How We Prepare Your Home’s Exterior for a Fresh Coat of Paint

Just like the Boy Scout motto, you should always be prepared when it comes to tackling a painting job. You’ll need a specialized set of tools and brushes, the right kind and amount of paint, ladders, tape, drop cloths, and so on. Preparing before you take on a job can save you the cost and headache of going back and fixing your mistakes. However, you may not have realized that preparation work doesn’t come in a one-size-fits-all package.

The Orlando painters at New Ceilings have discussed our method for preparing your home’s interior for new paint. Now it’s time for us to go over our procedure when getting ready for an exterior painting job. Take a few notes:

• Out with the old, in with the new. Before we can even begin thinking about repainting the exterior of your home, we need to get rid of the existing paint on your home. The reason for this is that its quality has undoubtedly deteriorated over time. Heat, sun, mildew, natural salts, and many other factors cause exterior paint to crumble and deteriorate, leaving us with an unsuitable surface for a fresh coat. We get rid of all that old paint to reveal your smooth, blemish-free walls.

• It’s prime time to patch up any holes and cracks. Patching up holes and dents on the exterior of your home is a more involved job than doing the same on its interior. Each day, your outer walls are subjected to erosion and damage from rain, winds, and debris. Our experts seal up any existing holes and divots to create as smooth and flat a surface as possible before continuing with the painting procedure.

• You need an all-climate primer to make the job last. Primers for exterior painting pull double duty, as they have to help your paint stand up to daily beatings from environmental factors. Your painting professionals can help recommend a solid primer that will help your walls look nice through all the moisture and turbulence that comes their way.

Since the outside of your home is subjected to significant wear and tear each day–much more than the inside of your home sees–preparation is arguably the most important part of any exterior paint job. If you want to make your house look better than ever with a fresh coat of paint, get in touch with the Orlando painters at New Ceilings. Schedule your free consultation by calling (407) 378-6040 today.