Internal painting
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blue bear said:
I am a time served painter and decorator the correct way to paint your ceilings is 3 coats of emulsion, 1st coat is some what thin with some pva adhesive 2cnd coat is thicker but not much and then the final finishing coat
Good quality paint ie Dulux correct for the job at hand is about 50 quid pva £1
Probably have to come to the job 3 times, if you have an empty room can be done a wee bit quicker
I will be generous and say 3 hours a coat for both ceilings , , that's9 hours easy count make it 10
Now hear is the hourly rate, to roll out my bed and travel 5 to 10 miles I would charge £22 per hour, if I had to go further or I was pushing my luck it would be £25 per hour
What I am saying is try and get a good painter on your door step
Is that London prices I am at Aberdeenshire and that is dear
Sorry didn't notice that the walls are to paint also so here we go
Material £100 _£120
Labour 15 hours say at above
Remember I have not seen the job and you cannot propose to a wife you have never seen
This is just a basic guide without seeing the job and knowing what you want ect Don't p
s off a brother of brush by quoting me
Good luck
Absolute nonsense.Good quality paint ie Dulux correct for the job at hand is about 50 quid pva £1
Probably have to come to the job 3 times, if you have an empty room can be done a wee bit quicker
I will be generous and say 3 hours a coat for both ceilings , , that's9 hours easy count make it 10
Now hear is the hourly rate, to roll out my bed and travel 5 to 10 miles I would charge £22 per hour, if I had to go further or I was pushing my luck it would be £25 per hour
What I am saying is try and get a good painter on your door step
Is that London prices I am at Aberdeenshire and that is dear
Sorry didn't notice that the walls are to paint also so here we go
Material £100 _£120
Labour 15 hours say at above
Remember I have not seen the job and you cannot propose to a wife you have never seen
This is just a basic guide without seeing the job and knowing what you want ect Don't p
s off a brother of brush by quoting meGood luck
Edited by blue bear on Tuesday 22 July 16:48
No PVA required, as mentioned above it stops the plaster breathing. Two mist coats and a top. And ten hours to do two ceilings?? You must apply your paint with a catapult.
I've always used dulux supermatt as a first coat on new plaster.
That's specifically what it's for as it's breathable.
http://dulux.trade-decorating.co.uk/web/pdf/datash...
That's specifically what it's for as it's breathable.
http://dulux.trade-decorating.co.uk/web/pdf/datash...
Try some of the '4trade' paint from Travis Perkins. One mist coat and one top coat, job done. It's about £35/10L but only in white and magnolia. It would also be worth lightly sanding the walls down, first before the mist coat with some 180 grade then after the mist coat with either 180 or 240 grade. It really does get a good finish!
I'm surprised by these comments like '1 mist coat, 1 regular coat', or 'just 2 coats and you're done'.
In my experience (and I've used all sorts of supposedly high-coverage quality paint) normally it takes 2 solid coats to get the colour 95% there (and there I suspect many would stop). 3 coats and the colour/whiteness becomes the same as what's in the paint pot.
Also FWIW for hard to cover/darker areas I've always found the plasticy/vinyl paints better as a base coat at least, before the matt(er) top coats. I find totally matt paint tends to dissolve a little the previous coat as you put it on (YMMV).
In my experience (and I've used all sorts of supposedly high-coverage quality paint) normally it takes 2 solid coats to get the colour 95% there (and there I suspect many would stop). 3 coats and the colour/whiteness becomes the same as what's in the paint pot.
Also FWIW for hard to cover/darker areas I've always found the plasticy/vinyl paints better as a base coat at least, before the matt(er) top coats. I find totally matt paint tends to dissolve a little the previous coat as you put it on (YMMV).
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