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Posted by stryped on October 6, 2009, 1:50 pm
If I am paintign osb walls, which would be better in a shop/garage,
semi gloss or gloss white. I want to reflect alot of light but still
look good.
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Posted by dadiOH on October 6, 2009, 3:46 pm
stryped wrote:
> If I am paintign osb walls, which would be better in a shop/garage,
> semi gloss or gloss white. I want to reflect alot of light but still
> look good.
Generally, one isn't going to reflect more than the other; the exception is
if you can see the reflection of the light source on the wall and that is
neither going to happen very often nor will it increase the level of light
noticeably.
Glossy is easier - marginally - to clean than semi-gloss. Neither are going
to look great on OSB unless you first do a *LOT* of work with fillers and/or
primers to make the OSB smooth. The best looking sheen for OSB IMO would be
flat but it is hard to clean so I'd use semi-gloss.
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Posted by Jim Elbrecht on October 6, 2009, 4:01 pm
wrote:
>If I am paintign osb walls, which would be better in a shop/garage,
>semi gloss or gloss white. I want to reflect alot of light but still
>look good.
IMHO, if you want OSB to "look good" you should start by covering it
with sheetrock--- or 1/2 plywood, even.
Jim
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Posted by benick on October 6, 2009, 9:03 pm
> wrote:
>>If I am paintign osb walls, which would be better in a shop/garage,
>>semi gloss or gloss white. I want to reflect alot of light but still
>>look good.
> IMHO, if you want OSB to "look good" you should start by covering it
> with sheetrock--- or 1/2 plywood, even.
> Jim
It doesn't really matter what paint you use...I've seen OSB in garages just
sprayed with flat white paint and I've seen them rolled with
semi-gloss....They both looked like shit....JMHO...And you can't clean
painted OSB even if you use sem-gloss...To rough....Using OSB on interior
walls is a mistake unless covered with drywall...Better to spend a few extra
bucks on plywood and caulk the cracks...It looks pretty good...Again ,
JMHO....Ceilings should be drywall for fire reasons.........
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Posted by Ed Pawlowski on October 6, 2009, 10:15 pm
> If I am paintign osb walls, which would be better in a shop/garage,
> semi gloss or gloss white. I want to reflect alot of light but still
> look good.
I'd check the fire code and cover it with sheetrock, them paint it white.
Don't worry about taping if that is a problem, just fill the screw holes and
lightly sand.
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> semi gloss or gloss white. I want to reflect alot of light but still
> look good.