Painting kitchens takes a lot of grit. I’m not talking about the kind of grit it takes to walk barefoot up Croagh Patrick. Kitchen painting is physically demanding, but I’ll choose it over shoeless mountaineering any day.
No, I’m talking about the kind of grit you find on sandpaper.
People ask me all the time what tools I use to hand paint kitchens.
I tell them, “A purdy sprig and two fussy blokes.”
Nobody ever believes me. They think I’m having a laugh. I’m not.
I explain, “I cover two fussy blokes in paint and roll them over the surface. Then I follow up with a purdy sprig to get the finish I’m known for.”
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Disaster!
That was the only thing going through my mind.
The acrid smell of a burned-out motor filled my nostrils. My stomach tightened with anxiety. The one piece of kit I absolutely cannot do without had just flamed out and died. In the middle of a job too.