Interior Level 5
Full-field skim on gypsum, corner bead reset, and a topcoat that does not telegraph joints when the west window turns on.
Coat list
Skim, prime, topcoat — in that order
We do not skip the knife to save a day. If the plane still reads under a lamp, primer waits.
Exterior siding and trim
Scrape to sound wood, spot-prime the drip, recut the body. Newton clapboard that still sheds instead of peeling at the eave.
Millwork and cabinets
Doors labeled, hardware bagged, satin that does not print a fingerprint by dinner. Same holes when they go back on.
Wall covering
Linen, grasscloth, vinyl — only after the plane is Level 5. Paper on a roller-stippled wall is a week of telegraph.
How a room leaves
Three marks before the van packs
Not a mystery process. Just the order that keeps the lamp quiet.
01
Lamp the plane
Raking light first. Joints that still read get a knife, not a second roller. This is the pass Jorge still does himself.
02
Prime once, labeled
One mixed can per sheen, marked for the punch that always arrives after furniture comes back.
03
Topcoat and walk
We leave when the west window has nothing left to catch — not when the clock says the crew is done.
Leave digits. Jorge rings Watertown Street.
Tell us the surface. The shop calls from 950 Watertown St.
Type the number