how much to paint a house?

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Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

Here's another little tip: If you have a surface that is porous it will suck the moisture out of the paint too quickly, which will cause the paint to crack once it is fully hardened. For such arias you should lightly dilute some PVA glue or BondCrete, and seal the surface before painting.

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Singing walls syndrome? [biggrin]

Painted more houses than I care to remember.
Not my favourite task but and easy one with the right gear...

Buy good quality stuff..

(My Mums boyfriend is a Painter - so we get great deals on supplies and paint)

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Singing walls syndrome? [biggrin]

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Pardon my Operatic moment.

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Originally Posted by garrycol

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easier said than done. had 3 different guys come around. all said they would email me in a day or 2. only 1 got back to me. other 2 must not of wanted the work.

Chop's advice was excellent.
We painted the inside of our Maleny house last year - it was a bugger of a job, but the results are good.
Pick the room you care least about, such as the toilet, and experiment with it.
Be fussy about sanding, filling and more sanding, until you have got it right. Then the painting is much easier.
Only thing I'd add is to put a white undercoat over everything, literally everything. Just swamp everything in it.
Then you start adding colours. That way, even if you stuff it up, there is still a white undercoat underneath.
For example, if everything is white, then its easy to just roll a contrasting colour around the faces of door trims etc, leaving the sides white.
Don't try to get too fancy with using varying shades of the same colour in the same room either. Keep it simple.
Personally, I'd just paint my entire house white (saying I live in The White House has a certain ring to it) and be happy, but others in my orbit have fancier ideas.
Remember, every dollar you save by doing it yourself is a dollar you have to do other things with, such as buying toys.

Painting your house is a rite-of-passage thingy. You need to do it at least once in your life so you can proclaim to be an expert to all the following generations... :wheelchair:

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Chop's advice was excellent.
We painted the inside of our Maleny house last year - it was a bugger of a job, but the results are good.
Pick the room you care least about, such as the toilet, and experiment with it.
Be fussy about sanding, filling and more sanding, until you have got it right. Then the painting is much easier.
Only thing I'd add is to put a white undercoat over everything, literally everything. Just swamp everything in it.
Then you start adding colours. That way, even if you stuff it up, there is still a white undercoat underneath.
For example, if everything is white, then its easy to just roll a contrasting colour around the faces of door trims etc, leaving the sides white.
Don't try to get too fancy with using varying shades of the same colour in the same room either. Keep it simple.
Personally, I'd just paint my entire house white (saying I live in The White House has a certain ring to it) and be happy, but others in my orbit have fancier ideas.
Remember, every dollar you save by doing it yourself is a dollar you have to do other things with, such as buying toys.

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You don't have kids at home or Pugs do you? :D

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Remember, every dollar you save by doing it yourself is a dollar you have to do other things with, such as buying toys.

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that was the deciding factor.

7k is almost 25% of a rrs

Also think of it as a fully legal tax minimisation scheme. Every dollar you pay to a professional painter earns the tax office two lots of income tax. DIY attracts zero tax. [smilebigeye]