Friday, January 15, 2016

Your Gilbert Painter: Professional Touches (Contd.)

With any house painting project, planning is key.

As we covered previously, a professional house painter in Gilbert knows to plan ahead when painting. This includes the weather, the quality of paint selected and so much more.

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What You Need to Know to Paint Your Home in Gilbert

In addition to wood trim that isn't dry, it's not possible to paint rotten wood and siding. Painting rotten wood and siding is rather like arranging the deck chairs on the titanic. The situation with your wood and siding won't be fixed with a bit of paint. In fact, it will do nothing but to continue to deteriorate. If you have rotten wood or siding, you have a couple of options. you can either replace the siding and wood trim, or if the damage is minimal, use a wood hardener and match with an exterior filler product, such as a wood filler. Be sure to prep and sand either one prior to painting. This is just one step that a professional house painter in Gilbert will do as part of the prep work in painting.

Prep work is even more important than painting itself. And part of that prep work is applying a coat of primer. In the old days, it was about putting down a coat of primer, sanding it, then applying the paint itself, but technologies have changed. New paint technologies have combined primer and paint into one product, which manufacturers assert will cut down on the number of coats you will have to apply. This newer paint is more expensive, but may be actually be cheaper if you factor in having to buy separate things of primer and paint. Your Gilbert painter should know about these new paints if he's a pro and may be able to recommend particular brands to paint your home with.

House Painting in Gilbert: How to Get Better Results

Instead of having a dozen or so cans of paint of the same color, it's actually a better idea to mix all of your cans of the same color into a five gallon bucket. Just taking this simple step will make your home's paint job a lot more uniform. This is called boxing the paint, and is a technique a professional house painter in Gilbert will know.

Why does this step matter? Well if you underestimated the amount of paint necessary, putting it in a five gallon container will make sure you have enough for your paint job. This also helps to cut down on waste, and wasted paint is a bad thing. Your Gilbert painter knows a lot of tricks to help you achieve your goals with a good paint job.

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Friday, January 8, 2016

Your Gilbert Painter: Professional Touches

What separates a professional house painter in Gilbert from an amateur? Why all of the extra tricks and techniques that he has up his sleeve.
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Exterior Painting: Some Tips To Know

When people think of painting know how, they automatically think of painting inside a home. However exterior painting needs a bit of know how. It's not just knowing what size ladder you're going to need or what size scaffold. For example,

 A Gilbert house painter knows to plan ahead when painting. Did you know for example that the weather can determine when you should paint the outside of your home? The seasons always bring their own local weather patterns. It is always best to paint when it is a drier time as paint will not stick to surfaces with moisture on them, so skip painting when it is humid or there are chances of showers. However, it's not just the weather that is a factor in painting, there is also the quality level of the paint involved.

Get the Best Paint Job With Your Gilbert Painter

If you use better quality paint you actually save money. We've seen a lot of homeowners that will go cheap on the paint, and then call us well before the typical five year time frame and have us have to paint the home. Better quality paint means you will paint fewer times over the years, and you'll get better coverage when you do paint. So shell out a few more bucks, get the better paint and paint a lot less. You may be tempted to go with a cheaper brand, but you're bound to have trouble and eventually pay more in the long run. Paint has dramatically improved in the past few years, with colors guaranteed to last longer than ever before thanks to new technologies.

That means your paint job will weather more, and not be as prone to sun, wind, or water damage. Just as is the case with interior painting in Gilbert, a lot of the work involved in house painting involves prep work Paint doesn't stick to dirty or rough surfaces, so cleaning both the siding and trim is key. Always clean these areas completely and thoroughly, allow them to dry, and then sand them. You want to make sure that any peeling or flaking paint is removed, or otherwise it will cause problems with your new paint job. As you see, there's a lot more to do with house painting in Gilbert than you might think.

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