Before any of that wonderful coloured paint you’ve chosen goes on, a lot background work has to happen. With some painting jobs (such as re finishing outdoor furniture) the preparation time can be up to 60% of the job. For outdoor furniture, I use a high pressure wash, a cleaning product THEN a brightening product before the stain goes on. Some of the muck that comes off could grow potatoes. The exposed chips and scratches of old painted timber (especially dark wood) needs a dab of undercoat before the new coloured top coat goes on. Exterior window frames, sash windows, bay windows etc. catch a lot of dust and dirt. They need to be swept, washed, sanded and swept again. A recent 6 day painting job I did, had two days of fiddly preparation before I even picked up a paint brush. Then there’s ‘sealing’. A raw plaster patch is much thirstier than the old painted wall around it. The plaster needs to be sealed with either PVA glue or a good primer/undercoat. Leaving the sealing step out results in the plastered part sucking up the paint and leaving a clearly visible difference when the top coats are done. So even though none of the paint preparation is seen, it is vital to a first class finished paint job. PS. If you need a specialist interior painter/handyman in Mosman or the lower north shore click here. Comments are closed.
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