On a bank with paint in the label, you can easily read how much square meters can be painted with a gallon of such paint, if you work strictly following the proposed instructions. At the same time, the seller who will sell you paint will definitely give you advice, which you need to use the primer, usually materials are used as a primer. We will determine the rules for calculating the amount of paint necessary for high -quality painting.
1. It is necessary to determine the area of the walls, while multiplying the length of the length. You will find the existing area of the ceiling with multiplication by the length of the room of its width. Wound the inchs you received by the area to feet.
2. Subtract the area of doors and windows from the result.
3. Divide the resulting amount of feet into the amount of feet, which is indicated on the proposed label, you can paint with one gallon.
4. If you paint the edging in some other color, or even other paint, take 20 square feet like the area of one side of the door, but take 16 square feet a edging area for one window. In order to calculate the amount of paint required for skirting boards, it is necessary to determine the linear length of the skirting boards in the feet and multiply it in the fraction of the foot by the height of the baseboard. Divide the resulting value into a hiding place expressed by a gallon in square feet.
When painting part of the surfaces, for example, fresh plaster, a slightly larger usual will be the paint consumption.
Require such surfaces of an additional amount of primer or paint. If you took ordinary paint for painting, then take it with excess so that it does not end at the moment when the work is not completed yet. If the next portion of the paint is mixed, then it can turn out to be a different shade than the first. And fresh paint, if you close it tightly, can be stored on the shelf even for several years and it will always be at hand, if you need to tint something. Often the preparation of the surface takes a lot of time than the process of painting itself. If the ceiling, walls, platbands and skirting boards are new, then they are in good condition for painting and primer. Make sure there is no dust on the surfaces, as well as particles of wood and gypsum powder. To completely get rid of them, it is enough to wipe the surface with a rag.
