Painting Merit Badge
Learn painting safety procedures, surface preparation, patching, priming, and topcoat application on interior and exterior projects to earn this merit badge.
What you'll do
- Work Safe Before You Paint Explain the proper safety procedures to follow when preparing surfaces and applying coatings.
- Coatings, Paint Types & Sheen Explain three ways that coatings can improve a surface.
- Plan Two Real Projects Prepare and paint two different surfaces using patching materials or caulking and the proper primers and topcoats.
- Choose Harmonizing Colors Prepare and paint an item using harmonizing colors that you have selected using the color wheel in the Painting merit …
At a glance
- Requirements
- 8
- Category
- Trades
- Eagle Required
- No
- Updated
- January 10, 2026