The color is Tropical Bay, it's a Valspar color from Lowes. I quite like it. ~ Thanks for the tip on the tape, I guess I'll do over the tub sooner, rather than later. :) And, no, they don't have the glossy beadboard panels at my Lowe's or Home Depot. Or at any other hardware/lumber store in the area...

Progress yesterday: Getting ready: http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii278/4HorsesandHolding/Remodel/DSCN6952.jpg Walls after priming: http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii278/4HorsesandHolding/Remodel/DSCN6953.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii278/4HorsesandHolding/Remodel/DSCN6954.jpg http...

I keep running into problems. Ack. Do you think I ought to just paint the entire long wall of the bathroom? http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii278/4HorsesandHolding/Remodel/Untitled-3.jpg The beadboard I was going to get for the long wall turns out to NOT be suitable for use in bathrooms. I'm usin...

^ That would be simple, except I don't have that type of equipment. It's all very low-tech here. I think I may end up needing to buy a miter box and saw, though - and bring my low-tech tool collection up a level.

Actually, that was my plan. After I primed everything else, it looked really yellow next to the white, and since there would be white trim butting up against it, I went ahead and taped off the tub surround and primed that wall. I will post after pictures, but today was my first day with the primer. ...

After starting to work... and some challenges. Removed mirror trim, I think I will prime and paint it white - hopefully that will work. http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii278/4HorsesandHolding/Remodel/IMG_0169.jpg Where someone must have stuck on a toilet paper holder, which then fell off. http://...

Some before pictures. http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii278/4HorsesandHolding/Remodel/DSCN6945.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii278/4HorsesandHolding/Remodel/DSCN6946.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii278/4HorsesandHolding/Remodel/DSCN6947.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii2...

Well, so far, the one thing that encourages me is that someone before us painted (or primed?) the walls. Not well, mind you, as you can see the pattern of the wallboard through it - but we've lived in this home for nearly three years and I've washed the walls in the bathroom before and the paint has...

I think I have figured this out - I bought Kilz2 primer and I'll use that. I'm not sure yet if I will return the gripper primer, as it may come in handy on future rooms. Forgive me if some of my threads seem a bit panicky, but I have never done decorating work and I feel a bit overwhelmed and confus...

Editing this to say: If you are reading this, and thinking about redoing your bathroom - CHECK FOR MOLD UNDER THE TUB before you start. I simply pulled off the panel in front of the tub, so I could replace it and got a nasty surprise. This was the first post asking about the paint, then I started a ...

I want to save you typing. I've been working my way back, page by page, and way back on page , I found a duplicate thread to this one. https://www.mobilehomerepair.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2110 It seems I used the wrong search terms when I looked before posting this thread, because it didn'...

^ Also excellent ideas and tips, thank you.

I think I probably won't switch out all the screws because there are a bunch of them, but the lipstick idea would likely be better than a pencil.

I'd considered that, actually, but couldn't think how I'd know where the screw were - I envisioned a measuring tape and a lot of misplaced shallow holes in the wood. That is a very good idea... I could even color the heads with a pencil and they would leave marks on the wood.

Thank you!

One more question for today. Our windows are all 'double' windows. In other words, there is the outside, original window, and then another one set on the inside. The current 'trim' of every single window in the house is the aluminum casing, screwed in with hex-head screws. The red arrows point to th...

Hi! I've been a lurker on your forum, on and off, for over a year, getting ideas in my head for making my mobile home look less like a mobile home. I'm just getting ready to work on the guest/childrens' bathroom (bought primer yesterday and brought home paint samples) and one of the questions I have...