We did it ourselves over a span of two weeks for a cost of $700 using Sherwin Wiliams highest quality paint. That cost also included good quality rollers and brushes.

Since there so many comments about Sherwin Williams, my personal experience with their warranty experience was awful. My paint peeled up in two years and their excuse was excessive sun exposure - on an outdoor product! They did supply more of their crappy product after dragging their feet for nine months. Cost me $2600 in remediation.

Do the professional painters use rollers and brushes or do they Spray? Just curious

They spray the garage and front doors. They roll everything else.

If the paint peeled in two years either the paint was bad or the surface was not prepared properly. My guess is the surface was not prepared properly. BUT how long ago was this and which Sherwin Williams paint was used? Did they prime first?

I highly recommend ACI Painting-- Efrain Garcia. (352) 348 - 9543. I, and many of my neighbors, as well as my sister-in-law, have used Efrain to paint inside as well as the entire exterior. Efrain is an excellent painter-- who pays a lot of attention to detail. He is honest, dependable, and reasonably priced. Efrain is also willing to take-on difficult projects. For example-- he was able to remove years of stain and spar urethane from our fiberglass front door. He did a beautiful job-- none of the texture of the door was damaged in the process. He applied new stain and spar urethane. It looks wonderful-- like new-- when we moved to The Villages in 2010.

I highly recommend ACI Painting-- Efrain Garcia. (352) 348 - 9543. I, and many of my neighbors, as well as my sister-in-law, have used Efrain to paint inside as well as the entire exterior. Efrain is an excellent painter-- who pays a lot of attention to detail. He is honest, dependable, and reasonably priced. Efrain is also willing to take-on difficult projects. For example-- he was able to remove years of stain and spar urethane from our fiberglass front door. He did a beautiful job-- none of the texture of the door was damaged in the process. He applied new stain and spar urethane. It looks wonderful-- like new-- when we moved to The Villages in 2010..

Painters
 

I have Oscars Painting 3523614414.
He has a 5 year exterior warranty on his Painting work. If you have an issue he comes out and fixes it.

I am surprised more people do not do things themselves. Surface prep should be the number one item on any paint job. Applying the paint is easy (especially with an 18" roller). Making sure the paint flows and adheres is the hard part. Paint chemistry is very simple (water, titanium dioxide, acrylic polymers, acrylic resin, flow aids and defoaming additives). Higher solids is better. 100% acrylic is better (vs latex). FYI, sometimes the best paint (by any manufacturer) is not much better than their next best.

Expanded Gardenia with enclosed lanai interior paint by Oscar $3100 2 coats.

2000 for everything used Duration