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hunter

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7. As little as possible, according to a student housing slumlord I worked for long ago.
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 05:39 PM
Saturday

He'd paint everything -- walls, ceilings, doors, cabinets, trim -- with paint color-matched to KILZ, a cover-up spray primer that had such a high level of volatile organic compounds ( VOC ) then that it would give you a buzz if you used it in a closed room.

It worked on lipstick, blood, feces... all the stuff you might find smeared on the walls after a wild party or psychotic break. Scrape the surface flat, spray with KILZ, done.

Preparing an apartment for new tenants was almost as easy except you used less KILZ and more paint.

How much paint? A gallon might get you through several apartments, fast and cheap.

It was hellish work for a perfectionist like me but it was far from the worst job I ever had.

Would an AI tell you that?





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