The time has come. The room needs repainting. The old paint have absolutely gone horrible. It started cracking like nobody’s business. I’m exaggerating a bit here. Well its been years. So I moved all the furniture out from the room and begin my ultimate quest. Repainting can be such a trouble for some people but for me it is quite exciting. And this time I have the chance to document it.
Okay, lets start with some basic tools and things that you need to do the trick. First, you need a scrapper to scrape the old paint. Strap it to a broom stick and you are ready to go.
After scraping you need to do a little bit of plastering/grouting/resurfacing the wall. Fill up all the holes and cracks. Buy those ready-mix white plaster like Puttyfilla. It’s easy to apply (with some practice).
If the wall have traces of water seepage, you need a wall sealer and apply it first. This will seal the repainting surface from moisture. Use this sealer if your wall is chalky too. And get your self a nice keg of new paint. This time we bought ICI Dulux Pearl Glo, “Grey Leaf”. A 5 liter keg is more than enough for a 12′ x 12′ room.
Flaky wall. This has to go!
Gone! with the wind…
Those white quick drying Puttyfilla plaster
This is the method I’ve learned from the Indonesians during my days in constructions. Put your paint mixture in a big pail, dip the roller in and twirl the roller pole to remove the excess. It makes you paint faster.
Half way mark
Almost done. It looked pretty simple but it took me 3 days to complete. 2 days to prepare the wall surface. On the third day it just took me about 3 hours to complete 2 coats of paint for the whole room including the potong-potong work. The final colour is more blueish rather than grey. Overall – satisfied. We love the colour!
Done