subject: The Top Six Secrets To Preparing Your Home's Exterior For Painting [print this page] Here are the top six challenges to preparing your home's exterior for painting, and some tried and true solutions that professional painters use:
1) Paint incompatability
Our painters will completely remove the existing paint and prepare the surface - cleaning, sanding and spot-priming where necessary - before repainting with a top quality latex exterior paint.
2) Alligatoring surface of old paint:
Our painters will remove alligatoring by scraping and sanding; priming entire area with high quality oil-based primer, then painting with a top quality exterior latex paint.
3) Exterior Peeling
Our painters will prepare surface by removing all loose paint with scraper and sand rough edges, and apply appropriate primer. Repaint with a top quality acrylic latex exterior paint for superior adhesion and water resistance.
4) Mildewed Paint surfaces:
Our painters will treat the mildew by applying a mixture of water and bleach, 3:1, and leave on for 20 minutes, applying more as it dries and rinse the area. Apply an exterior latex primer, then a top-of- the-line exterior latex paint.
5) Chalk Residue on old painted surfaces:
Our painters will remove the chalk residue using soap and power washing equipment. If noticeable chalk is still present, we will apply a quality oil-based (or comparable sealer for masonry), then repaint with a quality exterior coating; if little or no chalk remains and the old paint is sound, no priming is necessary.
6) Old, wrinkled paint:
Our painters will scrape and sand substrate to remove wrinkled coating. Primer all bare wood and repaint, applying an even coat of top quality exterior paint. Apply paints at the manufacturer's recommended spread rate (two coats at the recommended spread rate are better than one thick coat). When painting during extremely warm, cool or damp weather, allow extra time for the paint to dry completely.
