Paint Calculator

This interior paint calculator will simplify your paint or renovation projects 🏡 Wondering how much paint do I need? Use this tool to calculate the painting area, amount of paint needed, and calculate paint cost.

Keep reading to learn:

• How to estimate the painting area;
• How to calculate the amount of paint needed; and
• How to calculate paint cost.

Let's look at how to estimate the amount of paint you'll need to cover the walls of a room and some factors to consider:

1. Determine the area of the room

To begin our calculation, we'll determine the total surface area that will be painted. To do this, measure the length, width, and height of the room and determine the surface area of the room with the following formula:

Subtract the surfaces that will not be painted. This usually refers to doors and windows or any other openings:

This last result represents the room's square footage or total area that will be painted.

Finding the area of a room is similar to determining the area of a rectangle. Take a look at our area of a rectangle calculator to learn more 🟪

2. Calculate the amount of paint

Now that we've estimated the overall room area, we can estimate how much paint we'll need to cover this space. For this, we need to know the paint efficiency or coverage factor, which is the area that can be covered per liter or gallon of paint. Usually, you can find this number on the can of paint in m²/l or ft²/l. If it is not a hand, an estimated value of 350 square feet per gallon of paint might be used.

Another consideration is the number of coats that will be applied. This depends on factors such as if we're painting over the same or similar color, in which case one coat should suffice, whereas going from dark to light may require two or three coats. Also, you can consider how pigmented and how thin the paint is.

You can use this formula to calculate the paint needed:

The amount of paint required is also affected by the wall's texture; for example, porous surfaces require more paint than smooth surfaces, consider including extra paint when working with irregular surfaces.

3. Estimate the cost of paint

Finally, to better understand the budget needed to complete your painting project, let's look at how to calculate the paint cost. To do this, multiply the amount of paint we calculated in the previous step by the cost per gallon or liter:

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You can easily estimate the amount of paint required to cover the surface of a room using the interior paint calculator; just keep the following steps in mind:

1. Begin by inputting the room's dimensions to determine the total wall area. Enter the values of Room length, Room width, and Room height  into the calculator's appropriate fields.

2. By considering openings or areas of doors and windows, you may exclude surfaces that won't be painted.

3. To exclude the area of the doors, enter the Number of doors that will not be painted. Notice that the calculator will show standardized door dimensions, but you can modify them to meet your specific measurements.

4. Similarly, to discard the windows' area from the total area, enter the Number of windows and their dimensions.

5. Once done with the inputs, the calculator will display the results in the Amount of paint section. Here you can find the Net room area, Amount of paint, and Total cost required to paint the particular room. You can modify other settings such as the Number of coats and Paint efficiency, which will affect the total amount of paint and costs.