How To Paint Your House Like A Pro?

Have you already chosen the colors and finishes to start painting your home? Great! It is now time to plan and prepare everything. You will see that it will be much easier than you can imagine.

1 Plan

Make sure you have all the products in the necessary quantities according to the square meters you want to paint. The information on paints is on the cans themselves, facilitating confirmation. And if you have doubts about the amount of paint you will need, use the calculator or validate with the store where you will buy the paints. Also, make a list with the sequence of work you want to practice – from removing the furniture from the room you want to paint to the order in which you want to paint the different surfaces. You will see that you will buy more time.

The ideal is to consider one day for preparation and one day for painting because each coat takes about 4 hours to dry with a dry time.

2 Protect

Remove from the space you want to paint all decoration elements such as paintings, mirrors, lamps, and check that the respective supports are well fixed. You can also remove equipment such as sockets and switches for a better finish. Remove the lighter pieces of furniture out of the room to be painted and move the furthest away from the walls, placing them in the center of the room.

Use protective sleeves, cards, plastics, cloth, or newspapers to protect the floor and furniture left in the center. And don’t forget to put insulating tape to protect baseboards, corners, cutouts, and joining areas such as moldings and ceilings.

3 Prepare

Before starting to paint and apply the primer, do not forget to remove the old paint that may be in poor condition or peeling, as it will most certainly fall off with the application of the new paint. Prepare the surfaces to be painted, repairing any holes or cracks and decreasing the walls (a critical situation in kitchens) with a last wash. This washing can be carried out with a specific product from the paint brand or a mild detergent.

Repair any cracks with a putty suitable for each type of surface – plaster, wood – and if you have to prevent the appearance of fungi and insulate, apply the primer with anti-fungal and anti-limescale. There are also specific pre-cleaning products. After finishing all the preparations, clean the entire area before starting to paint.

Now it’s the long-awaited moment: start painting! All ready and with the right tips that will allow you to save time and money.

Mix the paints before painting:

You may never have heard of this trick, but it guarantees greater savings and a better result!

Mix the paint you will need to paint in a container because even paints of the same color, if they are from different batches, can generate slight variations in shade, requiring additional coats. Therefore, the idea is to melt them before applying them to the surface.

Use The W Technique:

We suggest the W technique for a uniform painting: divide the wall into parts, starting by drawing a vertical W. When he disappears, head to another piece of wall. This technique helps, among other things, not to exaggerate by excess or defect in the amount of paint applied and always know where you are in your paintings after that coffee break. If it proves to be difficult, use the help of an expert like Oahu Pro Painters for example to guide you.