u/Dextrapede

EDIT: thank you so much everyone for all of your helpful advice! I am a bit stressed and struggling to respond to everything but I appreciate it a ton, thank you

His brother in law installed our dishwasher. It managed to flood the entire kitchen (second floor) while we were out last night, and there's a large chunk of the ceiling in the garage that's split and sagging (ground floor) and it poured out of all of the light fixtures and also down the walls and light switches.

We turned off the breakers, shut off the water, and cleaned up the water as best as we could. We also opened windows and turned on fans.

Our landlord has called his brother in law (who as far as I know is not licensed for anything) to come take a look at the damage. The brother in law did not show up today and says something came up and he's busy.

My main concern is there is extensive damage. We've sent videos and photos of everything but the landlord won't call a professional. I had extended mold exposure growing up and I'm not interested in another mold rodeo.

I'm assuming the ceiling will have to be ripped out a bit, which obviously we can't do, but is there anything we can do in the meantime to inhibit mold growth?

Thank you so much in advance!

I finally got my first oil paints. I paint often with acrylics and gouache, so I knew oil paints would be a learning curve. With acrylics and gouache, I'm used to getting completely lost in the sauce and painting for nearly the whole day. I'm VERY excited to get into oil painting, but one thing is throwing me off; how the hell is it possible to work a painting for more than an hour or two?

I mean this quite literally. I did my undersketch (in paint), and when I went to apply a wash an hour later it completely wiped my undersketch away. 100% my fault, for some reason I forgot the entire point of oil paint is its slow drying time. So I forged ahead as best as I could, but of course a lot of it is muddied. Now it's looking like I'll have to wait for a few more days before I can even attempt to fix the muddy parts.

Am I really supposed to do an undersketch, wait 2 or 3 days, apply a wash, and wait 2 or 3 days, before finally being able to even just block in colours? I can't imagine oil painters can spend more than an hour or two at most on a painting before needing to wait for a layer to dry. I just don't understand how the actual painting part works! A lot of tutorials I've watched don't really touch on this. I understand the techniques, fat over lean, etc, but the actual practical application is confusing me. Is there something specific that is allowing oil painters to fix mistakes, build up opacity, block out colours, etc all in the course of a day, without necessarily waiting for it to dry to the touch? I'd love some help!!!

Thank you!!!

Kitchen flooded into basement below. Landlord doesn't have someone coming for several days. How do we mitigate damage?

How the hell are you painting for hours a day?