How long would it take you to undercoat..?

[Solyom]

the right hand side in image.
Size is 2.1M x 2.4M 20 windows each 48cm x 30cm

I'm not a pro and it took me just short of 2 1/2 hours in 35 degree heat (in the shade!)
My friend who owns the property told me that is very slow! The left hand side took me roughly the same.

I did suggest she showed me how to do it quicker but the offer was declined.

Pros and DIYers please leave time estimates, very interested to know

 

[joe-90]

If it's neat then that sounds like good time to me. BTW I thought you were painting it rather than staining it.

 

[Solyom]

I am painting it Joe, there are another set the same as these to the left and today with a good quality paint brush and adding quite a lot of thinners to help the undercoat run better I got the time down to 45 minutes. I actually did the 1st set in 1 1/2 hours not 2 1/2 as above, that's a typo.

I gave the set in the pic a 1st top coat today and that took me roughly 1 3/4 hours, again thinned paint and a good brush. I am amazed the difference a good brush makes, 1 pass cutting in saves so much time.

Left is white undercoat right is new top coat
Reckon I lost a few pounds in sweat though and as I am on day rate I won't be going at that speed again.

Will probably be doing it again next year as she was told by a friend, who i now call The Oracle, due to the fact she thinks he knows everything, that it would be ok to just put the gloss straight on the varnish! Took a long argument to get her to let me put undercoat on. I made her promise she wouldn't tell anyone I did the job! This is the same guy who told her she should just varnish over the original varnish and it would look great. I told her I had asked professionals (you guys) and she still wanted to listen to him. When I asked why she would listen to an ex army guy instead of Master decs she replied, "He painted his whole house himself so he must know something"! I was going to point out that Master decs had probably painted thousands of houses but by now had figured I might as well bang my head against a wall. There is no telling some people.