Best Friend's Daughter (henceforth, referred to as BFD) wanted to help, so she came along. We needed to put on a second coat of paint in the bathroom. The paint that went directly over old paint was nice and shiny like semi-gloss should be. The paint that went over our texture spots made of joint compound was not. It had absorbed way more paint so the shininess was missing. So, second coat of paint was our task.
BFD didn't have painting clothes, so she borrowed some of mine. She's considerably smaller than I am, so everything was quite baggy. Made her look like a little kid. She had never painted before but was excited about it. I had to show and explain it all, but she did well. Tried doing the brushwork around the edges of things. As she saw me using the roller, she thought that would be more fun so we switched. She did a good job!
It was much faster with two of us, but also a bit more complicated. We had to pay close attention to what parts had been done and which hadn't. Also harder because as a second coat starts to dry, it matches what's already there! We got it though and it should look good when it's all done drying. The room is so much brighter now that it used to be.
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