Unpopular opinion: The best advice I ever got was from a painter, not another floor guy.

I was laying some tricky herringbone in a big house in Charleston, and the painter saw me stressing over a tiny gap. He just said, 'Kid, you're the only one who will ever see that from six inches away.' It made me rethink my whole speed versus perfection thing. Anyone else get a game changing tip from someone outside our trade?

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3 Comments

campbell.robin2mo ago

Disagree, that gap could cause a real problem later.

theas942mo ago

Wait, what gap are you even talking about?

margaret_singh12mo ago

Hold up, you're telling me you were doing a herringbone floor and a painter had to give you perspective? That's wild to me. I've seen guys lose their minds over a sixteenth of an inch on a miter cut, but a painter is usually the one asking you to fix your gaps so his caulk line looks good. Maybe he was just tired of watching you sweat.