Exterior Paint Inside?! Zinsser Allcoat DIY Project
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In this DIY painting project, I took on the challenge of using exterior satin paint, Zinsser Allcoat, indoors to transform the look of my stairs, doors, and skirting boards. I documented every step of this unconventional endeavor to share my experience and results.
To ensure a smooth finish, I began by preparing the surfaces meticulously. Using 150-grit sandpaper and specialized Mirka soft sanding pads, I sanded down the surfaces, including the intricate stair spindles and balustrade, to create a suitable key for the paint. Afterward, I used tack cloths to meticulously remove all dust, ensuring a clean surface.
For added protection and to prevent any knots from bleeding through the topcoats, I applied a high adhesion primer, Zinsser Coverstain, which I thinned down by 10%. This primer was expertly sprayed using my Graco HVLP professional sprayer, specifically on the stairs that had wood varnish.
Once primed, I denibbed the stairs with 240-grit Mirka soft sanding pads and proceeded to apply multiple coats of the diluted Zinsser Allcoat, with up to four coats on the skirting boards. Throughout the process, I fine-tuned the spray gun settings to prevent any unsightly runs.
After two coats of Allcoat on the stairs and up to four on the skirting boards, I achieved a finish that exceeded my expectations. Join me in this video to witness the remarkable transformation of my interiors with the unexpected use of exterior paint
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FYI Zinsser BIN stops knots in wood, the Coverstain works ok for tannins. So them doors need a touch of BIN, the knots on the stairs will already effectively be sealed by the varnish. 😉
I like Allcoat, good paint. In fact I have not found a Zinsser paint I dislike. It is pricy does the job very well though. Still watching in the South of France 🇫🇷, trying not to think about all those outstanding jobs at home. 🍷
Loved the way you presented this...
I love using Allcoat. I've only ever brushed it on and find that the opacity is good and the flow excellent. I've never needed to dilute it. The satin finish is unusual, it looks almost pearlescent. Very quick drying too.
Thanks for the mention Aiden, those tack cloths are fantastic. Brilliant for getting any dust / residue off before a final finish 😀👍
Superb Video and really glad our product was to your liking, the end result does look amazing - well done mate you should be proud 👍
Thanks buddy 👍
You're obviously a perfectionist.....so you know you did a bloody marvellous job when even you are impressed. Give yourself a big pat on the back 👍
Thanks buddy 🙂
Glad I'm not the only one that procrastinates with decorating. I'd be lucky if it only took me 30 min to psych myself up for it.
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I work for Brewer’s decorating centres and we have loads of decorators who swear by it as it’s a primer sealer and top coat in one. I’ve used it to spray my wrought iron gate and it was fantastic. It does say on the front of the tin exterior but on the side it says interior exterior.
I liked it too 🙌 I'm on a few pro decorator groups on Facebook and it's abit of a running joke that you're rubbish if you use allcoat 🤣
Love this video, i was thinking about spraying a empty flat with the screwfix erbauer airless sprayer, i cant afford a graco😢 love how you explain in detail how to, faults and all, we are only DIYers having a go, keep them vids coming great work mate, impessive.
I've got that Airless too, seems pretty decent. I'd be scared of doing woodwork with an airless though, you have to move super quick 😬
Pleased to see the Allcoat worked out well for you!
Good work Aido 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks! 😃
"i gag when I'm tired" 😂 nice work 👌
About a year ago, we bought our current house. I bought a Graco airless sprayer from the USA, a transformer, for way cheaper than uk prices. I sprayed most of the house with exterior Allcoat. It’s another Zinsser miracle paint. The first coat is a priming coat. The second coat is the top coat.
I love the Zinsser white colour when I’m after a white paint. You can get Zinsser Allcoat coloured at, for example, Brewers, if you want high end Zinsser performance paint, and the colour that the other half has only thought about 😇
How did you find using the airless with the allcoat? Did you thin it a little?
No Mate. There is no need to dilute water based paint with the airless sprayers. (I don’t know if oil based paints are different.). Thus far, I’ve sprayed about 20 litres of Allcoat, 5 litres of 123, about 10 litres of Lick, and a couple of litres of Bedec barn paint. Straight from the tin with no straining or diluting. No problems with the sprayer.
Looks great 👍🏻
It was! 😏😆
Good video. Bit messy with the over spray but good effort mate. Flotrol is a paint conditioner additive. Most of the WB paint manufacturers say damp cloth wipe down before painting helps the paint pull. I usually brush and Wooster red feather mini roller doors and skirting I'm quick but spindles are tricky
Thanks mate, ah the overspray didn't matter cause new flooring was going down 😁 I've never actually tried any expensive rollers or brushes 😂 I've just stuck to Harris trade from Screwfix
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT red feather. Get a pelican, jumbo koter mini roller 4.5, a 9" cage and the gt extension pole. Just did all my interior trim in all coat WB gloss. I've got a Wagner but never tried spraying inside only fence panel
you done well. told you it's good paint,
Next house, give Bedec MSP a go in soft satin, see how you thin it compares to AllCoat Exterior.
