A little off topic paint?

[david58]

This is a little off topic but it is about painting. I signed the lease yesterday morning on my new shop. As you can see in the pic below the walls of the shop look awful. I am debating on what to do, to make the place more presentable on the inside. The walls were sprayed with some type of spray on insulation, over the years it went from white to brown. I was thinking about just spraying over it whith some cheap white paint. This stuff is kind of like cotton and I don't know what it has in it. I stopped at this shop back in 83 and can't remember if it had insulation then or not. So any ideas on what to do? I made a sweet deal on an almost new tire machine, and a tire balancer. So it looks like I will be going into the tire business too.

[ckiablick]

I've had good luck with the Killz brand of primers. It would stop the color from coming through and give a presentable finish by itself. I'm not sure about the wall texture, but it can be sprayed with the correct set up (old paint gun thinned or cheap texture gun).

[MNAirHead]

I own commercial and residentail rental property.

I always have 123, etc tinted to a light tan... I use a wide-nap roller on an extension pole to roll it out.

OR run a piece of trim up bout 3" off the ground.. one color on the lower (dark) and white on the upper.. this cuts down on the repaints.

Tim

[david58]

I own commercial and residentail rental property.

I always have 123, etc tinted to a light tan... I use a wide-nap roller on an extension pole to roll it out.

OR run a piece of trim up bout 3" off the ground.. one color on the lower (dark) and white on the upper.. this cuts down on the repaints.

Tim

I don't think you would want to even try a roller in this, we will spray it and Kilz. Kilz is a great idea. I used a broom on a small area of it and it looked quite a bit better, but too much work and too much mess. This stuff may have asbestos in it.

[MNAirHead]

As alwasys --- test.. .. many products are destructive to foam.. some are slow degredations.

IF it is asbestos.. you really don't want to shoot it with a gun as the fibers will bebecome airborned.

Tim

[namelesswonder]

I own commercial and residentail rental property.

I always have 123, etc tinted to a light tan... I use a wide-nap roller on an extension pole to roll it out.

OR run a piece of trim up bout 3" off the ground.. one color on the lower (dark) and white on the upper.. this cuts down on the repaints.

Tim

I don't think you would want to even try a roller in this, we will spray it and Kilz. Kilz is a great idea. I used a broom on a small area of it and it looked quite a bit better, but too much work and too much mess. This stuff may have asbestos in it.

Eep! Make sure you wear masks!

[MNAirHead]

You're supposed to run a HEPA filter and wet it down... wear an approved respirator and throw out the clothes you were while touching it.

Showr immediately after.

1985 seems to be the pivot year for Asbestos in construction.

[hpw]

Maybe the simplest would be to cover it up with some 5/8" drywall.

1/2" would be cheaper but doesn't have near the fire rating as the 5/8".

I would take a small sample and take it outside and put a match to it. If it

burns than you really need to cover it and drywall would be the cheapest

and quickest.

[MNAirHead]

Good idea...

David.. if you do this.. check your lease.. in my commercial and residential leases, this would be a violation that I'd be able to keep your security deposit.

[david58]

Well here is the finished product, we broke all the rules.






This is the difference that 10 gallons of Kilz made. The front sliding door didn't get the Kilz treatment not enough paint.

And this guy is something else.

[MNAirHead]

Did you tint the Killz?

[frankentrike]

its not asbestos.i'm in warehouses ALL day long.most of them have this stuff on the walls.some are painted some aren't.