How to Properly Paint Your Home's Exterior without any help?

Table of Contents :

• Introduction

• Prep the surface

• Patching

• Primer application

• Select quality exterior paint

• Pick colours with curb appeal

• Spray and roll

• Finishing touch

• Conclusion

Introduction

The exterior paint job is one of the few features of your home that has an immediate visual effect. Paint that has been expertly applied expresses your pride in your home and helps to describe its personality. That’s the reason exterior paint is becoming a standard for an aesthetic beautiful house.

Prep the surface

You might be tempted to start painting right away, but meticulous prep work is essential for a professional-looking finish. A good surface is responsible for 90% of good painting.

Allow at least 28 days for the stucco to cure before painting a new house with a stucco exterior. Uncured stucco paint will not stick correctly and will look chalky or dusty. Spray the stucco with a hose to keep it moist. It can cure in a week to ten days if washed everyday.

If you're repainting an existing house, look for chipping, peeling, mildew, and other flaws on the exterior walls and trim. Apply a chlorine bleach solution with a garden sprayer to kill mildew. After that, pressure-clean the entire exterior to remove dirt and any loose paint.

Patching

It's critical to seal any holes, as well as the joints where one form of exterior material meets another, until you pick up a paint roller or a tube of caul. Window frames, moulding,  door frames, and fascia boards are all examples of this.

Fix any chips or pits in an old stucco surface with new stucco (and allow time to cure). Sand wood trim and doors lightly to prepare them for painting.

Primer application

Prime with a good sealer to get the best out of your exterior wall paint job. A sealer with a high resin content goes over old paint, locks it in place, and provides a nice surface for new paint to stick to. Choose a chalky wall sealer if you're repainting walls that have turned chalky or dusty. A dusty surface would not allow paint to adhere.

Latex primer works well with vinyl and most wood siding in new construction. You can use a hot stucco primer if you're dealing with stucco that hasn't completely cured. This eliminates the need to wait for the primer to dry, allowing the surface to accept paint right away. If at all necessary, let the stucco cure for the recommended amount of time. To find out how long you should wait before exterior home painting, look at the mark on your primer or sealer.

Select quality exterior paint

Complete acrylic latex is used in a successful exterior paint. There are three key components to the formula:

1. Color is provided by pigments.

2. Binders are the substances that keep the pigment to the wall.

3. Solvents are used to make the paint more spreadable. The majority of exterior paints are now water-based.

The solvent evaporates as the paint dries, leaving only the pigments and binders. Volume solids are what they're called. The volume solids in better-quality paints are usually higher. They may also have stronger binders, which would keep the pigments in place for a longer period of time. This increases the longevity of the product.

Pick colours with curb appeal

When it comes to colour, there are so many options that making a decision can be difficult. If you're not sure where to begin, take a drive around your neighbourhood and see what you want. Keep in mind that bright colours disappear faster than muted colours.

Choose a colour that complements your roofing content, as well as any brick or stone accents, and keep in mind the stylistic elements of your house. Exterior paint sample swaths on a part of your home's exterior if you can't decide between two colours. Examine the outcome at various times of day to see which one you prefer.

Check with your community group and local building department to see if there are any limits on paint colours in your area before deciding on a colour.

Spray and roll

Spraying and back-rolling are the best methods for exterior wall paint. This approach necessitates the participation of two individuals. A sprayer is used to easily and evenly apply paint to the floor. The other person trails behind, rolling over the freshly painted paint with a roller. This ensures an even finish, which is especially important on textured surfaces like stucco.

You get the sprayer's pace as well as the roller's evenness. Before you start spraying, cover your windows with plastic or use a sprayer with a shield to protect them.

Finishing touch

The moulding, fascia, shutters, window and other decorative features will be painted last. A steady hand and a strong brush are the best tools for this job. You can save some time by using 6-inch rollers to apply the paint more quickly, particularly along the fascia's length. However, there are no shortcuts to a professional finish, you must devote the necessary time to achieve the best results.

A great paint job with top-of-the-line materials will last up to ten years, depending on your environment.

Conclusion

As discussed above, exterior home painting is not that hard if you follow those steps properly. Besides, the joy you will have after the perfect self painted walls is incomparable

It is also important to have the best quality paints to make this work. I would suggest Kamdhenu Paints for best quality paints, tons of various colours and paint equipment in a very affordable range.

Happy Painting!