Painting Garage Interior Walls

[TurboMedic]

I straight up did mine with a couple coats of Kilz heavy hiding primer. It covers absolutely everything (its intended to cover stains), is seals the drywall, and its white. Makes a huge difference on the brightness in the garage. Mine was also mudded and taped and I did nothing to touch that up and its not noticable. Its a working garage, not a showroom

[88CRX]

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I straight up did mine with a couple coats of Kilz heavy hiding primer. It covers absolutely everything (its intended to cover stains), is seals the drywall, and its white. Makes a huge difference on the brightness in the garage. Mine was also mudded and taped and I did nothing to touch that up and its not noticable. Its a working garage, not a showroom

We primed before paint... which you 100% have to do if you paint. But primer doesn't hide a mudding job that haven't been sanded.

[Ekliptix]

Depending if you're interested, I can sell you the extra plastic panels I have left. They're ~7'x4', and easy to cut. I did 2 layers, and stapled them to my garage walls. Easier then painting, and they insulate a bit too.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Depending if you're interested, I can sell you the extra plastic panels I have left. They're ~7'x4', and easy to cut. I did 2 layers, and stapled them to my garage walls. Easier then painting, and they insulate a bit too.

This would be great for someone with OSB walls or something other than drywall. It's not what I'm looking for, but someone else should consider this.

[B.Spilner]

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We primed before paint... which you 100% have to do if you paint. But primer doesn't hide a mudding job that haven't been sanded.

100%

I've seen jobs where you could peel the paint right off the wall because they didn't prime.

[SKR]

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We primed before paint... which you 100% have to do if you paint.

Fuck. I've been doing it backwards.

[colsankey]

On beyond its hard to tell if serious.. but yes primer covers better and gives the paint a better surface to stick too.

[A2VR6]

They also have a 2 in 1 primer/paint product too but I dont hear very good things about it. We put on a coat of primer before paint as well.

[88CRX]

Primer is cheaper then paint and fresh drywall sucks up a ton of paint. This is reason 1 why you prime before paint.
Primer allows paint to stick better. This is reason 2 why you prime before paint.
Primer gives you a consistent surface (mud vs drywall paper) when you go to paint. This is reason 3 why you prime before paint.

Primer and/or paint does not cover shitty mudding/sanding. This is why you sand before priming and if you're super anal you also do a light sand and mud patching after priming.

If you want to hide a shitty mudding job use as low sheen (ie: ultra matte) paint as possible. Semi-Gloss paint shows all imperfections but it is more durable to clean.

All depends on what level of finish you want, how much durability you want and how good/shitty you want it to look. Yes its a garage but if you're going to spend 15 hours total, whats another 4 or 5 to do it properly?

Also primer shouldn't be left unpainted. The google says it can breakdown over time if you dont cover it with paint.

If you're doing it properly its 3 coats of mud, sand, wipe down, prime then 2 coats of paint.

[nismodrifter]

re primer longetivity: I did my parents garage with a tinted Primer, that would be approx 20 years ago, has held up fine, looks great.

[killramos]

Worst case Ontario you can always prime it again, still cheaper than paint if you like the finish.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Worst case Ontario you can always prime it again, still cheaper than paint if you like the finish.

Neat auto erect.
Ontario truly is the worst case scenario!

[killramos]

[ThePenIsMightier]

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No, I sort of figured it was intentional, but had doubt since I'd never noticed you say that before. It's pretty clever*

*Maybe that's why I doubted you did it intentionally?
LoL!!

[killramos]

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No, I sort of figured it was intentional, but had doubt since I'd never noticed you say that before. It's pretty clever*

*Maybe that's why I doubted you did it intentionally?
LoL!!

[ThePenIsMightier]

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LoL. Will +Rep later.

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[suntan]

Paint does not adhere to wood or drywall properly. I found this out the hard way.

[JRSC00LUDE]

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The problem with a shitty finished garage, when you sell, I look at that terrible job and think what else did this MF amature hour hack up inside the house and is hiding behind sheet rock??

Yup, even if it's just a garage I agree with this sentiment. Unfortunately most DIY work really shows even when the guy is "really good at it". Before I decided to just build my own I walked out of every "used" house I looked at on the first sign of DIY flooring/tile/drywall jobs etc., and they're so easy to spot if you have any exposure to proper work. Way to save a couple g buddy, GLWS.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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LoL. Will +Rep later.

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Rep done. My powah literally lifted @killramos you from 5th to 4th! Buster gonna step up his game and be after you.

[killramos]

I accept my participation ribbon with the utmost humility.