How To Paint Vinyl Siding: 5 Expert Steps Anyone Can Do Painting vinyl siding is possible. The only problem is vinyl siding likes to expand and shrink depending on the temperature. This means the paint on them can fade and become damaged faster than others. Exterior paints with acrylic and urethane resins in [...]
Why Prime Before Painting: Save Time, Money, & Effort Why prime before painting? First, primer is an undercoat you put on the wall before painting it. Priming helps paint stick to the surface instead of sinking into the wall. Primers can keep previous paint and stains from showing through the new paint. Wood [...]
How to Fix a Bad Paint Job It happens to more people than you'd think. You walk into the room as the new paint is slowly drying, only to discover a patch, or paint bubbles, or drip stains flowing down the walls. Some of these mistakes can also happen when painting something that [...]
All Painters On Deck! Fading, cracking, peeling, and maybe even worn down. If any of these words trigger an image of your deck, it's time to paint your deck! If left alone for too long, the wood can start to rot, split, and suffer other types of damage. Then you'll need a carpenter [...]
Staining Your Deck Staining a deck can be a stain on your day, especially if you don't know how. Would you want to guess how to paint your car? Doing so could lead to splotches, uneven paint, and an overall less-than-quality job. If your deck has no stain covering on it, it's wide [...]
Good Painters Use Good Tools Deep sea fishers wouldn't use a plastic rod to fish because the low quality wouldn't get them any fish. Like this, painting with low-quality tools will get you a lower quality job. If you like repainting every couple years then that's fine. If not, it may be best to [...]
Are Window Shutters Important? Shutters are like glasses frames. They highlight not only the glass but the face as well. If the frames don't fit, your face can look weird (trust me, mine sure did). Shutters may seem to blend into a house exterior at first, but imagine them not being there. Weird, right? It's [...]
Reeling in the Years Who knew this Steely Dan song could be used in reference to house painting? It's true that your exterior house paint has been stowing away the time. 5 years ago it was beautiful. The best exterior house paint glistening in the sunlight, the satisfaction of a new paint job (DIY [...]
Picking Paint can be a Pain What would you rather get from a car first: functionality or a pretty color? It's hard to drive a pretty car if it doesn't work. You'll need to put more time and money into repairing it. The same goes for paint. With so many different types of paint [...]
My 9 Magic Exterior House Painting Tips Painting a house exterior is already a big project. On the bright side, you can make it easier. Exterior house painting tips are essential to doing a quality job. Cleaning and sanding before you prime, actually using primer, and brush and roller painting techniques are great [...]
