Maintaining Exterior Paint in Plainfield, IN: A Homeowner’s Guide

Your home exterior is pretty much the first thing that people see when they visit you or even just drive (or walk) by your home — and it’s often the paint that they will notice, especially if it has been awhile since the house was painted or the paint has defects that shows damage or its age.

The good thing that you should know is that when you have painted your home exterior, there are things that you can do to maintain that good looking exterior paint job that you have done or gotten done (Indiana Painting would be more than happy to help with your exterior paint project!)

Let’s have a look at some tips on maintaining exterior paint when you want your home exterior to look as good as possible.

1. Clean The Exterior Regularly

A particularly good thing that you’re going to want to do when you’re looking to keep your home exterior looking good and maintain the paint is to clean the exterior of your home regularly.

Though it may not seem to be such a bad thing to you, the dirt and grime that accumulate over time on the surface of your home will wear on the paint and cause damage to it.

When you periodically clean your home exterior, you will find that the paint on your home exterior lasts you longer and ultimately looks better.

2. Inspect The Exterior For Damage

One of the important things that you can do to ensure that you don’t have too much damage done to your home exterior is to inspect your exterior for any damage that may be there.

The benefit of doing this is that you will catch onto any damage that may be small yet not quite noticeable at first glance — but if you don’t take care of this kind of damage, it’s entirely possible that the damage will become more extensive and you will have a larger repair with which to contend.

Better to spot the damage straight away and deal with it while it is smaller and easier to repair than to wait awhile and let the problem get more difficult to take care of.

3. Periodically Pressure Wash

It’s a good idea to keep your home exterior clean of course as mentioned above but for some levels of cleanliness you are going to really want to hit hard with a good pressure washing.

There are few things that will clean the exterior of your home the way that a pressure wash will — it gets off layers of dirt and grime better than just about any other cleaning method.

It’s important to be careful when you wash so that you don’t use too much pressure on your home exterior so that you don’t damage your home and in this regard, it’s better to start off lighter than to possibly start off too hard and cause damage straight away.

4. Repair Caulking Near Windows And Doors

Remember that when you are working on the exterior of your home you should check the status of your caulking that is by your windows and your doors.

In addition to being a bit of an aesthetic thing, having cracked or poorly laid caulking near these areas could cause the more strong weather to get into your home and bring up the cost of heating or cooling your home.

Additionally, as has been laid out beforehand, you should know that when you take care of these issues earlier you will have an easier time in fixing them than if you wait to take care of them.

At We Paint Indy, we are a dedicated team with full-time, professional field staff to make sure your jobs are done on time and to your satisfaction.  We are active members of the Mooresville and Plainfield communities. You can contact us by phone — call or text (317) 528-9500 to setup an appointment time convenient for you.

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