PAINTER / PAINTING WORKS

a) Timber Surfaces

b) Metal Surfaces

c) Plastered Surfaces
1. Surface preparation
2. Materials required
3. Labour works + brushes
4. Additional
1. To Narrow width
2. To ceiling
A) TIMBER SURFACES
All cracks, crevices and holes to be scraped out
and made good with hard stopping, faced up and
rubbed to an even surfaces
i) Knotting
– all knots, cracks, etc in woodwork to be
treated to prevent bleeding
- Large and loose knots to be cut back
ii) Stopping – filling up all holes, cracks, etc with
filler to achieve an even surface
iii) Rubbing up with sand paper – to achieve a
smooth surface

iv) Priming – to cover the whole surface to be

painted in order to prevent paint from being
absorbed into base material. It provide key to
base surface and provide surface for next coat of
painting
B) METAL SURFACES
 - rub down to remove all dirt, grease, scale and
rust by wire brushing, etc

C) PLASTERED SURFACES
 - rub down to remove all dirt, grease, scale and
rust by sand paper, etc
 Paint consist of pigments and an oil or water
based binder. The higher the amount of
pigment, the higher the gloss is and the more
hard wearing it will be.
 The covering capacity of paint will vary
depending upon the porosity and texture of the
surface to which it is applied.
 Plastered Surfaces
A) Cement paint = 15 kg

B) Emulsion paint
 Undercoat = 8 liter

 Finishing coat = 8 liter

 Timber and metal surfaces
 Oil paint as table below:
Descriptions Types of Surfaces (100 m2)
Wood Metal
Priming 8 liter 7 liter
Undercoat 7 liter 7 liter
Finishing Coat 7 liter 7 liter
Varnish 5 ½ liter -
Knotting 0.75 liter shellac -
Stopping 2 kg putty -
Sand Papers 10 sheets -
 Only skilled workers (painters) are normally
required to carry out painting works
 Description Painter (Hours/100 m2)
To Wood To Metal To Plastered
Knotting 3 - -
Stopping 3 - -
Rubbing Sand Papers 3 - -
Priming 8 8 2
Applying Undercoat 8 8 8
Applying Finishing 9 9 9
Coat
 Brush allowance
 allow 3% of total labour cost for cost of brushes,
roller, etc
 Painting to narrow width involves higher
wastage and is more difficult and takes longer
time to complete compared to normal surfaces
 Cost of materials and labours to be increased
 Additional material and labour to be added for
painting to surfaces not exceeding 300 mm
girth
Girth of Surfaces Percentage Increase in Cost
Material Cost Labour Cost
Not Exceeding 10 30
150mm
150 mm – 300mm 5 15
 Painting to ceiling is more difficult and takes
longer time to complete compared to painting
to the wall
 Labour constrant for painting to ceiling – allow
additional 10% to the labour constant for
painting to wall