In this video, This Old House paint expert Mauro Henrique helps a homeowner cover her son’s old graffiti artwork on her garage walls.

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A homeowner called the Ask This Old House team for unique help. After her son decided to go from being an artist to majoring in agriculture, his old graffiti-style artwork covering her garage walls needed to go. Paint expert Mauro Henrique knows how to handle the job, and helps walk the homeowner through the process of cleaning up her garage walls and ceilings.

Where to find it?
Mauro begins prepping the space by vacuuming [https://homedepot.sjv.io/XY9baG] and wiping the walls to ensure they’re clean and free of dust. Next, he protects the floors by laying out a drop cloth [https://homedepot.sjv.io/R5dBrX]. He also uses painter’s pre-taped masking film [https://homedepot.sjv.io/xk6WKx] to tape [https://homedepot.sjv.io/MmdJqM] off the shelves on the walls.

Mauro and the homeowner apply an oil-based primer [https://homedepot.sjv.io/OrZQPr] to the walls using 3/4” nap fabric rollers [https://homedepot.sjv.io/rQNZPD] and extension poles [https://homedepot.sjv.io/5g06N1] to account for the tall ceilings. For the paint, Mauro uses an acrylic flat white paint [https://homedepot.sjv.io/XY9be3].

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Materials:
Painter’s tape [https://homedepot.sjv.io/MmdJqM]
Drop cloth [https://homedepot.sjv.io/R5dBrX]
Plastic sheeting [https://homedepot.sjv.io/xk6WKx]
Primer [https://homedepot.sjv.io/OrZQPr] (oil or acrylic, but more on that in a bit)
Paint [https://homedepot.sjv.io/XY9be3]
Thick-nap paint roller sleeves designed for concrete surfaces [https://homedepot.sjv.io/rQNZPD]

Tools:
Wet/dry vac with wand and brush attachments [https://homedepot.sjv.io/XY9baG]
Paint rollers [https://homedepot.sjv.io/5gGQV9]
Roller extensions [https://homedepot.sjv.io/5g06N1]
Paint brushes [https://homedepot.sjv.io/WqQnke]
Paint trays [https://homedepot.sjv.io/OrdgxP]

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