Could I paint a room in an evening?

Kuztardd

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olly300

Emulsion paints are non-toxic now. They generally are dry to touch after 2-3 hours depending on temperature and how thick the coat is. They are properly dry in about 8 hours+.

The most important thing is to prepare your room properly i.e. make sure walls are clean and dust free, moving furniture, masking tape properly round light switches and sockets.

Painting a wall with a roller can take less than an hour but you will then spend extra time painting the edges and avoiding painting light switches etc.

It would be better to spend an evening or so preparing the room and then another evening painting it.

misgrace

olly300 wrote: »

Emulsion paints are non-toxic now. They generally are dry to touch after 2-3 hours depending on temperature and how thick the coat is. They are properly dry in about 8 hours+.

The most important thing is to prepare your room properly i.e. make sure walls are clean and dust free, moving furniture, masking tape properly round light switches and sockets.

Painting a wall with a roller can take less than an hour but you will then spend extra time painting the edges and avoiding painting light switches etc.

It would be better to spend an evening or so preparing the room and then another evening painting it.

Well said Olly.
its not just a case of slapping a bit of paint on the walls, anyone can do that, but to get a perfect covering and finishing, that is where it seperates the men from the boys.:D

nickj_2

remember rome was not built in a day ................ it would have been , but they had to wait for the undercoat to dry

ormus

you can always tell the one coat jobs.
when you do 3 coats, the difference is amazing.

tomstickland

I'd allow a 5 nights for this sort of job. To do it properly the jobs are going to be:
1 - move furniture, remove sockets and switchs (or mask), mask floor. Scrub with sugar soap, rub down woodwork. Apply filler.
2- rub down filler and woodwork, add more filler where necessary. Rub down again. (I use tubs of ready mixed plaster skim. It sets in 30 minutes and rubs down very easily)
3- apply emulsion to ceiling
4-second coat on ceiling
5-emulsion walls
6-second coat

then you've got to apply undercoat to gloss and apply the gloss pain, refit fittings, clean, put furniture back in etc

benood

Alternatively, not terribly money saving but stay late at work and £200 gets the job done by a pro!

siaoeh

I'm not 100% sure this fact is accurate, but I've been told by someone that we shouldn't paint walls in the night. The night air is damp and the moisture in the air would be trapped under the layer of paint and might cause some blistering when it's dry. anyone heard of this too? or is it just another old wives' tale?

misgrace

siaoeh, I have never heard of this, and I am a P&D, but then again I have always painted finish coats in the daytime, as the artifiial light can be very cruel.
The plus side of artificial light is that it will show up imperfections in new plaster, as we all know how lovely and smooth it looks in the daylight, but you turn on the lights, and you will see every nick, gouge etc

siaoeh

misgrace wrote: »

siaoeh, I have never heard of this, and I am a P&D,

actually I think I must have heard of this long ago when I was residing in another country... a hot and humid one that is, thus the damp night air??

ormus

it makes sense not to paint in an empty unheated house on a cold winters night.
but in a habited house, most nights of the year should be safe enough to paint.
as the pro says, try and do the top/last coat in the daylight.