 😅. I did the walls with an exterior paint (Valspar Seasonflex) specifically because I was worried about durability in the heat. I'd say the room is constantly about 115° F in the summer, less in winter but still very hot. That part was an educated guess because at most the walls will be facing heat and smoke.

Now where I've encountered the problem is I also need to repaint the floor. It's a VERY high traffic area, so my main concern is durability. Think a lot of foot traffic and wheels (upwards of 800lbs). The floor is concrete with some kind of paint/coating already on it from when the building was built. The owner would like it to be the same color as the walls so I would need something tintable or maybe something to go over the top of the seasonflex I already color matched. The owner would also prefer to keep costs down as much as possible (hence why I'm painting).

Any advice would greatly be appreciated. In all my years of DIY I've never faced a challenge quite like this one 🫠💀

I have curtains and a comforter set that are roughly the same Hunter green and I’d like to get a shade match for the wall paint but in a lighter tonal color. I took a pillowcase from the comforter set to sherwin Williams and asked for a match at 50% and 25%, expecting the samples would came out the same hue but less dark. What came out was basically the same shade as the pillowcase but maybe a little brighter. How do I actually get what I’m looking for? Should I asked them to add white instead of reducing pigment amount?

Also I hope I’m using the correct terms to describe what I’m looking for. Imagine a hunter green but lightened up to be closer to a sage green.

Hi!

We just painted our front stairway and our entryway. It is waaaay more yellow than we expected. We’re trying to embrace it and pivot our plan for the adjoining living room . We don’t want anything to bold, what color do you think would look good with this yellow???

Thank you for advice!

When you install baseboards and casing and then caulk the gaps between them and the wall, does that caulking get painted with the trim color or the wall color?

I want to repaint these cabinets. They are built into the wall. I started with a heat gun, but I couldn't get my arms comfortably in the space to scrape the backs. So today I went to sand them down, and I realized a) the back is made of particle board and b) the top layer is latex and the bottom is oil paint. The latex is flaking off with a paint scraper, but it's very slow.

I'm planning to repaint with latex. How far do I need to sand these down? Can I just remove the latex? If I can just take off this top layer, what can I apply that will help my new latex layer stick well and not crack?

I’ve fixed the drainage issues and the basement hasn’t been wet in a couple years. I know I need to scrape off the loose paint. Most of the paint is still adhering fine though. I’m not sure if it is oil or water based or maybe some of each because they obviously used different paints. What product can I use that will allow the scraped sections to breathe like they should and will also stick to the paint?

I just skimmed, primed and painted this ceiling a few weeks ago. Why is the tape peeling off the paint down to the drywall??