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Painting Merit Badge (Boy Scouts)
- 1: Explain the proper safety procedures to follow when preparing surfaces and applying coatings.
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2:
Do the following:
- Explain three ways that coatings can improve a surface.
- Explain the differences between oil-based paints and water-based paints.
- Explain where you would apply enamel paint, flat paint, wood stain, and varnish, and explain the importance of sheen.
- Tell why each is best for these uses.
- 3: Prepare and paint two different surfaces using patching material, caulking, and the proper primers and topcoats. Suggested projects include an interior or exterior wall, a door, a piece of furniture, a concrete wall or floor, a porch rail, or a fence. Your counselor must preapprove the projects.
- 4: Prepare and paint an item using harmonizing colors that you have created by tinting white base paint. (Use the color wheel in the center of the Painting merit badge pamphlet.)
- 5: Show the right way to use, clean, maintain, and store painting equipment.
- 6: Explain the importance of ladder safety, environmental responsibility, and personal hygiene when painting.
- 7: Explain some of the environmental and health issues concerning removing paint, applying paint, and discarding old paint.
- 8: Discuss with your counselor the various career opportunities associated with the painting trade.