Any painters in the house?

[Squisher]

Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams are great brands, but you can cut your costs in half by going with Behr Premium Plus Ultra. I always loved Benjamin Moore until they priced themselves out of this world.

Plus too, if you call up Behr and say you flip houses for a living they'll send you free their entire color line in a nice handy swing out book. :sneaky:

 

[lord_emperor]

Go to an actual paint store and buy a high end brush, never mind if it costs 10x as much as the cheapest one it's worth it.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams are great brands, but you can cut your costs in half by going with Behr Premium Plus Ultra. I always loved Benjamin Moore until they priced themselves out of this world.

Plus too, if you call up Behr and say you flip houses for a living they'll send you free their entire color line in a nice handy swing out book. :sneaky:

There's a reason BM costs 2x, but I'm guessing this isn't going to be a premium grade job or outcome.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I don't trust that boob to throw a ball, let alone paint a house.

 

[Wonderful Pork]

Closing on my first house next week and am painting the whole interior. Any tips on tools or methods? Anyone use one of those Wagner power rollers? It's a ton of painting and am looking to get it done as quickly and efficiently as possible.

I just purchased my first place too (condo) and had never painted before. I only ended up painting 2 walls in my living room and 1 wall each in 2 bedrooms (accent walls). Here's what I learned.

- Painting sucks
- its difficult to find friends to help, because they all know painting sucks. Probably the only people I'd help painting is my parents/SO, or somebody I owe a serious favor.
- buy good paint and equipment. I used Benjamin Moore Regal paint & Purdy rollers and cut in brush. Make sure to get all the extra lint off the roller or else it'll drive you crazy after the paint dries. This gets expensive though, if you buy tape and all that jazz. If you're going to paint different colors, just buy one brush/roller per color (trust me).

It took me a full day (8am - 8pm) to prep and 2 coat the 2 living room walls, roughly 12ft x 10ft x 8 ft. By the end of the 2nd coat my arms were literally shaking from exhaustion. I was pretty useless the next day, and I certainly didn't have the motivation to paint anything else. Forget about doing it nights after work.

The 2 bedroom walls took roughly the same amount of time but were kind of easier because I painted one, then the other, then back for the 2nd coat.

If you have any serious amount of painting to do, I'd hire somebody, especially if you have a fixed timeline. I would rather work extra or sell stuff online to make up the money because painting sucks (did I mention that already?)

 

[vi edit]

Painting isn't that bad. Mudding, taping, and sanding drywall? Now *THAT* sucks.

 

[Squisher]

Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams are great brands, but you can cut your costs in half by going with Behr Premium Plus Ultra. *I always loved Benjamin Moore until they priced themselves out of this world.




Plus too, if you call up Behr and say you flip houses for a living they'll send you free their entire color line in a nice handy swing out book. :sneaky:

There's a reason BM costs 2x, but I'm guessing this isn't going to be a premium grade job or outcome.

Not so much.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Painting isn't that bad. Mudding, taping, and sanding drywall? Now *THAT* sucks.

/thread

 

[Pardus]

Closing on my first house next week and am painting the whole interior. Any tips on tools or methods? Anyone use one of those Wagner power rollers? It's a ton of painting and am looking to get it done as quickly and efficiently as possible.

If going form darker to lighter color, even one shade, put down primer first.

Power rollers/Spray guns are good if you only have walls and no other obstacles, like windows, vents, outlets, etc.

Best rollers i ever used were from walmart, orange ones i think

I tried every brand of paint, True Value Easy Care w/o primer is the best.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

we paid $6k for handymen to paint the whole interior of a 2700sq ft house. Professionals wanted anywhere between $8k - $13k! Kinda ridiculous. I don't know who the people are who hire them.

Ouch. We paid $1700 to have the inside of our house painted (roughly the same size). Two coats on every wall and 1 coat on the ceiling. There were a couple of rooms we didn't have painted but even if we would've included them, it would've been well under $3000 and that was with Sherwin Williams paint.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Ouch. We paid $1700 to have the inside of our house painted (roughly the same size). Two coats on every wall and 1 coat on the ceiling. There were a couple of rooms we didn't have painted but even if we would've included them, it would've been well under $3000 and that was with Sherwin Williams paint.

It can vary mightily based on area. Large cities come with higher costs, but there is also trim and work to be performed to consider. Base, extra, shoe, extra, crown, extra, casements, extra, big fancy any of that, extra extra, primer, extra, sanding, extra, stripping, extra. For instance, there are 44 surfaces to paint on each of my 5 basement windows. That is 220 surfaces to paint per coat, and if you repainted them, you would have to at least sand them all first, and I would also demand you use oil-based paint.

