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How To Paint Your Walls Just Like A Pro

Need to give your home a makeover? Well, painting your interiors is the easiest way to do so. Not only you give your place a new look, and you freshen it up in its entirety. However, if you are not careful, the whole job might seem to be a complete nightmare. Painting is not difficult if you know the tricks. You don’t need to be specialized. All you need is a little practice, patience, and some suggestions that will help you make the task look less arduous. The following painting tips will help any novice achieve high-quality results, matching that of a professional. So, get started.

Prepare the Surface First

To begin the painting job successfully, prepare the surface for which you will apply your pain properly. You have to scrape it, sand, patch, and go on to fill up every hole, dent, crack, and imperfections on the surface. This is not the fun part, but the most significant part of the task.

It’s like you are preparing the base. You have to keep one thing in mind that no paint, irrespective of its thickness, color, claims made by the manufacturer, or cost will help you hide the imperfections of the wall if the surface is not well treated.

Tint the Primer

The primer is an essential part of the paint job. Priming the ceilings and walls is a must when you are applying paint on drywall or brushing over a dark color. Priming is always important and smart as well, anytime you decide to paint. The primer serves in three ways. First, it prevents the stains from leaking through. Next, it lets you do one-coat coverage. Last but the most significant one, it boosts paint adhesion, which in turn diminishes peeling as well as blisters.

If you have noticed the professional painters, you would know that they tint the primer to finish color by adding topcoat paint to the primer of course in small amounts. This accentuates the potential of the topcoat to hide the surface which has been primed. Nowadays, you can purchase paints that have primers added beforehand. However, a dedicated primer always performs the task in a much better way. Try it out for yourself and you would know the difference.

Opt for Canvas

Even though plastic drop cloths act as a shield for your floors and furnishings while you are painting your ceilings and walls and are quite affordable too, investing on canvas ones would be a better idea any day. Canvas, as you all know, is more durable as well as rip-resistant. There are no tripping hazards as such and it absorbs the paint spatters better than plastic drop cloths.

Plastic, with paint, drips on it, turns slippery and that can be detrimental. Moreover, you can fold your canvas drop cloths around the doorways and tuck them into any corner of your place. You can’t do that with plastic sheets. Aside from that, you have to toss it out after you finish painting. Canvas cloths are for eternity. That’s a major plus point.

Store Overnight

If you have completed your painting for the day, but have to carry it over to the next day, never start cleaning your brushes along with your paint roller sleeves. That’s a laborious process, and you would waste a lot of time and energy on it. So what do you do? Brush off the excess paint and put them in a food wrap, preferably plastic.

You can also double fold the plastic wrap to prevent air from getting inside and then place them in your fridge so that they remain fresh till morning. This tip might sound crazy to many, but is a smart way to prevent the paint from getting dried overnight, thus making your gear completely unusable. When you start your job the next day, take out your equipment from the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before you start painting.

Painting is a fun task if you work smartly. Who doesn’t want to give their nest a completely fresh look? It makes your place look new and pleasing to the eyes. So, go on pick up that brush and start painting your home now in hues that steal your heart!

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