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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Homesteading.

For this BB, you will be painting a 200 square foot wall! Natural paint is encouraged but conventional paint is tolerated for the Homesteading badge.

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To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
- the unpainted wall
- the materials you are starting with
- part way through painting the wall
- the finished painted 200 square foot wall

Clarification:
- priming and painting just counts as one BB

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Edward Norton

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posted 2 years ago

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I previously included this project as an oddball. After discussions with staff, I was advised to break out the BB components instead.

This is bedroom 2:

Room	Dimensions	Ceiling	Perimeter	Height	Wall Area
Bedroom Two	11’08” x 8’07”	100	41	4’ - 7’	240

I painted the ceiling and walls - total area approximately 340 sq ft. I also painted trim and doors. I used paint from Clare, a commercial paint and the most eco friendly paint I could source to meet our other needs, like colour.

These are the paints I used.

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Ceiling painted and taped before painting walls

Finished

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posted 1 year ago

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My stucco garage needed sealing. I just used a white stucco paint. Here are two of the walls. The gable end is 169 sq ft and the other is 198 sq ft. The walls minus 58 sq ft for the three widows and a door equals 309 square feet.

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posted 4 months ago

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I painted our pumphouse today. I used red barn paint from the building materials thrift store, a paintbrush I had lying around, and a yogurt bucket for holding a smaller amount of paint.
The shed is 8x12. The area that got painted is right at 200 sq. Feet.

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