Painting the inside of the family house is sad, because in memory, the house is perfect: All the familiar things in place: the books, the furniture, the tsotchkes, the old familiar warm colors. But now the books are gone, the furniture and the tsotchkes are long auctioned, and cruel light exposes the paint drips and failed coverage and errant brushstrokes on the walls. And the cobwebs.
And the walls are filthy and need to be washed, because in painting, preparation is everything.
So what's the best way to wash a wall?
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