Painting Tips by a Professional
Painting tips for interior painting by a professional painter
Mold resistant paint does not kill mold! But you can relax, the process of stopping mold is very do-able. A little elbow grease, a little mold killing primer (the good stuff) and you are ready to paint. Whew. I’m glad … Read more
Can you paint over stain? Any stain? Yes! These days all the realtors you work for ask you if you can paint over stain: cabinets, floors, trim. It’s like a mantra. I love wood, but sometimes you do what you … Read more
For newly constructed walls, the best drywall primer is not the most expensive primer. For new walls (with no stains etc) you do not need a stain-blocker or a hole-filler. And the best drywall primer is less expensive than other … Read more
First, Let’s Paint Behind a Toilet Wait: Is it Easy? Yes, Indeedy. Yes, we know how to paint behind the toilet! But if you are lazy and don’t care there is a way to only paint what you can see … Read more
The first tip on How to Clean Paint Rollers– it’s actually not a big mess and there is a reason you should clean them: Don’t buy cheap rollers so you can throw away! Cheap ones shed lint! The most important … Read more
The best interior will make your work A LOT easier, because the color holds longer, applies more evenly, each coat is much thicker, and it cleans up easier. We will show you a secret painting tip to go very fast. … Read more
Painting plaster walls is not at all difficult. If your house is old, it will have plaster, sometimes called ‘horsehair plaster’ on the walls. The old workers used the tail hair from horses to mix in with the plaster to … Read more
We’ll list the steps you will need to know how to prepare for painting drywall. We’ll explain each step from the start of a brand new wall up to the finished product. We will start by how to prep drywall for … Read more
Be very careful and consider the results you will get if you use a paint and primer in one step. I have seen a lot of ads pushing this idea of one-coat painting, but that just plays to people’s idea … Read more
My favorite painters pants have pockets for knee pads: just slip them out before washing. But I’m a freak. I buy good tools that work and I buy work pants, painters pants with knee pad pockets: this works. They last. … Read more