Hello-

All other paint threads were over 90 days old....

I want to paint my basement or have someone paint my basement (and then maybe move on to the rest of the house). Does anyone have any recommendations for painters... or is it easy and I should do it myself... (all these websites w/ primer and different paint types make me think otherwise)...

Or... lets have a painting party... haha

Thanks yo

9/25/2009 10:03:48 AM

i had fun painting my living room and daughter's bedroom. the hardest part is not screwing up around the ceiling and around window frames and stuff. oh yeah, and when 1 coat of paint turns into needing 2 more coats.

9/25/2009 10:25:06 AM

make sure you make sure your tape is on there, dont leave any loose ends or bubbles.

Also pull the tape off when its still tacky, otherwise it can peel the paint back and you have a big 'tear' in your paint job.

9/25/2009 10:31:11 AM

You can definitely do it yourself.

If you want a recommendation, I can tell you elise paints very well, and would love to earn some $$.

Painting party is also a great way to go.

Make sure you plan to paint the ceiling, and to get the paint that goes on pink, but dries white. By far, the hardest part about painting our living room was making sure we got every single spot.

And then about the tape: be careful. I will not be using the blue scotch painter's tape when we do other parts of the house, as it all bled. Every single border we taped with it. I chose that over the green (bullfrog? maybe?) tape because it was a bit cheaper. Mistake :-\

9/25/2009 10:44:01 AM

well, first of all....is your basement finished? or are you painting concrete blocks?

this kinda influences your next step, since exposed concrete blocks really need a good waterproof primer applied before paint

9/25/2009 11:07:50 AM

Oh it's totally finished. It's just painted white and I want to paint it NC STATE RED. Holla.



Wall in basement

9/25/2009 11:19:31 AM

Quote :

"You can definitely do it yourself. "

If you are doing a single color throughout the room, this is ridiculously easy, and will cost you maybe $50 in supplies at Lowes (2 gallons of paint if larger basement). Do yourself a favor though, the color may look good in the shop, but, get a $3 sample and try it out on the wall first BEFORE you buy an entire gallon.

We did our entire house (~2800 sq. ft) for about $750 in supplies and free labor. Different color in each room, otherwise, probably would have only been about $500 with fewer colors / more reuse of supplies.

9/25/2009 12:53:08 PM