a gallon of interior paint covers on average 400 square feet. you need to figure how many square feet of wall space you have to determine how many gallons you will need.
To paint 180 square feet, generally about 3 quarts of paint would be required. However, this figure varies depending on how many coats are applied.
3 gallons
The total surface area of the building is 12,000. That means you would divide 12,000 by 500 and receive an answer of 240. You need 240 gallons of paint.
It will take about 8 gallons of drywall primer and 8 gallons of paint.
About 3,000 gallons of paint were used to paint the White House.
Just over 20 gallons
(6-ft x 172-ft) / (200 square feet per gallon) = 5.16 gallons
Depending on the quality paint you are applying, the color, and if it has been primed are all factors on how many gallons it would take.
1 gallon will be plenty.
There are four quarts in a gallon, so five gallons of paint would be equal to 20 quarts.
I would wing it and buy 3 jars of paint... then if you have extra and it hasnt been opened, return it, if you need more, go buy more.