I don't rate the MSP (very plastic looking) but Bedec barn paint is very good.
We use allcoat for inside and out. Much easier to apply and clean down than gloss.
I much prefer it over anything else I've used so far
Doing all that work for the sister / brother in law and then you find out he's a part time painter decorator... Should do his own decorating :D
You're a better man than me..
Haha no Lou's brother is a painter and decorator as well as a fireman. He was going to do it for their sister but he had too much on. Their parents needed abit of support at the same time so I stepped in to help out and be around 🙂
Tack clothes used to be used in the motor trade 🤔😎
Interesting 🧐 I suppose they are being used in decorating more because of all the spraying going on these days
trying to get away with 2 coats on bare timber 3 min really mate with a complete oil finish 4-5 for water based
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Hello 👋Could you suggest a Top quality, durable & scrubbable, water-based paint, I can use for my bathroom, which can withstand moisture exposure 💦 ? it's to paint over old yellowed gloss on wood surfaces which I have already sanded ? Thanks 👍
I'd probably go with scuff-x
Great vid aiden, whats the masking tape on the tin trick. Is it to stop messing up tin?
I saw it on a short format video, I think it's supposed to help funnel the paint out into something smaller and stop the paint going round the top of the lid. Waste of time with this small tin though 😂 unless I just done it completely wrong
I'm in a bit of a quandary myself - thinking about getting an HVLP sprayer, but the Graco option comes with a hefty £1,000 price tag for a second-hand unit.
I noticed you've got an Erbauer HVLP, and I'm curious if you've ever given it a spin with Zinseer AllCoat. I'd love to hear your thoughts on whether it's worth going for the Erbauer or just taking the plunge and splurging on the Graco.
Any advice you can share would be awesome. Thanks a bunch!
I've seen people putting their 2nd hand units up for a grand but they just sit there for ages. The one I bought was up for £850 so I offered him £600 and he said he would do £650. I'm sure most sell for around 750-800.
I have actually used the erbauer with some black allcoat for my metal trusses (still need to finish that 😂) it worked ok, had to thin it down quite a lot and it tended to block up the end quite alot where the paint was drying. I couldn't comment on the finish of it though as the trusses were rough metal. (Maybe I should do a video comparing the 2 using allcoat 🤔). When I tested out the erbauer with some eggshell it didn't come out very well, it was definitely an orange peel effect. The orange peel effect happens when there isn't enough air to atomise the paint. The bigger needle doesn't help with this as well.
Personally I wouldn't use a low powered hvlp for anything inside. Painting sheds and fences then absolutely.
If the Graco 9.5 is a stretch then maybe keep an eye out for a 3 stage hvlp for a couple of hundred. Another option might be a 2nd hand Wagner xvlp (3500 or 5500).
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT thanks mate for taking the time to reply and now I know I’m either going to go for the graco if I can find it at a reasonable Price or I’ve seen an Apollo 3 stage hvlp for around £400. The finish looks amazing and certainly beats using a roller or brush
@@ChrisLivingInYork yeah I was gonna try and go for an Apollo as my next upgrade from the erbauer but got the good deal on the Graco. I do see quite a few people swapping to a compressor set up though with a remote pot on the Facebook spray groups. That's why the bloke sold his to me
Nice one but how’s your own project coming on mate
Ermm well it's still there last time I looked 😅🤣 I've been super busy sorting loads of other stuff out, next on the list is the gable end, not sure I'll get that video out for a good few weeks 😬
If you had a furnished house / carpets etc would you recommend a sprayer or just goes with a brush / roller ?
Humm sprayer as in hvlp? And are you talking just the woodwork?
Any paint sprayer really. I was thinking about doing all door trims and banisters. Doors as well but they could be taken off.
I am at the stage you are in the video where I can't be bothered to get started. I hate painting. :)
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@@GlennPierce haha well hvlp is supposed to be more controlled so I'd rather use that over airless. It's perfectly reasonable to spray with the property kitted out but it just means you have to do a little more covering up and masking. There's a few videos on yt about controlling over spray and it seems to come down to getting the settings right which may only come with experience, and you don't get experience unless you try it 😂 so yes I'd recommend it with caution 😉
HVLP far to slow buddy
Confidence comes with experience?
(Do more, rather than less).
Good luck.
That is definitely true 👍