Turns out I don’t have enough paint to finish the walls. Guy said two gallons would cover 600 sq. ft. so I bought three. I’m less than halfway through and more than halfway out of paint. Good news is I think I can get a ride to town tomorrow morning, so I won’t lose the whole weekend. Bad news is that means I can’t paint in the morning cool. I’m racing the (early, of course) Monsoon now.
Here’s another crappy picture. It’s really greener than this to my eye and looks (can I still say this?) kind of gay.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. And anyway it will promptly fade to some entirely unanticipated shade.
A few brown paint splotches here and there and it will look nicely camouflaged.
Will another trip get you enough for two coats. Really need two coats.
We’ll see. Right now I want to get the first coat on all over before the next storm. The second will surely take less paint.
The Hardie Panels took paint smoothly and evenly with none of that annoying soaking-in. The plywood, not so much. The salesman told me I didn’t need a primer coat with this paint, but it’s pretty clear the primer is the first coat.
Nice color! And yes, it will change once the desert sun has its way with it. Puts me in mind of the first time I ever did any painting. My first husband and I rented a place (cheap?) with the understanding that we could paint inside. All the walls had been painted a deep, dark purple. I forget how many coats of white paint later… it had toned down to a rather nice lavender. We had to give up then because the landlord wouldn’t buy any more paint and we didn’t have the money. Lavender was nice… once we gave up wishing for something else. We didn’t stay there too long. 🙂
basic rule: first coat (no primer) = 200 sq ft.per gallon; (with primer) = 275 sq ft. second coat (either way) = 300-325 sq ft.
Builder spray-coated very well done stucco to achieve color (he should have saved hmself (and me) the cost – spray coating stucco may alter the color but serves no useful purpose otherwise). To seal and waterproof I painted it with Sherwin-Williams Elastomeric (FYI, quality elastomeric paint is almost the consistency of drywall mud and, FYI, cannot be thinned without eliminating the value of using elastomeric in the first place so forget spraying it because unthinned you can’t). . Worked it into the nooks, crannies and holes with a 4 inch brush (royal PITA – too much ladder work, too many hours). Got barely 200 sq ft/gallon first coat. Second coat (2 weeks later, another PITA) was about 250 sq ft/gallon, still with 4 inch brush. Third coat (2 weeks after that, more PITA brush work) was about 300 sq ft/gallon. Subsequent coats (every 7 years) applied with a 1″ rough surface roller, about 325-350 sq ft/gallon after the roller finally got loaded.
Painting sucks, at least it sucks to do painting well. Do it right, though, and it does look good. and achieves both purposes you’re applying paint for. Short pain up front, long pleasure afterward. Welcome to life on planet earth.