It's kind of hard to say he got ripped off without knowing more details, but my eyes crossed when I read his post too.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Stick to the basic tools. The more advanced/fancy stuff may be good if you do it as a living and learn to use them properly and effectively, but I find as a DIYer it's easier to stick to what is well known and basic.

Go to a local paint store, get all your supplies there such as rollers, make sure you stick to the same type of roller. A good paint store will keep track of all this for you, ask them if they do, if they don't, keep track of it yourself. If you end up needing more rollers you want the same surface. Get one or two step ladders (from anywhere) if you don't have any. you'll end up using them around the house in the future, so get decent ones.

But it will probably take you a few weeks unless you can get like a week off. Idealy, if the house is completely empty and there's no other work needed, it will go faster.

 

[The_Dude8]

i bought this paint from HD to paint the interior of the house, but the paint is not sticking onto the wall. i did not mix anything with the white paint. When i finished painting the wall, some spots on the wall has little paint due to run off; it looks like someone is crying. Is it the paint that's causing the problem of not sticking onto the wall? The paint job is not uniform.
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...&langId=-1&keyword=678885051303&storeId=10051

 

[jupiter57]

Been painting for over 30 years (Occasionally), in fact I am painting the kitchen, Dining Room & Sunroom today.

When I started on this house, I decided to get the Wagner "TurboRoll", damned fine piece of equipment for $35, IMO! Takes a while to get the hang of it, but I really can't see myself painting without it now!

If using a regular roller, use a 3/4" nap roller, a roller screen, and a 5 gallon bucket.
Pans are for rookies. (3/4" nap will hold more paint, requiring less dipping.
Just put the paint on somewhat heavy, keep an eye on it, as soon as you see some drying spots, go back and re-roll with a "dry" roller (Same roller, just don't dip it) it to even it out. (Always roll the wall twice with each coat, you'll get the hang of it.)

 

[jupiter57]

i bought this paint from HD to paint the interior of the house, but the paint is not sticking onto the wall. i did not mix anything with the white paint. When i finished painting the wall, some spots on the wall has little paint due to run off; it looks like someone is crying. Is it the paint that's causing the problem of not sticking onto the wall? The paint job is not uniform.
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...&langId=-1&keyword=678885051303&storeId=10051

Looks like you may be painting over a gloss or semi-gloss, or possibly an oil based paint.
Priming may be in order in your case.
Ask the store to tint your primer the same as your finish coat, that will help a lot.

 

[Saint Nick]

Over the past couple years, I have painted my house. No, it didn't take me that long... 🙂

We just ripped down multitudes of wall paper from the basement. Just tape up your edges and go to work. I use regular old rollers and paint BRUSHES. Get yourself a moist towel to wipe up stray paint and call it a day. Pretty meticulous.

 

[rsutoratosu]

The last owner painted the whole basement dark forest green. The ceiling also has nail coming through from the floor above so I couldn't really use a roller as it'll snag the nails.

I had a compressor, went to home depot and bought the husky power spray. Basically I tape the whole room off and just spray till the forest green was gone. My basement was around 25x25 with 7 ft height. It took 2 5gallon primer to get rid of the green. spray is messy. You need a mask, the disposable cover all with the hood. Paint goes up and comes down, dont want it on your hair..

It did take a little time to adjust the nozzle and figure out the spray pattern but once that's set, its nice and fast.

 

[edro]

Buy the good painter's tape (3M or green frog brand).
Cheap brands will bleed through no matter how hard you apply it.

Get fabric drop clothes, as they are not slippery and are reusable forever.

2 coats minimum: First coat for coverage, second coat for color.
Even if you are repainting a ceiling, I would do 2 coats. You will definitely miss spots and will not see them until months later and you will be pissed you didn't do 2 coats.

BTW, ceiling painting is the worst. Use a neck pillow like on an airplane.

 

[JimKiler]

we paid $6k for handymen to paint the whole interior of a 2700sq ft house. Professionals wanted anywhere between $8k - $13k! Kinda ridiculous. I don't know who the people are who hire them.

If we weren't in a rush to finally move in after 3 months of construction and living at my in-laws for a year, we would've done it ourselves. Would've probably taken weeks. But I ain't paying $13k just for paint!

Weeks to complete? I am going to paint my house this weekend but we are not doing every room. I think 2 days will be more than enough time for a new build that has no floors and trim on it. We just have to avoid painting the popcorn ceiling and corners where two different paints meet.

 

[JimKiler]

Not so much.

thanks!

 

[The_Dude8]

anyone try return custom paint that was bought from HD, and that is un-open to homedepot for store credits?

thanks

 

[The_Dude8]

any advices on painting exterior of a house that has stucco? is there any special paint? do we paint it with rollers? or do we have to rent a special paint sprayer from Homedepot?

Thanks

 

[herm0016]

for stucco I would go with a think knap roller. spraying also works. how is the texture? are you changing the color?