Do-it-yourself painting work - tips, experiences?

Hello,

we need help with the self-performed painting work.

For cost reasons, we have to do part of the painting work ourselves and have the other part done by a painter.

This will be the approximate procedure:

-We sand the stair railing (made of metal with synthetic resin primer) (approx. 180 grit) and need to paint the stair railing
-We prime all walls ourselves (we have primer concentrate that we will mix with water)
-The painter will fill, sand, and paint all ceilings white.
-The painter will wallpaper all walls with textured wallpaper (we simply cannot wallpaper)
-We will paint all walls afterwards in our desired color

What materials do we need?

Stair railing:
Sandpaper grit approx. 180
Paint roller
Paintbrush
Paint tray
Which metal protection would you recommend (the metal protective paint may contain solvents)?

Priming:
How do you apply the primer correctly? I have seen several methods on the internet,
1. only with a ceiling brush (moisten only the tip and apply to the wall/ceiling)
2. with a pressure sprayer (e.g. Gloria) spray onto the wall and then rub in with a roller on the wall

Roller with handle?
Ceiling brush?
Gloria?

Painting walls:
Painter’s tape (Tesa painter’s tape 38mm?)
Paint roller with handle
Brush for the corners
Paint grid

Which interior paints would you recommend that have good quality and are easy to work with?

What should we look for in rollers and brushes to recognize good quality?

Thank you very much for your help

Can no one help me further?

So if you are satisfied with textured wallpaper, you can do it that way. I would recommend asking about the additional cost for painter’s fleece (smooth fleece). I find the look definitely better than textured wallpaper. Regarding material, my personal experience is that good paint is more important than good tools. But the quality does not scale forever with the price. I have had good experience with Hornbach (dispersion) silicate paint. We actually took the cheapest rollers and brushes available (in my perception usually from Action or otherwise Aldi or Lidl promotions). Yes, the rollers shed a bit (but so do more expensive ones, just less), but the fluff is easy to remove. Brushes shed a bit, but you don’t really need a brush that often. The advantage was that you save a lot of time (and water) if you have longer breaks, because then you don’t clean, you simply take new tools at those prices. If you continue the next or the day after next day, it is enough to coat the brushes or rollers thickly with paint and then wrap them with plastic. I applied the primer with a paste brush, so you can better "massage" it in. A wide brush is probably also possible, but I would find it takes too long. I would not trust a roller to let the primer penetrate the plaster properly everywhere. Spraying will drip a lot. By the way, be sure to tape windows well, many primers can permanently damage them (frames and panes!).

Stair railing:
Sandpaper grit approx. 180
Paint roller
Paintbrush
Paint tray
Which metal protection would you recommend (the metal protection paint may contain solvents)?

Is the primer red? We didn’t sand it. But go ahead. The important thing is that the primer otherwise stays on.
I painted everything with a small brush. Personally, I’m not so keen on those foam rollers.
The paint tray is only there so that you can portion and remove excess paint well.
About the paint itself: Why do you want to use solvent-based paint? It takes ages to dry. The frame is not exposed to mechanical friction, so I would (especially because of the environment) go for acrylic paint.
You can choose between matte or satin finish, and any color shade is possible. You can also use radiator paint. The employee in the relevant department at the hardware store will guide you to the right shelf.
If you have a professional painter’s supply store nearby, it would be worth visiting.

Ps: the tray can be cheap, but I wouldn’t take the cheapest brush. Because if it sheds hairs, that’s annoying. Our stairs were painted in one day.

Brush, roller and [Quast] should be cleaned with dishwashing detergent after purchase. Then they are easier to absorb. After finishing work, keep them fresh overnight in a garbage bag. This way, no valuable paint needs to be washed away.

hi, does your painter usually do it like that? How does he exclude his warranty if you do the preparatory work yourself (don’t take it the wrong way, but from the questions I gather that you are doing this as laypersons for the first time)?