DIY home painting sounds easy. Everyone has seen someone do some painting at some time or another and probably every homeowner has tried to do a exterior painting at one time or another. Whether it worked or not is a different question. In the most part exterior painting is not as demanding on dead accuracy where very fine and straight brush lines are required. No one really sees how accurate your brushwork is on the second story of your home window. As long as you don’t have too much paint on your glass painted unevenly making it obviously look bad from a distance. The main thing in exterior painting is your preparation work. This will be your first line of defense against the elements (rain and wind). If you don’t Chalky in your window frame you are liable to get water seeping in or cold leaking in.
Another part of the exterior window preparation is scraping off old flaking paint. This paint has to be removed completely to the point where it is still firmly attached to the wood. You must prepare your bare sanded wood with a good quality exterior primer. Once your primer has dried given the appropriate time prescribed by the directions on the paint can, you can now apply your exterior paint. Generally I find that if you’re exterior woodwork is in bad condition it is advisable to use flat exterior latex paint.
Performing Interior wall painting requires more skill and proficiency. Not only does it have to look good but it also has to be defect free. The different things that you have to consider when interior home painting besides the way it generally looks you have to make sure that your brushwork at the ceiling is nice and straight. Also your brush work in your home painting has to be nice and straight beside the door frames and the baseboards. Your walls have to be nice and smooth free of dust particles and parts off your paint roller. It’s easier to be critical on interior wall painting the exterior painting in most cases.
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