The spray crew is finished with the first house. This is a much larger job than you'd think it would be, but if you add up the number of doors, shelves, window, baseboards, build ins, closets, etc there is a large area of woodwork that must be primed, touched up, and recoated. The painting of the house is a fairly costly process and involves a lot more labour than material cost. I am often surprised by how much the cost adds up to paint a complete house.
Fortunately the crew did a nice job and I was impressed with the product. The lacquer is a necessary evil to get a hard and durable white finish on smooth woodwork (no brush strokes). It is a toxic product before it is cured. I believe that once cured, the material doesn't continuously leach volatile compounds into the air, but I can't be certain of this. We don't want to be poisoning our new home owners with toxic substances in the house. Of everything that is used in construction today, the lacquer is for sure the worst. It would not surprise me at all if the government bans certain products from being sold for spray work in houses. I'd be willing to accept a poorer finish in exchange for less harmful chemicals in the process. I am not sure the home buyers today are aware of this possible trade off, so it would be best if everyone operated with the same rules. This may be a rare instance where government involvement in home building would be welcome. Generally I am of the view the government involvement makes a lot more trouble than it solves. Perhaps outlawing some of the chemical products would protect people from themselves in such a way they are unable to do so on their own.
No product compares to the white sprayed on lacquer for coating a built in.
The barn doors are disassembled to allow the doors to be sprayed and the walls eventually to be rolled. The doors can't really be re-hung until the carpet or hardwood floor is done. I find this an aggravating stage because it leads to doors and shelves being stacked randomly all over the house.