[Build] [Noisebridge-discuss] Wall Status -- choice of paint color: white-white is best
miloh
froggytoad at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 22:26:31 UTC 2011
Theres a totally different paper made of mesh, it isnt sandpaper. Its used
for drywall.
use that to make it flat and be done...
On Nov 28, 2011 2:20 PM, "jim" <jim at well.com> wrote:
>
> good point re grit size. 80 grit will probably work
> for a first pass. 100 or 120 grit will probably be fine
> for the final pass. (don't forget the elasticity of
> standards, e.g. "fuck it, looks fine to me.")
> 150 grit and finer will require a lot more work
> without any apparent benefit once covered with water-
> based paint.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 14:13 -0800, miloh wrote:
> > There are drywall sanders in the drywall tool bin, last seen by me
> > over by the kitchen near the mushroom logs
> >
> > Use blue drywall sanders with handles for speed and accuracy. Regular
> > grit sandpaper is not recommended for this job
> >
> > On Nov 28, 2011 2:05 PM, "jim" <jim at well.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > as to painting, i'm guessing the 5 gallons of primer
> > we now have is PVA white.
> > if we're gong to put a top coat over it, i recommend
> > white-white, which has the greatest index of reflectivity
> > (about 95%; the lightest off-white has 90%, and most very
> > light colors reflect less than 90% of the light, some
> > light and all medium saturated colors are in the 70s or
> > less).
> > Not only do we get much more efficient use of lighting
> > with white-white, but we have much better control of color
> > in the space. note that a commitment to some hue (e.g. blue)
> > limits the possibilities of any decorations or alternate
> > colors in the space. white-white lets us put up the greatest
> > variety of posters and other colored objects without clumsy
> > color rhythms.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 10:13 -0800, Shannon Lee wrote:
> > > Hi Mike,
> > >
> > >
> > > I believe that the mudding is finished in Church; what's
> > going to be
> > > needed in there is sanding and painting. If you feel like
> > > contributing, grab some sand paper from the drawer in the
> > shop and get
> > > to it!
> > >
> > >
> > > Warning: this is an incredibly dusty endeavor.
> > >
> > >
> > > --S
> > >
> > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Mike Schachter
> > <mike at mindmech.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > Hey Shannon, thanks to you and everyone else
> > > for improving the space! I've been a long time
> > > Church room enthusiast and was gonna use it
> > > to give a little workshop tomorrow around 7pm,
> > > but if it's in disarray I'd rather show up and help
> > > out with something. So if there's a task I could
> > > take on let me know. Like, what are some basic
> > > things the Church room needs at this point, or
> > > will by tomorrow night?
> > >
> > > mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Shannon Lee
> > > <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi Noisebridge,
> > > > The walls around both classrooms and the shop have
> > been
> > > extended to the
> > > > ceiling.
> > > > Sheetrocking is complete; mudding & taping was
> > ongoing when
> > > I left a couple
> > > > of hours ago, but everything was winding down, and
> > I suspect
> > > that it's done
> > > > for the night; when last I looked, Church and
> > Turing were
> > > mudded, and much
> > > > of the outside was mudded; the shop still needs to
> > be mudded
> > > inside and out.
> > > > I will likely not be back to this until this
> > weekend, but
> > > anyone else who
> > > > wants to mud is more than welcome to do so; and of
> > course,
> > > after mudding
> > > > comes sanding, and after sanding comes...
> > > > Painting:
> > > > We bought a 5 gallon bucket of primer, which I
> > plan to put
> > > up sometime,
> > > > maybe next weekend; but honestly, we really,
> > really don't
> > > need any more vast
> > > > expanses of white walls. Someone who has a Vision
> > of what
> > > the walls should
> > > > look like, and the artistic skill to execute said
> > vision,
> > > should make them
> > > > be something other than white. We really need
> > some color on
> > > those walls.
> > > > Murals are totally welcome, simple non-white
> > color schemes
> > > are equally
> > > > welcome, but someone for God's sake do something.
> > > > Power and Lights:
> > > > Turing and Church are without light. The shop has
> > the light
> > > over the
> > > > central work bench, and during the day is
> > well-served by its
> > > skylight, but
> > > > at night it's very dark. The neon lighting which
> > has been
> > > serving the
> > > > classrooms and the shop was in two long banks of
> > lights
> > > which ran
> > > > continuously over the three rooms; they had to be
> > broken up
> > > in order to
> > > > allow for walls to be installed. I understand
> > that there's
> > > a plan in place
> > > > to make the remaining lights light up; Jim even
> > expressed a
> > > revolutionary
> > > > idea whereby the lights in a particular room would
> > be
> > > controlled by a switch
> > > > *in that room* so that the people occupying the
> > room could
> > > control their
> > > > need for artifical light.
> > > > The power rail above the table in the shop is
> > still powered;
> > > the rail has
> > > > been removed from Church and Turing -- again, to
> > make way
> > > for walls. Turing
> > > > is well-served by its own 20-amp circuit and a
> > *lot* of
> > > outlets at various
> > > > convenient leves; Chuch, however, currently has no
> > power of
> > > any kind. I
> > > > believe there is a plot afoot to power it, as well
> > as to
> > > mount a projector
> > > > and projector screen back there.
> > > > If you'd like to be involved in getting power and
> > lights
> > > where power and
> > > > lights should go, I refer you to Jim's missive on
> > the topic
> > > in a previous
> > > > email thread, as well as to Jim, SuperQ and Miloh,
> > who are
> > > all variously
> > > > working on this stuff.
> > > > Doors:
> > > > Doors are needed for the shop, and possibly for
> > Turing and
> > > the Turing-Church
> > > > Intra-Classroom Door. The big doorway leading to
> > the shop
> > > needs (ideally)
> > > > double swinging doors, of the type you find in
> > restraunt
> > > kitchen and
> > > > hospital settings; the other doors should all (in
> > the best
> > > of all possible
> > > > worlds) have portholes, or windows, or be made of
> > glass,
> > > because nobody
> > > > wants to have their class or meeting constantly
> > interrupted
> > > by people
> > > > opening the door to see if anybody's in there.
> > SuperQ is at
> > > work on the
> > > > door problem; feel free to contact him.
> > > > Lots of people showed up this weekend to help out,
> > more than
> > > I can name
> > > > here, but including a one-armed Bandit, a small
> > army of
> > > purple-haired women,
> > > > and an stray 9-year-old girl who came in with her
> > parents
> > > after having heard
> > > > Mitch on NPR and was put to work mudding. Kaya
> > deserves a
> > > special shout-out
> > > > for the use of her truck for hauling everything;
> > Danny for
> > > getting this
> > > > moving, and for paying for a lot of it; and Jurgen
> > and Zack
> > > for basic
> > > > unflappability.
> > > > As I said, many more people were involved to one
> > extent or
> > > another, and I
> > > > can think of at least one person whose name I've
> > just flat
> > > forgotten; thank
> > > > you to all of you for having shown up and Just
> > Done It when
> > > it needed to
> > > > Just Be Done.
> > > > There is more still to Just Do; if you want a
> > task, just
> > > ask, and one shall
> > > > be given.
> > > > --S
> > > > --
> > > > Shannon Lee
> > > > (503) 539-3700
> > > >
> > > > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is
> > indistinguishable from
> > > science."
> > > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Shannon Lee
> > > (503) 539-3700
> > >
> > > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from
> > science."
> > >
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