I'm probably going to need 20 gallons or more of paint to do the outside of our house. I can get it in 5-gallon pails, but how do I go about "boxing" it, as recommended? I suppose I could dump them all into a metal or heavy-duty plastic garbage can, but then how to handle that to pour the paint back into the 5-gallon pails, which is what the paint sprayer will accommodate?
Or is "boxing" not going to be as important for exterior paint as for interior?
Perce
I would not bother from where I buy from. But Is it a custom color from wallmart, or HD, you could instead of worrying put 4 big samples on a piece of cardboard, actualy drip one onto another in bright light to see if there is any difference, if so use 2- 5 gal buckets and just mix back and forth, forget pouring in 20 gal into a bucket. And dont paint in the sun or a hot surface
Personally, I've never done that with any paint I've ever used so I'd definitely not think about mixing 20 gallons.
I would not bother from where I buy from. But Is it a custom color from wallmart, or HD, you could instead of worrying put 4 big samples on a piece of cardboard, actualy drip one onto another in bright light to see if there is any difference, if so use 2- 5 gal buckets and just mix back and forth, forget pouring in 20 gal into a bucket. And dont paint in the sun or a hot surface
Try to use one pail per wall. near the end you can mix the remains for the
4 pails to get one last uniform batch and paint the largest wall last if it will take more than 5 gallons. Not sure the size of your walls but it might work. If you are using a premixed color (there are a few), then just buy all from the same lot number.
The method with smaller amounts is to add part of new can to old before it is completely gone - about 1/3 left. Doing same from 5 gal can should work fine, especially with sprayer where you can blend a little. If you pop the lid of all four buckets, not in glaring sun, and don't see a color difference it should be okay. Good enough for my eyes :o)
The factory blends are so accurate these days that I don't think that's required anymore. Now if you were doing a custom color, you might want to think about blending enough for each face. If you have extra when going around a corner, start with that and add to it.
We used 120 gallons of paint..inside & out and never "boxed" ?? it
For the exterior (stucco) paint, I did have to add about one quart of water per "5" to get it to flow well thru the sprayer.
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