We are getting our house repainted.This is the fourth time I am seeing a repaint happen and everytime I learn something new. …most of the time we were getting cheated one way or the other.
The labour whom we appoined always took us for a ride….
I thought I will put down a post with the knowledge that I have gained so that someone else who reads this would have a better head start….
Caution: This is for a repaint only. I am not aware of specifics of fresh painting
The problem comes when we get labourers to do it. They would quote a lot for the labour charge itself….and then would come the materials.
Try to get all the paints and other materials yourself from a hardware shop. It is very simple….there is no rocket science in it.
The materials could be
POP = plaster of paris. This is filling up cracks, places on the wall where it has chipped off
Waster = nothing but some waste cloth…you dont even need to buy this
brush
roller
turpentine –> for washing the brushes
Primer –> it is white coloured paint that could be required if you plan to change the colour of your wall. Then sometimes, they put a white coating and then put the newer colour. But this is not always the case. If there is a colour lighter than the existing wall colour and if you want the exact shade…then you would get this.
Patti blades –> thin strips of metal used for putting the POP on the wall
then comes the actual paint colour. I know about Asian paints as that is what I have used.
You have 3 varieities…..Tractor, premium and royal….quality differes.
Premium is an average one…costing anywhere between 150 to 200 per litre.
each of these varities differ in price by about 100 RS.(tractor being abt 100<premium which is about 100< royal) per litre.
you get a shade card in the shop. When you choose the shade you want ..they have a ssoftware that gets that exact amount of colour that needs to be mixed with the white so that you get this colour. this setting is done and then the white can is kept in front of the machine. The colouring agent pours through a nozzle into this container of white.
then this colour is put into another machine clled mixer where the paint is mixed well.
All you have to remember is the shade number…so that if you want extra paint you could get the same colour from any other shop also.
The procedure that would be followed is….
First they would rub the wall to make it even. then the POP (locally called patti) will be applied to fill cracks and chippings. Then if required the primer will be applied. After this, will be actual painting.Sometimes 2 coats of paint will be required (if it is too dirty or if it is a new colour). If not, one coat would suffice.
There would be mixing of paint with some water….this is normal procedure.
Extra tips:
Painting the window grills would be with a different paint….that is called enamel paint and you would be able to buy it in smaller quantities compared to the wall paint.
Paint for the outside wall …exterior of the house….is totally different. This paint mentioned all this while cannot be used.
try not to buy too much paint….paints get dried in the containers in 6 months to 1 year time. They become unusable after that.
Keep the container lid tightly closed to avoid earlier dry up of paint.
Hope this was useful. ……Happy painting.
