You drink a whole bottle of absinthe baby and all you'll be seeing is the coroner! (though if you do ascribe to the whole notion of heaven...you may well get to meet the big guy that way. I don't know you, so it's not for me to judge which direction you're headed in.)
The contractor cost to paint exterior siding is $1,957 and the do-it-yourself cost is $275 with an 85 percent saving.
How much painting a house should cost. Average costs and comments from CostHelper's team of professional journalists and community of users. Exterior paint averages $25-$40 a gallon, and a 3,000-square-foot home takes 15 or more gallons of paint, or $375-$600 just for the paint.