Superhero power tool: Day 1
The before horrible bathroom reality. It will get better, I promise
Have you ever felt like having the power to do new things that you believe are the only one in the world who knows how to do them? Is that feeling that almost makes you rush into things like Wonderwomen or pretend you are Catwoman with the power of Dexterity.
Well, I felt like that a couple of days ago and it was just because I knew I had a great project to do and the best part; I had the Superhero power tool for the task ahead.
Today is my day number 1 on my “kind of a” bathroom renovation. And when I say “kind of” is because this place is not mine, and my design interference should be kept to a minimum. I know for sure I can handle this and, as I said on my previous post: challenge accepted. On this day I’m going to be transforming one of the bathroom walls with this new and innovative device called U-Stripe It & Design tool.
Phill Menendez who is the distributor of the U-Stripe It & Design Tool, saw my Chevron painted wall and kindly offered me to try his product and see how easy and fast it was to create intricate designs on the wall while cutting the job time in half. How could I say no if this tool was going to make my wall design task much easier!
I knew for sure that the U-Stripe It was in for a ride because I’m a tough cookie and will not settle for straight lines. With this in mind I started to look for some ideas of pattern designs. Here are some interesting findings.
The one that had me at hello was the hexagonal one (second from left to right). For me this form is a circle wanting to be squared. The first thing I did was a digital drawing as a reference to help me discover the angle at which the diagonal lines needed to be (60 degrees).
The materials are very simple: ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape, 60 degree set square, U-Stripe It tool, tape measure.
Now that I knew the angle, I use a 60 degree set square to draw the first line. After this, the rest was easier to do with the U-Stripe It tool. I only had to make sure that the distance between each line was the same from side to side and then from top to bottom.
Step 1 Start with the diagonal lines after deciding on the degree of the angle.
Step 2 Continue with the other side of the diagonal lines
See how nice the tool assisted me on the task.
Step 3 It’s starting to look like diamonds.
Step 4 The end result are stars.
Step 3 Just paint the hexagonal part of the stars like on the second picture above.
The U-Stripe It comes with a level which makes the task very smooth and it is easy to lock in place after you decided the width of the lines you want to paint. Here is the resulting painted wall. I really loved the outcome. It took me no more than an hour or so to make these lines. This tool made my hexagonal design a breeze.
One of the great transformations I will be talking about in a latter post is lightning. As you can see in this photo, the illumination of this area is very poor and everything ends looking yellow.
Find U-Stripe It tool on their website or on Facebook where they have great ideas and photos.
Look for day number 2 of my bathroom renovation for more ideas and great implementations. Now, if only I could prolong the hours of the days or have a Mjolnir (Thor’s mystical war hammer that has been shown to be capable of opening passageways through space and time); wow, the things I would do!
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