Tools for Painting a Bathroom in Oil Based Paint

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Hello. My name is Grady Johnson and I'm a professional painter. And today I represent expertvillage.com. Now I'm going to talk a little bit about the tools you're going to need to be able to paint your bathroom with oil based paint. Now whenever you're doing any kind of painting you do need to have some basic tools for prep work. And that of course is your standard 5 in 1 tool or putty knife. And we're going to use a flex blade to put our spackling on as well. Now when we're doing our prep work today we're going to do a little bit of taping. So be sure you have some masking tape. I use the blue, that way it doesn't stick too bad. But any masking tape will work. If you use the blue though you're not going to have any problem with it sticking too much. You need a caulking gun. A good caulking gun won?t run you too much and you can use it over and over again. We are going to do some caulking today so be sure it just has a good plunger on it and that it does work. A little sandpaper. Whenever we're working and doing our prep work we're going to need some sand paper. And that's a 220 grit. 220's always the best because it doesn't cut in too much but it does enough to do the job so that you're not working at it all day long. Now, we want to get everything nice and smooth and when everything is being done with oil paint you want to clean up real good. That's why you're going to see this here. That's a tack cloth. A tack cloth has a little gummy residue to it. That gummy residue will pick up stuff that wouldn't just get picked up by your rag or something like that. Oh, we've got a duster. It's very, very important. And we're going to do all of that before we do our tacking. So be sure you have a duster on hand to pick up anything that you missed and then the tack cloth will get into those little hard to work areas. Now we do have rags here as well. It's important to have rags on the job site whenever you're working with paint. But these you see are a little bit thicker than the ones you may normally use. Now the reason for that is we're working with oil and it'll soak through most anything. So you use a good thick rag that'll really pick up the paint or else it's just going to fill too quickly. So I keep something around like that. Now whenever you're working with oils, too, if you have a little bit of a problem with these fumes. How are the areas too enclosed or you can't ventilate it very well be sure you wear some kind of a mask. And I have a particulate mask right here. This sort of takes that oil out of it when I'm breathing so that, especially if it gets really, really thick I'll put that mask on. I probably wont be using that a lot today so that I can explain this in this video. But I recommend you use that if you're new to working with these kind of paints. Now, when we pour up our paint use a stir stick or some kind of stick on the side because the color's going to settle at the bottom. You're going to want to stir that up real good. And you want to use China bristle brushes. China bristle brushes. It'll say bristle on it or China bristle or wild boar hair. Okay? Now today, instead of China bristle brushes which you always use with an oil based paint we're going to do something different. We're going to use nylon brushes like you'd use for latex. The reason is we have a new kind of oil based paint that will actually clean up with water. I had never really worked with it until recently. But it is a great paint. And it is the way things are going. In some states you can't use regular oil because people don't like to deal with the mineral spirits. Therefore they're eliminating oils almost all together and new formulas are being created. So today we'll be painting with an oil based paint that actually cleans up with water. And I always use a cut pot to put everything in. That way I can work with it a little bit better. And whenever you're working you want to be sure that if any drops fall, which they will, that they're going to hit something that is covered. So we have drop cloths. All different sizes. And cardboard to cover the area when we're working. And of course my roller set up which are very important. We've got the roller frame and then the screen that is to be able to work the paint and then the covers. Now these naps are a little bit different when you're working with oil paints. I'm using something that is for very smooth surfaces. And that's what it says on here. Well, that's it. That's it. I mean of course I've got a ladder. I've got to always have a ladder because I'm a short painter. But if you've got all of these tools you've got everything that you need to be able to paint your bathroom with an oil based paint.

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