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Hi,
1. I think best if you total up the dimensions of the surfaces to be painted per room to avoid buying too much paint.
Too little still OK you can buy more. But too much just waste money.
Too many surface to be painted and some only need to paint one side.
As a guide, I used a total of 4.5L to cover a 8m x 3.3m wall for 2 coats (long wall in living room).

2. It is the undercoat. Functions like inner wear clothing. Do the wet cloth test to see whether your developer give C-grade (cheapo paint, but doesn't rub out as white powder no need sealer) or F-grade chalk (FAIL grade, lots of white dust come out on the wet cloth, must mop off and put sealer).

3. Surely cheaper to DIY.. Labour cost in painting also include some waiting time for paint to dry off between coats.
Materials basically a nice tall ladder (tall enough so you are NOT standing on top 2 steps) paint, painter tape/washi tape, rollers/brushes/foam pads/paint roller/tray, old cardboard or lots of newspaper.
Nippon range cover a lot of those consumables. Small roller easier to work with especially for female (hand not so tired and doesn't spatter everywhere), but if your arms strong then can use the full size roller lah.

Labour FOC coz you are the painter.
This is assuming you are going with standard matte paints and not special effect paints (momento/suzuka stuff)..those are hard to paint nicely.

This post has been edited by ceo684: Oct 25 2021, 06:40 PM

Hi guys, last time nippon very famous pearl paint... Not sure if they still have it or they changed name. Is there any other brand with equivalent characteristics?

Was looking into Jotun Majestic True beauty.

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Hi sifu, planning to paint a new color for my room, wanna see for some advise

Currently my room is in light blue, and would like to paint to white/cream. I tested the paint on my wall and it can't cover the old color.

Question: Should I paint my wall with white paint first or use primer?

If primer, what brand do you guys recommend? Quite surprised that Jotun Majestic primer cost the same as the Majestic paint. I believe there's cheaper primer out there but not sure on the quality and not sure if i should cheap out on primer.

Seeking for advise, thanks in advance!

Use maxilite plus white to cover the earlier blue paint

Hi all, I am planning to DIY paint my new house. I have some questions and sifus welcome to correct me if I'm wrong or give any additional tips if any.

Paint:
1) Ceiling: 2 coat of Nippon Perfect White
2) White walls: 2 coat of Nippon Perfect White
3) Coloured walls: 2 coat of Nippon Eash Wash
4) Hacked runs on walls: 1 or 2 coat of Nippon 5400 Sealer before top coat

Planning:
1) Sand down uneven surface using 100 grit sandpaper
2) Wipe off dust using damp cloth
3) Seal hacked runs
4) Paint ceiling first
5) Paint wall

Questions:
1) For 2 coats of Nippon Perfect White, is it neccessary since existing is developer's Matex/Maxilite? Or better to paint 1 coat of Matex and then 1 coat of Perfect White to save on some cost?
2) Can I paint at night? Thinking of going to paint at night after work. If wait weekends to paint, might take few weeks to finish. But my concern is that panting at night might be not good for the paint (ambient temperature cause paint shrinkage? Insects?)
3) After wiping off dust using damp cloth, when can I paint? After 1-2 hours to ensure the wall is dry enough?
4) I might be pouring small amount amount of paint into an empty 18L paint bucket with paint grit and dip my roller straight from the bucket. Do I need to stir Nippon Perfect White before pouring?
5) How do I store the paint and roller/brush for tomorrow or next weekend use?

1. 2 coat to have an even coating paint finish.

2 Yes, but leave the window and door half open for ventilation after painting. If have ceiling fan, turn it on

3. If is not raining, then ok. Bring a stand fan to help the ' drying' process.
Squeeze away as much water from the cloth.

4 Always stir the paint b4 painting. Doesnt matter if is 'freshly' bought from shop.

5. Wash with running water using garden hose. Let it drip dry. Do not stinge on brushes and rollers. Buy some good quality ones, Replace if necessary.

