Painting our home can be the easiest way to enhance its appearance. When the old paint has started to crack and have untidy discolorations, the vibrant but relaxing ambiance of your home must also have deteriorated. To bring back the homey feel and spirited look of your dwelling, painting it anew must be the best solution.
While your intention is to bring back the aesthetic quality of your home, you should avoid these common mistakes because they may bring detrimental results instead.
Painting by Yourself
Painting is not just stroking the brush or roller upwards and downwards. It involves some procedures that you should master before trying to paint your whole house or a big part of it. If you have not done residential painting in your entire life, don’t think of painting your house DIY. You might only be good for painting your dog house in the yard.
If you are thinking of the savings you can derive when doing it yourself, think again. It may be more costly to fix a residential painting that went wrong. And if you won’t let it be fixed, you may have to bear a house that may look cheaply painted.
Painting without the Right Tools
Don’t proceed painting your house with only one brush on your hand. You should have all sizes of brushes and rollers. There are parts of your home that a larger brush is required and not a smaller roller or brush. Your paintbrushes should also come in different sizes to suit areas of varying measurements.
Using Exterior Paint in the Interiors and Vice Versa
Paints that are supposed to be used in the exteriors should not be applied in painting the interiors and the other way around. Exterior paints are made to withstand the elements while interior paints should be able to resist staining and scrubbing while allowing you to clean it. When you use the paints interchangeably, the painting will fall off and will not last long definitely.
Doing Away with the Primer
Priming is the act of applying primer on the surface to be painted. Primer is a substance that will help in the adhesion of paint to the surface being painted. While it gives durability to the paint, it also provides further protection to the surface being painted. Indeed, priming is an integral part of any painting job, so it should never be skipped.…