{"id":35564,"date":"2009-08-28T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T11:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=35564"},"modified":"2009-09-01T13:28:30","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T13:28:30","slug":"skim-coating-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/08\/skim-coating-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Skim Coating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I need to skim coat and paint a pre-war coop apartment (as part of a much larger job).  I have so far received one quote, which is charging 60K for skim coating and painting.  Walls are not in such terrible shape considering the apartment is pre-war. We are talking about 1200 sq. ft. give or take.  This seems extraordinarily high.  Does someone have any good recommendations?  Because it is a coop, I believe that the person would have to be licensed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need to skim coat and paint a pre-war coop apartment (as part of a much larger job). I have so far received one quote, which is charging 60K for skim coating and painting. Walls are not in such terrible shape considering the apartment is pre-war. 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