The Last of the Primer - Almost

I primed the last bit of the big room this morning.  The excess drywall had been leaning up against the lower part of the wall on the right.  The last coat of mud got applied yesterday and sanded earlier this morning.  Now it has two coats of primer and is ready for the finish coat(s) of paint.

You can see the difference in the color; the wall on the right is tinted primer, the wall on the left already has one coat of the finish color.  It is called "Pilgrimage Foliage" and changes dramatically throughout the day and depending on the light.  Sometimes it looks very red, but it has a very orange cast in direct sunlight.

The other three wall in the room already have a single coat of the finish color.  It's taken nearly 5 gallons of paint to color the other three walls, which is the source of some amusement for me.

I was doing some other work last weekend and asked SWMBO to call ahead to get the paint mixed ahead of time.  I asked for 10 gallons; two 5-gallon pails.  This is because I've applied lots of paint in this house and already 35+ gallons of paint/primer in the attic.  You might say I have a little experience at measuring and knowing how far the paint is going to go in this space.

But the folks at the store convinced her she needed only 5 gallons, in single gallon pails. "5 gallons should should give you 2 coats in that room," they said.

"Not!" says me.  Its a 25 by 36 foot room with 13 foot ceilings and I'm painting the ceiling the same as the walls.  Its going to take 10 gallons.  At least.

Must be the new math...