How do I estimate the paintable surface area of an open bay basement ceiling?
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onmywayup, I was thinking the same thing. If the price of paint loses you the job there was no money anyway. I would be way more concerned with prep and getting the paint to stick. I would also have a issue with painting utilities and hoping the paint would stick.
There's about 10 issues I would walk away from this job for, amount of paint seems insignificant.
There's about 10 issues I would walk away from this job for, amount of paint seems insignificant.
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I hear your concerns, and they may be solid reasons for one or another particular contractor to pass on this job, but I will say that after a decent sweep with a broom or some compressed air, a high quality latex paint sticks just fine to everything except pipes with condensation on them. Basically, old cold copper.
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Yep I agree with this. Only other thing Ive had issues with, is it sticking to the duct work if the ac is running. Easy solution, do not turn ac back on until paint has dried.
Tree fiddy for the win.
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So … when you start to paint you should mumble aloud “i sure hope the paint only gets on the joists” and then you're guaranteed that everything in the room will get covered, every crevice, and the paint will stick like you have never seen.
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Nah, what you should do is spend about twice the time masking and putting plastic up that you actually spend painting. Seriously. The painting ifself is nothing, if you've got a good sprayer
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why pick on the 'painters'? most humans can't add 2 #s together in their head.
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don't forget to box the 10 gallons. other wise touch-up will be a *****. And you will have touch-up when the homeowner complains about the top of the x supports aren't properly painted.
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Measure the ceiling and multiply length by the width of the surface your wanting to paint. That gives you the sq ft of the area your ceiling or use length multiplied by the height for the walls. Such as 20'X!0' = 200 sq ft.
1 gallon of paint should cover between 200 and 400 sq ft on average. Take your measurements to your local paint supplier and they can help you with making sure you have enough.
Why not, are you a painter? Some humans can't use capitalization either.
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