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For the exterior of this house, the customer went with SW Gaunlet Grey for the body, and GW Organ white for the trim. There was a large amount of wood rot that needed to be replaced prior to painting. We follow the same process every time we paint the exterior of a house. Since the prep work is key with it comes to exterior house painting, our painters never cut corners so we can deliver the highest quality to our customers.
This customer wanted a quick color change to their exterior from light to dark.
Once again, we provided a custom exterior paint job by painting the trim on each side of the house. We painted the exterior with SW Duration paint and sprayed two coats to give the house proper paint coverage.
We took the exterior of this house from a drab brown, to a beautiful, updated SW Summit Grey. We painted the exterior trim SW Origami White, and finished the custom look with some faux finish garage doors.
As with all of our exterior painting projects, prep is key. You can see in the pictures the amount of caulking we apply to the exterior prior to paint. This is essential prior to painting to properly seal the house and prevent water damage to the exterior. A good exterior painter pays just as much attention to the caulking as he/she does to the painting.
This house in Overland Park, Kansas had stucco exterior walls all the way around the house. With a house like this, you will get some painters that will tell you that you need to use elastomeric paint. Not true. We always use a high-end paint such as Sherwin Williams Duration with great results.
SW Duration should give the exterior of your house 10-12 years of quality protection. One other unique feature of the exterior of this house is that the trim is painted on all sides. This adds a more custom look to the exterior, and also increases the appeal.
Not only was the paint color dated on the exterior of this house, but the trim dated it also. If the exterior of your house looks like this, don’t worry, painting it can bring it to the 21st century.
For the exterior of this house, we used SW Peppercorn for the body, and for the trim we used SW Windfresh White. We added more appeal to the exterior of this house by painting only certain pieces of the exterior trim with SW Windfresh White, and painting the other pieces of the house trim with the body color. Proper placement of color on your house goes a long way in the transformation of the exterior.
Learn how to paint the interior of your home from six journeymen who reveal some of the things that make them so good at their craft.
Most of us can do an okay job of painting a room. But a seasoned professional does a great job. Obviously, pros have more experience than the average homeowner, but they also know techniques and tricks that make them better painters. We asked six pro painters to share those secrets. They probably kept a few tips to themselves, but they provided us with more than enough to help you work more efficiently and get better results. Some of what you'll read may surprise you. For instance, their secrets won't cut painting time. Painters spend two to four days on an average-size room. That's how long it takes to prep, prime and paint correctly. It's more work, but when you stand back to admire the results, you'll agree it's time well spent.
Clear the Decks
To begin, move everything out of the room. Every painter we spoke with had a horror story about the time he didn't follow Rule No. 1. Bigger pieces of furniture can sometimes be left covered in the center of larger rooms, but if you are repairing drywall, says Chris Span, of Span's Quality Painting in Mobile, Alabama, "Take everything out. Drywall dust goes everywhere." Remove doors, light fixtures and hardware, and label everything with masking tape. Also, invest in drop cloths. "It's surprising how well a few drops of paint can cover a floor," says Rich Maceyunas, of Maceyunas Painting and Wallpaper in Waterbury, Connecticut. Buy high-quality drop cloths, such as canvas or paper-backed plastic. (Paint soaks right through lightweight fabrics and bedsheets.) Plastic sheeting works, but it's very slippery and doesn't absorb drips.
Preparing the Surfaces
Find, then fix, cracks and dents
Even an old lamp with a bare bulb held close to a wall will make minor cracks, bumps or nail pops jump out. Carmen Toto, owner of C. Toto & Sons in Madison, New Jersey, uses painter's putty or a lightweight spackle for minor cracks and dents; he uses plaster of Paris for dents deeper than 1/8 inch. Instead of the standard tape-and-spackle method for bridging over recurring stress cracks, Maceyunas uses a rubberized spray-on primer called Good-Bye Crack. Damaged wood requires a slightly different approach. "Don't use spackle on wood," says Toto, "because it just won't stick." For damaged trim, he uses painter's putty or a two-part wood filler, such as Minwax's High Performance Filler. Smooth any repairs, bumps, and nibs with a drywall pole sander. For smoother walls and better adhesion, some of our pros sand all previously painted walls regardless of the shape they're in.
Do the sanding two-step
Sanding not only feathers out chipped paint but also provides "tooth" for the next coat of paint. For glossy trim, use a sanding sponge rather than sandpaper. Sponges mold to the shape of the trim and last longer than paper. When applying latex over alkyd paint or when he is not sure of the original finish, Brian Doherty, a painter in Richmond, Virginia, follows the hand-sanding with liquid sandpaper to make sure the surface is completely deglossed to prevent incompatibility problems. "I've seen homes where latex was used on oil-painted trim, and the paint started to peel in less than a year," says Doherty.
