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Advice interior repaint .

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J-L-H
How’s it going ? Alright so I’ve been painting for a while now and as crazy as this is going to sound I’ve never once had to do an entire house repaint . Been blessed enough to stay busy doing small remodels. I more or less know the process . But this job is big . Well for me (1 guy ) . High ceilings , 4,000 sqft home , repainting all the doors , crown , base, walls , ceilings , and a few accent walls . I will say the trim is in the best shape I’ve ever seen wood work in . It really don’t even need painting it’s so nice still . My question is how would ( you ) a solo painter . No helpers , attack the job .ALSO Customer wants walls and ceilings the same color white , so would you just use the same sheen on walls and ceilings or would you still do flat on the ceilings and eggshell / satin walls ….. all advice would be greatly Appreciated. Yes I have an airless as well and very good with it .
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finishesbykevyn
If it's an occupied house, just do a couple rooms at a time. That way you don't have the whole house tore up and annoy everyone. Flat on ceilings, Matt/eggshell on walls, satin on trims.
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J-L-H said:
Definitely in line with you on this process. I tend to overthink a lot instead of just doing it . One worry I have when spraying the trim first is the trim paint flashing where the overspray hit the wall . So you feel it will be an issue using a satin waterborne?
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Your paint is NOT going to flash if you overspray onto walls. Personally though, if you're working in an occupied house with simple trim, I would just be hand painting everything. Spraying in an occupied house is both messy and stressful. It also doesn't save that much time if you have to mask everything and only doing 1 room at a time. Spraying is more productive when doing either empty houses or bulk work.
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