Finally, you lot decided to bite the bullet and start your very kickoff DIY painting projection for your home. You've read up on how to prepare the tools, prepare the work surface area and surface, how to choose the paint color, what kind of finish you want, and where to get to purchase it. But how do you estimate the amount of paint you would need?

There are three ways you can do that.

Boysen Paint Computer

1. Boysen App

How Do You Estimate the Amount of Paint You Would Need?

If y'all're a digital native, you could e'er use the Boysen App to calculate for you lot. Click this link to find out the step-by-step instructions on the download and use of the app.

ii. Paint Calculator

A second option would be to use the paint calculator available in the Boysen website.

How Do You Estimate the Amount of Paint You Would Need?

What's great most the get-go two methods is that the pigment calculator will requite you lot the paint arrangement that y'all will exist using.

It will ask you lot the following:

– the kind of surface you will be painting
– the surface type, i.eastward. whether it's interior or exterior walls, and whether it's evidently or texture
– the surface condition, whether it's new painting or repainting
– the paint type, or the different Boysen paint brands
– the sqm expanse of the wall

You will not only be given the number of liters of paint that you will need but yous will too get the other products that come up with the paint organisation such equally putty, neutralizer and primer.

3. The Manual Manner

If you want to check your pigment calculations, yous can use the manual fashion, using the mano-mano formula:

((height x width) / coverage)) x number of coats

Sample Calculation of a Wall

Let's say your ceiling height is 5 meters and the width of the wall is 10 meters. if you want to use Boysen Permacoat Latex to paint your concrete wall, you will see from the product clarification that the product coverage is 25 foursquare meters. Presume further that you will paint two coats.

((5 meters x 10 meters) / 25 square meters)) x ii coats
= (fifty / 25) gallons ten two coats
= 2 gallons x 2 coats
= four gallons

This ways that for one coat, you would need two gallons/coat. But if y'all want to make two coats, then you would be needing four gallons for the whole DIY project.

Since 1 gallon = 4 liters, y'all will be needing 16 liters to complete your projection,

4 gallons x 4 liters = 16 liters

The Boysen paint packaging available are ane-liter, 4-liter and 16-liter cans. It is all-time to buy all the paint you lot need for a room before you start your DIY project. This is to make sure that the paint color is consistent for the whole area you're working on!

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If you accept whatever questions about using the formula, you can have your calculations checked in a Mix & Match Station in a habitation depot close to you before you buy your paint. Or if you want to communicate directly with our Technical team, please electronic mail your question to ask@myboysen.com. You tin besides phone call  (02) 363-9738 local 417 to 418, or text 0918-913-6000. Our Technical Service Department is open from 8:00 am to v:00 pm Mon to Sat.