Top Ten Tips When Painting Your Interior
| June 26, 2009 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
You probably want a classy home interior painting without spending too much money and exerting too much work. If you want to give your home a beautiful custom paint job or if you are wanting to start your own house painting business you may want to consider exactly which house paint to use for interior and exterior projects. As a professional house painter I know the time saving value of getting to know your products. When you find which house paints work best for you and how they perform you will be able to turn your jobs all that much faster with less headaches. Below are some tips to help you do a professional job at home or on the job site.
1. )Wash your brush. Just before you start painting, wash your brush in the solvent that you are going to use when you are done with your painting. Like for instance, water based latex. Through this, as you clean the brush when you are done it will easier for you to do so.
2.) Wrap the roller or the brush. If you don’t plan to clean the roller or the brush after using it, yet you are planning to do the painting again after a few days. It is suggested that you wrap them inside a plastic bag very tightly and place them inside the freezer.
3.) Use either lotion or latex gloves. If you want to keep your hands clean while painting, use latex gloves then. These are great especially when you are using a paint that is oil-based.
4.) Don’t get stingy when buying brushes or roller covers. When you use cheap roller covers, this will only create a fuzzy form on your wall. Also, cheap brushes will only create uneven brush marks. Rollers that come in multi-packs sold a one dollar are not advisable to buy. It is more advisable to prefer better manufactured tools. Be practical in a clever way.
5. )Be clever on the process of your painting. Follow this order: start from the ceilings, to the walls, trimmings, down to the cabinets, then to the doors. Just always remember to start it from the top going to the bottom.
6. )Be careful not to lose the can opener of your paint. These can openers for paint come as small metal keys. Therefore, they are prone to be lost in any moment of carelessness. Preferably, chain it to a little chunk of wood.
7.) Which Brand to Use – Play it safe. Always use the best quality paints and primers. Don’t show up at someone’s doorstep with humdrum brands. Instead pretend you are going to be painting a multimillion dollar home. Now what name brand would you choose? Not everyone may agree on the same brands of house paint of course. Don’t skimp on your own home either. After all, a man’s home is his castle! They only exception is if you are doing properties or commercial work where quality may not matter as much.
8.) What to Use on Interior Walls – I like using a “Matt” finish on interior walls. Matt finish is a lower sheen than eggshell, yet very washable, very architectural looking. Benjamin Moore has a nice Matt finish in their “Regal” line that is super washable and won’t burnish when scrubbed.
9.) What to Use on Ceilings – the best interior house paint I ever used on ceilings is actually a primer made by Porter Paints called “Blanket” (PP 1129). It is basically a high hiding solid white block out primer. While nobody would even think of using a primer as a ceiling paint, this stuff works! It leaves a soft, pure white, flat even finish with no streaks or lap lines. You can tint it to whatever color you want. It also makes a great block out primer. The benefits to using this solid white primer on ceilings are being that it is a primer, it grabs to any surface. It dries and can be re-coated in just one hour and coverage is about 150 square feet more per gallon than regular paint. And spreads way better than regular ceiling paint. One last point is that you can tell where you have to roll on the second coat because the first coat over looks like a primer coat.
10.) Woodwork Paint – in the old days up till the early 90′s, alkyd or oil base enamels in the “satin finish” were the norm for woodwork. Benjamin Moore “Satin Impervo®” in the alkyd formula is still a market leader. Since the 90′s the government has cracked down on V.O.C.’s in house paint (volatile organic compounds) and some alkyd formulas may not be as fun to paint with as they used to be (some of the good stuff has been taken out of the paint). Fortunately Satin Impervo now comes in a latex formula that is so awesome I don’t want to paint woodwork with anything else. It feels and levels like alkyd enamel should. I also use their Fresh Start® All Purpose 100% Acrylic Primer 023 as my enamel under coater. Sherwin Williams also has a good alkyd enamel called ProClassic® Alkyd and their PrepRite® Classic Primer which is also alkyd base and is an enamel under coater (holds gloss) is also a good choice. Both are also available in a latex formula as well. Find more tips at bleucheesefencing.
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