{"id":25700,"date":"2016-06-21T15:42:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/?p=25700"},"modified":"2016-06-21T15:42:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:42:56","slug":"paint-need-great-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/2016\/06\/21\/paint-need-great-project\/","title":{"rendered":"How much paint will you need for a great project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Painting a room<\/strong> requires a lot of work, especially when you\u2019re making your own project- the last thing you want is to realize there\u2019s not enough paint<\/strong><\/em>. ups! So, the first thing you\u2019ll need is to calculate how much poduct will you need!\u201cCalculating the amount of paint needed as carefully as possible is good for the environment as well as the pocketbook\u201d<\/em>\u2013 Carl Minchew, vice president of color innovation and design at Benjamin Moore. We found some good advice\u00a0from Minchew and other experts. Now matter how big or small your project is, here,\u00a0we help you to have no problems. Check this out!<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: WALL PAINTING IDEAS FOR YOUR LIVING ROOM<\/a><\/p>\n

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GET OUT YOUR CALCULATOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

The general rule of thumb is one gallon per 400 square feet, tells Minchew. However, that\u2019s just a rough guideline. If you wish to have a precise\u00a0number, wich you\u2019ll definitely\u00a0need if you\u2019re making a large project, just use a painting calculator like the ones provided by Benjamin Moore<\/a> or Pratt & Lambert<\/a>. They have in count window and door\u00a0measurements. If you want the same for smaller projects, like cabinets or furniture pieces, you will need to multiply\u00a0height times width to get the paintable surface area (take a little extra for table legs too).<\/p>\n

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TAKE COLOR AND FINISH\u00a0INTO ACCOUNT<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want to turn a darker piece into a brighter color, you\u2019ll likely need\u00a0additional paint (for example). And, in the other way,\u00a0a deep color base tends to require more coats of product than a lighter color. Carolyn Noble,\u00a0marketing and design manager at Pratt & Lambert, recommends utilizing\u00a0a gray tinted primer to the surface before you paint your walls a saturated color to help reduce the number of applications. When we are talking about the finish, the glossier it is, the higher the coverage rate, but it\u2019s not enough to change the number of gallons you need to buy, explains Minchew.<\/p>\n

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NOT ALL SURFACES ARE CREATED EQUAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re painting a\u00a0highly textured surface rather than a smooth one, just buy a little extra- said Julianne Simcox, Pratt & Lambert associate brand manager;\u00a0Minchew proposes\u00a0purchasing about 10 percent more than calculated. So, ask some questions at the shop you will buying it, or hardware store before you haul those cans home.\u00a0\u201cMany consumers, and sometimes even the pros, overlook the obvious step of getting advice\u201d<\/em>, he said.\u00a0\u201cEvery job has some unique aspects that an experienced associate can help sort out\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Painting a room requires a lot of work, especially when you\u2019re making your own project- the last thing you want is to realize there\u2019s not enough paint. ups! So, the first thing you\u2019ll need is to calculate how much poduct will you need!\u201cCalculating the amount of paint needed as carefully as possible is good for the environment as well as the pocketbook\u201d\u2013 Carl Minchew, vice president of color innovation and design at Benjamin Moore. We found some good advice\u00a0from Minchew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":25705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[655,51,6291,45],"tags":[6371,6368,6369,6370,6308],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}