"desgnr" wrote

Which interior paint is best for 1 coat coverage ?

There are many variables here but without knowing more, this is almost
impossible to answer.

If you are basically refreshing to same color paint (not changing colors),
most medium grade paints will work ok if you didnt have to patch walls so
have alot of spackle to cover, or crayon marks to cover etc. (with crayon,
you have to remove as much as possible and use a base coat primer to prevent
bleed through later). For any color change, except perhaps eggshell over
dingy white, you will probably need a primer coat.

What do think a Painter would charge to paint an average room ? Say 15x 12
ft.

Area dependant. Also depends highly on how much you are willing and capable
of doing first.

In my Norfolk VA area, USA, about 25$ an hour excluding ceiling work (that
is a bit more). If I move everything out of the room and pre-tape it all
(any my pre-taping meets or exceeds their standards) and agree that I take
the tape down and do the cleanup including any touchups if the tape caused
imperfections, the rate would go up but the overall cost would be less.
Reason is if the job is too short, they have to charge more per hour to make
the trip profitable. I would go with 2 rooms instead and get the 25$ rate
for 6 hours. This is besides the cost of materials and paint. Call it
about 225$ with materials? With them doing the taping and removal, add
about 1 hour labor, more if you have lots of fancy stuff like a fireplace to
protect.

If you do not know what you are doing, let *them* tape it!!! If you try and
it's not perfect, they will charge you to remove your taping job and reapply
their own. There's a skill required to do that part 'right' and believe me,
they can do it faster than you can.

So you see, too many variables to really answer. At least I can show how
the hours and labor tend to work out.