My neighbor's "just paint over it" advice cost me 3 hours last Saturday

I was patching a hole in my drywall and Bob from next door comes over, says just slap some paint on it, no need for mudding. He's been doing renos for 20 years so I listened. Yeah, that hole looked like a crater after one coat. Had to scrape it all off, mud it proper, sand it down, then paint again. Took me from 9am to noon on a Saturday fixing that mess. Anyone else ever get bad advice from someone who should know better?

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vera_lewis220d ago

Bob strikes again. Some folks just hate doing things the right way the first time.

the_thea20d ago

Three hours on a Saturday because Bob skipped the mud, same as every shortcut that costs double later.

allen.kai20d ago

That thing about shortcuts costing double later - it's so true. Buddy of mine used to work at a warehouse and they had this old loading dock that needed a ramp. Bob said nah, just stack some pallets and hop the gap. Worked for months. Then one day a pallet cracked, whole stack went sideways, smashed two brand new forklifts. Cost the company like 50 grand. Bob got fired. That shortcut ended up costing way more than just time.