argh.. I just finished priming a 10x11x8' room (approx 500 sqft paintable area)... it took me 5 hours, and 2.5ga of Zinssers 123 primer. The room was previously painted a light off-white color, but we had the whole house retextured with a light orange peel... so I'm hoping this has something to do with it. They floated all the drywall, and then sprayed on the orange peel, and now I just finished priming a room.
Here is what I am doing in general:
- Using a 2.5" angle brush to cut in the all the wall/ceiling edges and closet/door trim
- The door trim and closet trim wasn't retextured, and it was previously painted with an oil-based paint, so I lightly sanded and primed all of the trim with the brush. The primer applied A LOT easier on the trim; again, I'm hoping it's because of the texturing
- Roll everywhere else with Wooster 1/2" roller cover. I immerse the roller completely in the primer bucket, then roll against the tracks a few times to event out hte paint, and then apply in a W pattern on the walls.
After all of that, I'm left with a half bucket of primer and wondering what I'm doing wrong...
Here is what I am doing in general:
- Using a 2.5" angle brush to cut in the all the wall/ceiling edges and closet/door trim
- The door trim and closet trim wasn't retextured, and it was previously painted with an oil-based paint, so I lightly sanded and primed all of the trim with the brush. The primer applied A LOT easier on the trim; again, I'm hoping it's because of the texturing
- Roll everywhere else with Wooster 1/2" roller cover. I immerse the roller completely in the primer bucket, then roll against the tracks a few times to event out hte paint, and then apply in a W pattern on the walls.
After all of that, I'm left with a half bucket of primer and wondering what I'm doing wrong...
