looked at a 400' X 60 'X 14' pole barn this weekend and really interested and getting ready to fax over the paperwork this afternoon , if the deal goes thru i will be needing to paint or have her painted . what kinda material ? primer or can i just 1 coat gray colour ? any idea on square foot per 55 gallon of paint ?

That is a serious shop right there. My guess on paint would be somewhere between a whole lot and a whole hell of a lot.

Isnt there a painting forum for buildings somewhere ? Last time I checked...nobody on here was Amish.

thanks Phil should work out real nice ,your motor guru Rudy D may move into 6 bays .

Why would you have to have it painted?

Mine came from:
http://www.pioneerpolebuildings.com/

..with this steel; and it doesn't need any additional paint:
http://www.pioneerpolebuildings.com/warranty.html
http://www.pioneerpolebuildings.com/color.html

Steel has a lifetime warranty.

It is a weathered building with sun fade and some surface rust , i have 3 others Morton & FBI and they all sun fade looks like the gray does it the worst . waiting for an estimate to powerwash & roll the entire bldg .

gallon of paint covers around 400Sq ft. so at least 32 cans of paint. Then the same number if you get primer. I would get more cans of primer than paint so say maybe 40, start out with that then prime the thing, once you get it primed you will know how many cans of paint you need then go buy the paint. Buy to much paint they wont return it.

hey shouldn't you be in Ga looking for that fountain that i almost traded for ?

thanks for the input fountain but you may have hit a wrong button on the calculator, talked to a few painters on the phone yesterday and she's roughly 44,880 sq ft and there talking 225 gallons of primer and 225 gallons of paint .I dont think 32 gallons would do the front wall 400' X 14 ' the price should be interesting over the phone they were both $60K and some change

Lmfao.....now that was funny !!!!!!! Have a great day sir !