Whether you rent or own your home, properties require upkeep. Since your exterior house paint is subjected to the elements, maintenance is key. With these measures, you can extend the life of your exterior paint job.
Pressure washing
Dirt and grime are bound to develop on exterior house paint after some time. Luckily, you can easily clean your home with a pressure washer. It’s recommended that you pressure wash your home about five or six years after the initial paint job. For areas like porches and overhangs, you should clean them more often. Taking a garden hose to these areas once a year should do the trick.
Preventing rot
Paint acts as a protectant on wooden siding, slowing down the rotting process. This makes it incredibly important to fully coat the undersides of corner boards on the exterior of your home. Whether you’re undertaking a DIY house painting endeavor or have hired professionals, you should check corner boards and shutters to make sure they’re fully painted.
Combating mold
There are a number of measures you can take to prevent mold on the exterior of your home. Anti-mold paint works to stop mold from spreading. Still, anti-mold paint does deteriorate when exposed to prolonged sunlight and moisture. To prevent mold damage from spreading, it’s best to act fast. In order to ensure that all the mold is eradicated, we recommend calling a professional mold removal company.
Repainting
Repainting is key to maintaining exterior house paint. The material that your home is made of affects how often you should repaint. For instance, wood-paneled homes need to be repainted twice as often as those made of stucco. Environmental factors also play a role in how often you should repaint, since harsh climates can be hard on a home. As a general rule of thumb, homeowners should repaint their home every six to ten years.
Maintaining Interior House Paint
Similar to exterior house paint, it’s important that your interiors remain in good shape as well. The following tips will help keep your interior house paint looking fresh.
Dealing with fading paint
There are a few ways to prevent your interior house paint from fading — or stop it from getting worse. One simple fix is to install shades or curtains to block incoming sunlight. If you don’t want to shut out the light, you can also tint your windows with a UV protectant. However, fading shouldn’t be much of an issue if you use high-quality interior house paint.
Keeping it clean
The moment you notice spots and stains on your interior house paint, you should deal with them immediately. This can be as simple as washing the wall with a damp sponge and water. If this doesn’t do the job, add a bit of dish soap to a damp sponge and wipe the area down.
Combating mold
Similar to exterior mold, mold is more likely to emerge in warm and humid areas. That being said, rooms like bathrooms and basements are more prone to mold. To preemptively prevent mold, use paints that are mold resistant. Should you find mold on a wall in your home, you can clean it with a simple solution of one part bleach to four parts water. If the area is large, you may want to leave the cleaning to a professional.
Thanking you
Whether you ultimately choose to hire a painter or take on a DIY project, house painting can be a long process. We hope that these tips will make your house painting project faster and more efficient. Best of luck!
Interior Painting
Starts with covering furniture – sofa, tables, cabinets, switch boards, other elements like television sets, fans, refrigerators and the floors! All wall hangings to be removed and anything that doesn’t require even a drop of paint over it,to be masked. Furniture to be pulled away from the walls, making it easier to reach out to all corners.
Surface Preparation : The Foundation Well prepared surface is the foundation to long lasting painting results. Loose plaster or paint flakes to be removed. Sanding is done to remove the existing coat of paint and to ensure the surface is dry,free from dust and dirt. Major cracks or seepage, require immediate attention and should be repaired before painting.
Putty Touch up : For Smooth Walls Putty is a white-cement based compound, applied on dry walls and ceiling, to fill in pores and smoothen the surface. Minor Holes and cracks on the surface will be filled and undulations evened out by touch ups,provided wall condition is overall good. One or two coats of putty application throughout the surface will be required, even in case of re-painting; a. When using paints with higher sheen to obtain smooth finish
Priming : The Guardian Coat Primers help paint adhere to the surface, and thus improves paint coverage and creates uniform appearance in terms of colour and sheen. Priming can never be skipped, when using paints with higher sheen(gloss). It is always advisable to use primer, as it increases durability(life) of paint. After priming, the surface has to dry naturally for a day, before painting over.
Painting : Finishing Touches Paints produce that final finish and colour of the surface. Before deciding on the product, end requirements in term sof functionality and appearance, must be considered. Minimum of 2 coats will be applied to achieve a durable, consistent layer. Paints that produce a highly smooth finish, may require an additional coat also. Ceiling to be painted first, and then the walls. Surface needs to dry naturally after every coat. Water based paints like Emulsions that are used on walls and ceiling surfaces, dry fast (in 3 – 4 hours).