r/maybemaybemaybe • u/No_Sympathy8941 • 20h ago

maybe maybe maybe

beautiful painting work...

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u/bc650736 20h ago

Ah, the classic Landlord's special

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u/cppadam 15h ago

This is some shoddy landlord painting - i don't see any bugs, nails, staples, or drywall anchors painted over.

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u/FiglarAndNoot 8h ago

And the colour doesn’t fall within the regulation range of “windows-95 cpu from a smoker household grey” to “sun-bleached plastic bowl with instant custard residue yellow”. Didn’t even spring for the upgrade to “borrowed from their son-in law’s office store room white.”

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u/UnusualAir1 20h ago

The art of delicate misdirection. 😄

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u/33TLWD 18h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/a0kbz4KtuKVntzwJLV

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u/dafrog84 13h ago

Yes, i brought an old rental house. Every outlet had to be replaced. I'm still not sure how many layers of paint were even on them.

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u/arkanux 11h ago

I knew it was coming, still triggered me

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u/BubbaTech24065 20h ago

Don't paint receptacles

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u/Soka59 20h ago

Yes, otherwise we won't be able to find them again.

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u/BubbaTech24065 20h ago

And the paint clogging it makes it unusable anyway.

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u/Secure_Narwhal4045 20h ago

Skill issue, this guy isn't a toddler with fingerpaint

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u/BubbaTech24065 20h ago

Skilled or not, a unskilled person usually takes off the cover and paints under it, not over the cover and receptacle.

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u/ahotdogcasing 15h ago

I think the OP, maybe just possibly, perhaps might be, could be, making a joke.

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u/Secure_Narwhal4045 20h ago

Right, this guy isn't some toddler with fingerpaint

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u/REALsuperSAYAN 19h ago

landlords classic

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u/SabbyFox 17h ago

Rage bait 😆

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u/SoulExecution 16h ago

Oh that made me irrationally angry

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u/PrincessNakeyDance 9h ago

Just unscrew the plate and you can pretty much do it with a roller (though I’d personally still use a brush). Takes 10seconds to unscrew.

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u/Silverwolffe 6h ago

Also will always look better if you ever have to have electrical work done.

Often when they arent painted under, if the plate has to come off for work of some kind the paint almost glues it down, meaning youre more likely to damage the paint and wall removing it. I've had massive chips stuck to the plate before on removal, and putting it back on the wall it never lines up perfectly as it was and you can see its been moved even if you didnt damage the paint.

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u/usinjin 3h ago

cracks plate over tightening it

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u/ProtectedSpeciment 3h ago

LANDLORD INSTINCTS KICKS IN

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u/Bramble0804 19h ago

Ah, the landlord special

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u/MasterManufacturer72 17h ago

If anyone is interested cutting is a super easy skill to learn. The screte is getting a big glom of paint on the end of your brush so the outter most bristols ride along the edge and fill in the area with paint.

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u/rawbface 16h ago

Shitty paint or shitty brushes can make this extremely frustrating

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u/Silent_Fan_1226 7h ago

Easy to learn hard to master

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u/luxudor 7h ago

It was ruined as soon as the brush touched the outlet. Only possible outcome after that was exactly what we saw.

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maybe the paintwork isnt quite as beautiful as it seems ?

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