1. Two thin coat finish paint works best
2. Yes but do not paint on raining season
3. After ur done. The damp wall moisture is negligible if you do not dilute the paint.
4. It will be clumsy. Unless u lift 50kg everyday. Waste energy and slobbering thick coats just not the right way. Paint trays only 2.50 ea or so..to get good result don't skimp on the cheap stuff.
5. Use a small roller (4") that takes changeable refills for most economic solution (4in cheap to throw), better finesse and least arm effort needed. Big roller heavy and waste of effort.

2) What happens if I paint during raining season? The paint will crack? What if it starts to rain unexpectedly when I'm in the middle of painting or just right after painting?

4) But there's advice to paint directly from pail, to reduce the need of pouring many times into paint tray if painting large surface like ceiling. Also mentioned that there's paint grid in the pail (something like a mesh) which I will roll onto to remove excess and even out the paint on the roller (same purpose as paint trays).

5) So let's say I managed to paint only 1 layer of paint tonight and wish to continue 2nd layer tomorrow night or next weekend, the roller has to be washed/changed new? Saw some tips to seal it in ziplock bag, or store inside paint bucket and covered tightly, but I'm not sure is this proper way.

6) If my wall requires 1.5 litre of coloured paint, then I should be buying 2 cans of 1 litre right? But will the colours be exactly same? Or it's better to buy 5 litre directly to prevent different colour? Saw some facebook post bought 2 cans with same code, same seller, same day but different tone.

2. It will not stick well and won't dry optimally. Also you will have lingering paint smell if not well ventilated.

4. Your call. But climbing up and down a ladder can be reduced with a paint tray.

5. Shrink wrap but since colour paint costs 90 or 100/5L I would want a perfect finish.. u can wash out rollers if waterbased paint but it may also harden if kept too long. And that will create skip lines.

6. Buy 2x 1L and pour them together 50-50 in a paint tray. It will average out naturally.

2. Have a stand fan ready to ventilate the place after painting.

4. It depends on the size of the roller. If is a 18 litre pail, is not easy to carry around when full.

5. If using the same colour paint, then wash off excess paint and wrap it to prevent quick drying. Brush refills are not expensive if you dont want to wash. Good painters comes with bags of refill for different sizes.

6. Always buy excess quantity and stir the paint everytime b4 painting. Paint left for more than a day will have some 'settlement' at the bottom.

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Mar 24 2022, 06:36 AM

Alright thanks sifu sifu! Now have more info on painting, will plan accordingly. Thanks again for valuable tips!

What do I use to cover previous wall colour? I did 1 coat of sealer + 2 coats of brilliant white, can't cover 100% n it's driving me crazy 😅 Previous colour is medium light blue & cream beige.

Am using Dulux. I check thru their visualiser app n there's only the sealer available, undercoat for doors metal wood windows.

Do I just get a cheaper white from Dulux or stick back to their sealer?

Show photo .

Hi guys, any reliable and good contractor to paint whole unit of my condo? Size about 1700 sq ft.

Photo won't be able to show, I'll say it covers only maybe 96%? From my eye lah. I can still see a very slight tinge of blue.

My other room I actually sealer 1.5-2 coats, medium light purple + pink, this one manage to cover.

Now I'm thinking how to cover for other parts of the house. Can I use maxilite as undercoat instead? Will it be able to cover?

Yes, can use more coats with maxilite since is cheaper.

Hi all painting sifus, I just painted 1 layer of light blue and noticed this spot (hopefully you guys can spot this too in the photo). I think the developer patched this area since texture is different, afraid will have uneven tone later, I applied 1 layer of sealer at this spot. But after painting the colour, this spot showinf uneven tone
not sure is it because of my sealer? How do I rectify this?



This post has been edited by idkihavenoidealol: Jun 15 2022, 08:13 PM

Paint another layer or two. It should cover it.