hi everyone, I just have a few general paitning questions, after doing a paint job recently. Im looking at cheaper properties in fairly rough areas so it doesnt have to be a perfect job, budget > quality of finish
1. my family members who have painted before and friends all say, "a 2bdr house you could paint in a day or too", based on that I estimated 2-3 days, how wrong was I, it took 1 painter 7 days plus hired a 2nd guy for half those times with me helping with skirts and the fiddly jobs. What is a realistic timeframe
2. I found that whenver you were doing doors etc, painter would roll the doors and brush the bits around the handles etc, but the finish of the brush vs roller were always noticeable, is this normal, and how do you get around it without removing the handles
3. Is it better to remove doors or just paint them on the hinges
4. Went down to the paint shop and they really recommended me a $550 paint sprayer for future use, apparently, I can do a whole house in 1-1.5 days, but it understandly will take twice as long to tape the edges etc. What is the finish like?
5. As for colour, assuming im going a tint of white, if im budget conscious, is it ok to do the ceiling and walls the same colour, and the skirts a gloss? or even the same colour for ceiling, wall and skirts???
6. If i were to do them all 3 a different colour, which is the best order, is it ceiling then wall then skirts?
7. I was told that every thing must be sealed once or twice, surely if the skirts or even walls were a similar white, would you need 1 or even 2 coats of sealer??? I found that we had to seal skirts twice because they were brown
8. for the walls, we sanded it down by hand using sand paper on a pole, I thought it may have been more efficienty with a machine
9. Are there any great tips for saving $$$ and time for these cheaper type of properties
such as this HA HA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9MAmWnOznI
Thanks everyone
1. my family members who have painted before and friends all say, "a 2bdr house you could paint in a day or too", based on that I estimated 2-3 days, how wrong was I, it took 1 painter 7 days plus hired a 2nd guy for half those times with me helping with skirts and the fiddly jobs. What is a realistic timeframe
2. I found that whenver you were doing doors etc, painter would roll the doors and brush the bits around the handles etc, but the finish of the brush vs roller were always noticeable, is this normal, and how do you get around it without removing the handles
3. Is it better to remove doors or just paint them on the hinges
4. Went down to the paint shop and they really recommended me a $550 paint sprayer for future use, apparently, I can do a whole house in 1-1.5 days, but it understandly will take twice as long to tape the edges etc. What is the finish like?
5. As for colour, assuming im going a tint of white, if im budget conscious, is it ok to do the ceiling and walls the same colour, and the skirts a gloss? or even the same colour for ceiling, wall and skirts???
6. If i were to do them all 3 a different colour, which is the best order, is it ceiling then wall then skirts?
7. I was told that every thing must be sealed once or twice, surely if the skirts or even walls were a similar white, would you need 1 or even 2 coats of sealer??? I found that we had to seal skirts twice because they were brown
8. for the walls, we sanded it down by hand using sand paper on a pole, I thought it may have been more efficienty with a machine
9. Are there any great tips for saving $$$ and time for these cheaper type of properties
such as this HA HA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9MAmWnOznI
Thanks everyone
So if you have 3 bedrooms, a lounge and kitchen, 5 days, for a pro painter. I had a 2br villa done a month ago by my pro painter, was 3 days total which included ceilings, walls, 7 doors, bathroom, laundry and door trims. No skirt or architraves which would have added another 1-2 days.
