The painting it is a creative but at the same time quite time-consuming procedure. Especially when it comes to exterior painting of a detached house there are often enough questions and anxiety about how to put into practice a successful one painting. Let's see below 2 of the most basic questions and the answers their.
1. Detached house exterior painting: I need to prime the exterior walls first paint?
Primers are specially designed to stabilize unhealthy surfaces by sealing uneven pores and setting a base for the top coat finish. Applied by brush or roller, the primer will help improve paint adhesion smoothing out rough surfaces, thus ensuring better coverage and savings color.
Whether or not to prime an exterior wall before painting it depends on the situation of the wall. If the wall is old and weathered, paint in a dark color or if the wall has been previously painted and starts to show cracks, holes or peeling, then it is recommended to stabilize the surface with primer before you paint it. You can skip using a primer if the walls have been recently rendered or if you are painting over from a previously painted wall where the finish is sound and n the peeling.
2. Detached house exterior painting: You need to pressure wash the exterior walls before you paint?
Before painting a wall, it is always important to make sure it is clean and free from dirt, grease and paint or residue. There are advantages as well cons to using a pressure washer to clean an exterior wall. While providing very fast and thorough cleaning, getting into cracks and removing easily mold, dirt and peeling paint, sometimes it can damage the wood, remove a lot of peeling paint and wash it off mortar between the bricks.
Whether you decide to wash the exterior with a traditional bucket and brush or to use a pressure washer, you should let the wall dry thoroughly before you paint. This will last longer after using a pressure washer and can last up to two weeks.
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