Ikarus1
Avtomat Krishna-kov
I guess I have always been used to painting interior and exterior of my own home. I never realized how much money it saved, until I priced out a recent painting job in anticipation of my home being appraised.
To say I had sticker shock is putting it mildly. $3500 to paint 3 rooms downstairs (1200 total sq ft) in a single color with semigloss white trim is getting darn near rediculous. Not to mention I have a 22ft foyer area and about 500 sq ft of additional paint. I didn't even bother pricing it out. So of course, my wife and I tackled it ourselves.
1. Shop around for paint. Walmart sold/sells Glidden, which is a division of PPG (as is Olympic, Sikkens, and Flood) and I'm pretty sure they know how to make good paint. Most Walmart Supercenters have a paint mixing employee somewhere in the building, so get to know them as well as you know the person who works the ammo counter. Walmart likes to put those huge 5 gal pails of interior paint on clearance from time to time. I suggest you BUY THEM. I got 5 gallons of Interior Eggshell base for $40 on clearance. If you bought this in Home Depot or Lowes you would pay around $150. You can always have them color mixed later, but wrestling a 5 gallon container of paint from someone with a tyvek suit and nametag that indicates that they're a house painting 'pro' means you're on the right track.
2. Never skimp on supplies. I like to buy real canvas dropclothes and not plastic, so the next stop is Harbor Freight. They sell canvas dropclothes probably cheaper than most big box stores pay wholesale for them. Get some big ones and at least one 'runner' type for hallways. I also prefer real horsehair brushes from Linzer, and I like to use 1/2" nap roller covers inside and 3/4" outside. Always nice to have an extra roller tray (or use liners!) and an extension handle of at least 5ft. I like to use wood and not metal in case of lightning. After a few painting jobs, and good care and cleaning, you'll accumulate enough painting supplies to open your own paint business.
3. Ladders aren't cheap. Extension ladders run in the hundreds of dollars now. So borrow one if you can. Do not stop on the interstate to get a ladder that has fallen off a truck. Pretty sure that's the #1 reason for illegal immigrant death in the Carolinas (maybe drowning). It's not WORTH IT. DO NOT PLAY LADDER FROGGER in real life!
4. Any color change (from cool to warm colors or vice versa) will require a primer. If you do not use a hiding primer, you will not be happy with the result. Bite the bullet, and buy the Kilz. Or Valspar. Or Linzer 1-2-3. They all will make your colors brighter and the topcoat will not peel.
Now repeat after me: I am NOT skeered of HEIGHTS, I WILL NOT FALL. Keep repeating this in your head, and use a radio.
Just think of all that money you will save to blow on guns, cars, boats, motorcycles, or jewelry
To say I had sticker shock is putting it mildly. $3500 to paint 3 rooms downstairs (1200 total sq ft) in a single color with semigloss white trim is getting darn near rediculous. Not to mention I have a 22ft foyer area and about 500 sq ft of additional paint. I didn't even bother pricing it out. So of course, my wife and I tackled it ourselves.
1. Shop around for paint. Walmart sold/sells Glidden, which is a division of PPG (as is Olympic, Sikkens, and Flood) and I'm pretty sure they know how to make good paint. Most Walmart Supercenters have a paint mixing employee somewhere in the building, so get to know them as well as you know the person who works the ammo counter. Walmart likes to put those huge 5 gal pails of interior paint on clearance from time to time. I suggest you BUY THEM. I got 5 gallons of Interior Eggshell base for $40 on clearance. If you bought this in Home Depot or Lowes you would pay around $150. You can always have them color mixed later, but wrestling a 5 gallon container of paint from someone with a tyvek suit and nametag that indicates that they're a house painting 'pro' means you're on the right track.
2. Never skimp on supplies. I like to buy real canvas dropclothes and not plastic, so the next stop is Harbor Freight. They sell canvas dropclothes probably cheaper than most big box stores pay wholesale for them. Get some big ones and at least one 'runner' type for hallways. I also prefer real horsehair brushes from Linzer, and I like to use 1/2" nap roller covers inside and 3/4" outside. Always nice to have an extra roller tray (or use liners!) and an extension handle of at least 5ft. I like to use wood and not metal in case of lightning. After a few painting jobs, and good care and cleaning, you'll accumulate enough painting supplies to open your own paint business.
3. Ladders aren't cheap. Extension ladders run in the hundreds of dollars now. So borrow one if you can. Do not stop on the interstate to get a ladder that has fallen off a truck. Pretty sure that's the #1 reason for illegal immigrant death in the Carolinas (maybe drowning). It's not WORTH IT. DO NOT PLAY LADDER FROGGER in real life!
4. Any color change (from cool to warm colors or vice versa) will require a primer. If you do not use a hiding primer, you will not be happy with the result. Bite the bullet, and buy the Kilz. Or Valspar. Or Linzer 1-2-3. They all will make your colors brighter and the topcoat will not peel.
Now repeat after me: I am NOT skeered of HEIGHTS, I WILL NOT FALL. Keep repeating this in your head, and use a radio.
Just think of all that money you will save to blow on guns, cars, boats, motorcycles, or jewelry
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