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Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on May 22, 2008, 12:57 pm
I'm probably going to need 20 gallons or more of paint to do the outside
of our house. I can get it in 5-gallon pails, but how do I go about
"boxing" it, as recommended? I suppose I could dump them all into a
metal or heavy-duty plastic garbage can, but then how to handle that to
pour the paint back into the 5-gallon pails, which is what the paint
sprayer will accommodate?
Or is "boxing" not going to be as important for exterior paint as for
interior?
Perce
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Posted by ransley on May 22, 2008, 1:09 pm
wrote:
> I'm probably going to need 20 gallons or more of paint to do the outside
> of our house. I can get it in 5-gallon pails, but how do I go about
> "boxing" it, as recommended? I suppose I could dump them all into a
> metal or heavy-duty plastic garbage can, but then how to handle that to
> pour the paint back into the 5-gallon pails, which is what the paint
> sprayer will accommodate?
>
> Or is "boxing" not going to be as important for exterior paint as for
> interior?
>
> Perce
I would not bother from where I buy from. But Is it a custom color
from wallmart, or HD, you could instead of worrying put 4 big samples
on a piece of cardboard, actualy drip one onto another in bright light
to see if there is any difference, if so use 2- 5 gal buckets and just
mix back and forth, forget pouring in 20 gal into a bucket. And dont
paint in the sun or a hot surface
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Posted by Pipedown on May 22, 2008, 3:46 pm
wrote:
> I'm probably going to need 20 gallons or more of paint to do the outside
> of our house. I can get it in 5-gallon pails, but how do I go about
> "boxing" it, as recommended? I suppose I could dump them all into a
> metal or heavy-duty plastic garbage can, but then how to handle that to
> pour the paint back into the 5-gallon pails, which is what the paint
> sprayer will accommodate?
>
> Or is "boxing" not going to be as important for exterior paint as for
> interior?
>
> Perce
I would not bother from where I buy from. But Is it a custom color
from wallmart, or HD, you could instead of worrying put 4 big samples
on a piece of cardboard, actualy drip one onto another in bright light
to see if there is any difference, if so use 2- 5 gal buckets and just
mix back and forth, forget pouring in 20 gal into a bucket. And dont
paint in the sun or a hot surface
>
>
>
>
Try to use one pail per wall. near the end you can mix the remains for the
4 pails to get one last uniform batch and paint the largest wall last if it
will take more than 5 gallons. Not sure the size of your walls but it might
work. If you are using a premixed color (there are a few), then just buy
all from the same lot number.
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on May 22, 2008, 3:44 pm
> I'm probably going to need 20 gallons or more of paint to do the outside
> of our house. I can get it in 5-gallon pails, but how do I go about
> "boxing" it, as recommended? I suppose I could dump them all into a metal
> or heavy-duty plastic garbage can, but then how to handle that to pour the
> paint back into the 5-gallon pails, which is what the paint sprayer will
> accommodate?
>
> Or is "boxing" not going to be as important for exterior paint as for
> interior?
>
> Perce
Personally, I've never done that with any paint I've ever used so I'd
definitely not think about mixing 20 gallons.
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Posted by Robert Neville on May 22, 2008, 9:21 pm
>Personally, I've never done that with any paint I've ever used so I'd
>definitely not think about mixing 20 gallons.
The factory blends are so accurate these days that I don't think that's required
anymore. Now if you were doing a custom color, you might want to think about
blending enough for each face. If you have extra when going around a corner,
start with that and add to it.
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