Requirement
3. Prepare and paint two different surfaces
Required Often forgotten
Using patching materials or 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.
Notes and warnings
Warning. The requirement states: "Your counselor must preapprove the projects." Agree the two surfaces with your counselor before you start preparing either.
Where this step comes from
- Painting Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 3 · Names patching materials or caulking and primers and topcoats, suggests projects, and requires the counselor to preapprove them.