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Will you be painting over old paint? To find out if you need latex or oil-based paint do this. Clean a small area with a detergent mixed with warm water. Rinse and towel dry. Soak a cotton ball, or soft rag in alcohol and rub it over the area. If some paint comes off, it's latex. If it's latex you may repaint it with latex paint. If the paint doesn't come off it's oil-based and you need to precoat it with an oil-based between coats primer. Then you may use latex or oil-based paint for the finish coat. Before you start your project you may want to discuss painting with the paint expert at your local paint store. Ask about using a between coats primer or liquid sandpaper.

If you paint latex over oil paint without a between coats primer you can expect the new paint to peal off all over the place within a matter of weeks!

Get more advice about painting at http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/maho/gemare/gemare_005.cfm. Among other tips it explains that to test if the paint on the walls is oil (alkyd) some stores carry inexpensive test kits, or you can use methyl hydrate (gas line anti-freeze) or non acetone based nail polish remover.

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Walls Wall 1 Width: ft. Wall 1 Height: ft. Wall 2 Width: ft. Wall 2 Height: ft. Wall 3 Width: ft. Wall 3 Height: ft. Wall 4 Width: ft. Wall 4 Height: ft. Doors Door 1 Width: ft. Door 1 Height: ft. Door 2 Width: ft. Door 2 Height: ft. Windows Window 1 Width: ft. Window 1 Height: ft. Window 2 Width: ft. Window 2 Height: ft. Area covered by one can of paint Can covers: sq. ft. Calculated Area —— DO NOT EDIT BELOW —— Wall 1 Area: sq. ft. Wall 2 Area: sq. ft. Wall 3 Area: sq. ft. Wall 4 Area: sq. ft. Total Area without windows and doors substituted Total Area: sq. ft. Total Area with windows and doors substituted Total Area: sq. ft. How many cans of paint will be needed. Number of cans:

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