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Xccess
post Feb 21 2021, 11:57 PM

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Painted my wife's office last week, the paint cost me around RM100.00. Took me around 11 hours from 5pm till 4am to complete. Freaking tiring and my back hurts....getting old..lol.

All in all, including paint brushes, paint tray, painting tapes & plastic sheets to protect the flooring, it will likely set you back to around RM150 - 200 for a small bedroom.

Made a mistake, the first paint is too dark and luckily I only painted one side of it. Put down my brush, head back to paint shop to order 3 liter of paint that is 2 shade lighter. Decided to leave that wall alone and make a feature wall instead.

If you have the time, try do it yourself. It's fun and backbreaking....haha

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Xccess
post Feb 22 2021, 02:38 AM

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QUOTE(ceo684 @ Feb 22 2021, 01:46 AM)
Wah you even used plastic sheets for the floor biggrin.gif
Normally I'd just use the wider side of tabloid papers fully open, if you dilute with very minimal water 1-3% and use small roller, it doesn't splatter/drip everywhere.
I prefer small roller coz its lighter and more consistent between start to finish stroke (big roller tend to be overly wet at the beginning)
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Lazy la. The paint these days no need to be diluted or else I have to apply 3 coats instead of 2. Using both small and big roll brush. Appreciate your advices, good for newbie to learn new shortcuts.

 

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