Make Your Paint Job Last Longer
How To Make Your Interior Paint Job Last Longer
Paint jobs can be an excellent investment when done right. You don't even have to break the bank to transform your house's look completely. However, even though you didn't pay a lot of money, there are a lot of tactics you can implement to make the most out of your paint job.
Many homeowners don't know that the best way to make your paint more durable is to start taking care of it before applying it to your walls. And that's what we're going to teach you how to do right below:
Protect your home against humidity: Before starting your paint job, you need to inspect your interiors and look out for moisture in walls and sidings. If you do have it, remove it thoroughly with an anti-humidity treatment, and insulate it afterward.
Repair your wall: there's no point in investing time, effort, and resources in painting a wall with imperfections that will make the results look unprofessional and damage the job. You should smooth it out with sandpaper, repair any holes or cracks, and replace any rotten or termite-sensitized wood.
Clean your wall: the paint won't adhere to a dirty wall because grease, dust, and grime form a film that doesn't allow the stain to penetrate the surface's pores. Therefore, clean it thoroughly so that the pores in the wall are nice and available for the paint to fill them up.
Don't forget the primer: priming differentiates between a professional job and an amateur one. And that's because the primer is crucial for the proper adherence and pigmentation of the paint. And this is also more cost-effective since one coat of paint over one coat of primer has better coverage than two to three coats of paint over the naked wall. Also, you can take advantage of tinted primers to neutralize any existing color on the wall and highlight all the undertones on your paint.
Use the correct technique to apply paint: the perfect paint coat is approximately four to five millimeters thick. If it's thinner than that, the pigment and coverage will be insufficient. But if it's thicker, it will not dry out properly, and it will sag and crack. Most professionals have a gadget that allows them to measure the exact thickness of their coats of paint, and that's why hiring one is the best bet.
Following these tips can help your paint last longer, but if you want a professional to help you with this project, please contact Mark Howell Painting. We are a top-rated painting contractor serving St. Augustine, Fl, since 2005. Please visit our website if you want to check our previous painting projects.