{"id":18302,"date":"2015-11-09T09:38:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T14:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protoolreviews.com\/?p=18302"},"modified":"2019-07-30T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T15:11:11","slug":"painting-a-set-behr-premium-plus-ultra-paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protoolreviews.com\/news\/painting-a-set-behr-premium-plus-ultra-paint\/18302\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting a Set with Behr Premium Plus Ultra Paint"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently had an opportunity to help out a local high school’s television department with a new set they were building. The television instructor for Kathleen High School has been\u00a0a good friend of mine for many years. His students\u00a0and program won Best in Show at last year’s county-wide\u00a0high school TV awards program. In order to “stay on the top” some\u00a0innovation was needed\u2014particularly with respect to their daily show studio and set. We’re a tight-knit community, and so when the call went out for help, volunteers from all around pitched in to help the school construct a complex, multi-level set (it’s actually based on the one used for the popular\u00a0Saved By the Bell<\/em> TV series).\u00a0It wasn’t long before everything\u00a0was constructed\u2014but the set remained unpainted, and the school year was about to begin.\u00a0Since painting the new set was all that remained, I figured I’d call\u00a0Behr to see if they wanted to pitch in. They agreed. Our paint of choice was their line of Behr Premium Plus Ultra paint. We picked it because\u00a0we wanted a durable paint that\u00a0would quickly cover\u00a0our set’s unprimed drywall\u00a0surface.<\/p>\n

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Building the\u00a0Set<\/h2>\n

\"Kathleen<\/a>Building a set for the high school meant using up nearly every square inch of the west side of the studio. That included reaching high up into the ceiling with 12′ tall studs and installing a couple of doors\u2014and even a small staircase\u2014to allow for entry and exit to the set. All-told, we had around 500-600 square feet of wall to paint. Plus, we were adding some accent striping to\u00a0bring the school colors into the mix. It was a complex job to be sure, but Goldsmith Construction<\/a>, a local construction company\u00a0lent a hand and put the whole thing together in just two days. In fact, they got the set all the way to drywall\u2014all that was left was painting.<\/p>\n

A lot<\/em> of painting.<\/p>\n

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Preparing\u00a0to Paint<\/h2>\n

I not only wanted to paint the studio, but I also wanted to train an entire class of volunteer student helpers on some basic painting tips\u2014tips they could use for the rest of their lives. This included using enough paint on your roller, rolling techniques (using a 5-gallon bucket and grid instead of a rolling pan), how to cut in, and what types of rollers and brushes will work well and not leave you frustrated. Most importantly, I wanted to teach them how to clean up properly so they could continue to use the brushes and rollers on other projects. With a culture of young students who are used to “disposable” electronics, teaching them how to clean and reuse rollers and brushes was a bit of a shock!<\/p>\n

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In order to ensure we had everything we needed, I put together\u00a0the following supplies list for The Home Depot Pro App<\/a> which we’d need for painting a set of this size:<\/p>\n

Behr Premium Plus Ultra Paint<\/strong> (we chose 3 different\u00a0colors)<\/p>\n