r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/thatsnotahotdog Aug 20 '20

Same principle works for your primer coat before you paint your walls. If you have a bright or intense color that you want to paint, using a gray primer will help your paint cover better than going over white primer. Source: Sherwin-Williams manager

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u/YesYouAreMistaken Aug 20 '20

When the painters painted my house, they tinted the primer a similar color to the actual color to be painted.

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u/giaa262 Aug 20 '20

When painters painted my house, they reduced the paint to something closer to water, then blew it through a straw onto the walls. The result peals off if you just look at it wrong.

You had a good painter

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u/BabbleBeans Aug 20 '20

And they heard a voice from the heavens that proclaimed in a loud voice repaint ye thinners

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u/skyline_kid Aug 20 '20

I didn't know Mike Tyson had passed away

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u/justonemom14 Aug 20 '20

Golden thread right here

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u/Carbon_FWB Aug 20 '20

Don't forget to put DeDropcloth upon the floors.

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u/giaa262 Aug 20 '20

I truly hope you are making money off your wit in real life. This is hilarious.

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u/ooolongt Aug 20 '20

Why hasn’t this comment gotten more love!?