Posted on March 26, 2010.
Everything you need to know about painting your house The first step in an exterior paint job quality, or in any painting project, moreover, is to start with a clean surface. This means you'll need to flush power. You will probably need to rent a pressure washer - something you can do at any major hardware or tool rental store. You'll need a ladder to wash the power, depending on the height of your home, you will need an extension or stepladder. (Or both) ... you can rent a pressure washer for about $ 100 per day. You can rent scales for about $ 40 per week.
Once you have all this material, you should wash all surfaces that you intend to paint, taking care to use proper technique to avoid leaving traces of stick because of water pressure extremes. It is good to use a mixture of diluted bleach and tri-sodium phosphate to kill and prevent mold and mildew and wash the chalk. Often people ask, what is chalk? This is the chalky substance that sticks to your hand when you touch the dirty parts of your home and is most commonly found on homes that were not painted in time. Chalking is always the color of the paint and is the result of paint properties decomposing sunlight.
I repeat: one of the most important steps in painting is to clean the work surface, otherwise the paint can not stick to the dirty surface and will peel within a year. You can hire a professional painter or power washing contractor to wash often a home for less than $ 200.
Always be safe on ladders and roofs, it is very easy for anyone to slip and fall. When power washing, it is not required until near the surface, usually eight feet or so, that's fine. Finally, it is very important to allow the surface to dry completely extinguished. Allow at least a day for the washed area to try, if there is more rain or high humidity.
Once you've enabled the surface of the paint to dry, you can begin to prepare the work surface for painting. You first need to caulk. It is important to use the silicon latex caulk. It must be latex and say "paint" on the tube. Buy putty color to match your paint color if you do not plan to paint it, but white caulking should be fine if you are planning on two coats of paint and is generally less expensive tube of putty color . Be sure to caulk all the gaps in the wood and joints. Do not caulk wood stucco.
The next step Prepare your painting surface is scratch, removing all loose paint and failing - to bare wood, if possible. You then tape the sheets and set in the area where you are at the painting first and then put a primer on all surfaces that you plan to paint. primary color should be chosen according to the color you paint (it is not always recommended to use white for dark colors). Make sure you cover everything, but the bushes and landscape plants. Put tarps on the bushes and plants can actually kill them because of the weight of the sheet and the trapped heat around plants, under the tarps.
The configuration is the next part of the job, but may have done this before you even start your homework. Once you have your paint color you choose, you will need to measure the number of square feet, you will paint. Once you understand how many square feet there is the painting, divide that number by three percent, is about how many gallons of paint you'll need for the first layer.
It is best to stick to one brand of paint store nationally. A tip is to try not to go to paint store on weekends, they are always placed on the weekend with other do-it-yourself. If you go in the evening or during the day during the week, they will probably have more time for a one-on-one consultation. It is usually best to ask the store manager, he has more experience and be able to lead you the right direction as far wha.