Okay... so maybe he left out the caulk part (but gawd knows I didn't *insert perverted laugh here*) but he meant what he said. He showed me enough tricks of the trade that I'd be able to assemble, measure, estimate, drill, saw or fix most of the important daily things in life. I think he inspired this 'adventure' side of me, my drive to do things people don't think I can, or at least women in general can't.
Now that I am without roommate, I am thrilled to once again be able to take baths and not think about anothers foot fungus beneath me. I got to thinking about a bath and realized I would have been staring at this:
(I wasn't TLC-enough to take decent before pictures, but just imagine that multiplied to the extent of the whole tub, totally gross.)
The bathroom is actually getting a pretty decent makeover: new paint, new shelves, new shower curtain. You see, I now live in a studio the size of a shoebox and the bathroom is really the only "room" I have. So I've decided to spoil it (and myself) and create a fantastic space.
I know, I rent and I could have called the landlord but he probably would have hired some creepy guy who would have done a crappy job, and I do live in a studio meaning I would have been no more then 5 feet from him the entire time he was here, and he probably would have smelled, and tried to talk to me the whole time, and then he would have asked me where I was from.... I just didn't have the energy for all that.
So I went to eHow and got the basic tips, picked up the supplies at the raddest Hardware store ever (go Hillcrest Ace!) and so the project began. I was informed I should 'tape' around the area. At first I thought it was for sissies who couldn't keep their arm steady but I decided I should respect eHow as they do know all. I bought one of those nifty caulk smoother things, yeah that was a complete waste of $2.99, just made things worse. The best thing to use for smoothing? A standard index finger. But of course I used more then one finger, in fact I used all ten, and apparently the caulk gun and soap bottle as well. To demonstrate what a complete mess I made see inserts below:
Good thing I followed directions regarding the tape.
The gun is not supposed to have caulk on it, only the tub and first finger are.
Even the poor Ajax bottle couldn't escape.
My hands, raw from scrubbing with the scour brush in multiple, pathetic attempts to remove the caulk.
Shelly's advice for re-caulking your tub:
1. Don't.
2. Procrastinate
3. Make jokes with your friend about how you're not very good with 'caulk' and how it's so sticky and hard to handle and you're not really sure what to do with the caulk...
4. Get the guy next door who is happily married and likes to be helpful to others do it in exchange for a 6-pack.
5. Hire someone
After much mess and nearly half a bottle of soap for clean-up, here are the results:
Voila! A beautiful, bath worthy tub.
No, I will not caulk your tub EVER, and yes you are free to make as many 'caulk' jokes to me as you like.
Now, who's ready for another adventure!?!
