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I’ve been wanting to write a product spotlight on PPG Ultralast for some time now.  We’ve been using this product for a little over a year now and I can’t think of really anything bad to say about it.  Ultralast is PPG’s new ultra premium (I know, how many superlatives can we think of!) paint that is supposed to specialize is scuff resistance and cleanable.  The literature tells us they’ve incorporated technology from the automotive paint industry.  While I am sure this is true, PPG stops short of telling you what that technology is or exactly how it works (at least, not that I could find.)

So let’s dig in.  First, the price point.  Our contractor pricing is a bit below the ultra premium paints from Sherwin Williams, Behr, and Benjamin Moore, so it ticks that box.  When lined up against Emerald, Aura, and Dynasty, this paint prices out well below most of those.  If price is your main concern, we would go with PPG Ultralast every day of the week.  If price isn’t that important, we think it’s a toss up between Scuff-X and Ultralast.

What about scuff resistance?  The only paints we trust with being truly scuff resistant are Benjamin Moore Scuff-X and Ultralast.  To be fair, we have not used must Behr Scuff Defense to have an opinion, but, in our experience, both Sherwin and Behr have yet to come up with a product that can be honestly compared to these two.

Being able to clean the walls in your business or home has been a major priority for many of our customers.  Being scuff resistant is key to being cleanable, so it should be no surprise that we recommend this product to all of our clients for whom cleanable is a concern.  Maybe this is a good place to insert a short tutorial on how to clean your interior paint.  First, never use hot water.  Water is a great solvent (chemically speaking) and hot water is an even better solvent.  Your paint is most likely water based and will soften when exposed to water which will make it more susceptible to scuffing.  Use room temperature water and a very mild detergent that is not alcohol based.  Denatured or isopropyl alcohol will immediately soften and degrade latex paint!  You will need to get a microfiber rag (new, not used before is best) and use the soft side to clean the wall.  This will give you the best chance of not damaging your paint.  NEVER use a cotton rag!  Cotton is very coarse and will scratch your paint.  We have has a great experience with most PPG paints.  For years we used SpeedHide at our office and you could clean it with little to no burnishing!  PPG Ultralast is even better.

Finally, what about the look of the finished product?  Some clients have said it has a slight “plasticky” look.  I agree, but I don’t find it necessarily off-putting.  If you want a paint that looks phenomenal, try Ben Moore Regal Select Eggshell – I’m not sure it gets any better than that look!  All in all, PPG Ultralast is a solid performer at a great prices. And given the choice between a scuff-able great looking finish and a durable scuff-resistant finish that has a slight plastic look – I’ll take the latter any day of the week!  

Ranking – 4.8 stars out of 5!  Highly Recommended!

Sitting at one of my favorite Downton Indy work spots, I couldn’t help but notice same really poor panting had recently taken place.  I started to ask myself, what if this was our team that did this?  How would I want my customer to respond?  Unfortunately, we see too much of this and most building owners and facility managers probably just chalk it up to “well, it’s bad, but most people won’t notice” or “we’ll fix it next year during our repaint.”  This is problematic on a few levels.

First, if you paid a reputable contractor a fair contract price, you owe it to your company to get better results than that.  Second, you aren’t doing any favors to the company you hired or to their crew who underperformed.  Every company will experience a “bad” job, even good companies because we are human and we tend to skip steps in our quality assurance program when we get overbooked.  If it was my team that did this, I’d want to know.  First, our company has standards and we want to be held accountable to those standards.  Acceptable is just another word for minimally okay.  We like to think we are better than that and if we are continually let off the hook by sub standard work, that will then become the standard for an Indiana Painting job.

Second, as an owner, I want to understand how our company is performing – especially when things aren’t going well.  We are in the business of improving things.  We improve your property and we constantly are improving our services and performance so we can serve you better.  Can you imagine the momentum we’d have and the incredible service that companies could offer if we all worked toward becoming just .5% better today than we were yesterday?  Over a year that would be 175% better than we were last year.  And that doesn’t capture the compounding nature of investments.

Finally, we are all created in God’s image.  The implications of this are far reaching.  We all see really good service or a really good product and we understand the feeling.  It is the feeling you get when someone is living within their God given role and reaching their potential.  There is no feeling quite so good and the joy and the urging for better that it brings to others is really phenomenal.  Now let’s see the problems and what we would want if this was on one of our projects.

My point to this article is not to shame a building owner or another contractor, far from it. My purpose is to let you know that if you paid a decent price for this job, you should expect better for your sake, the end user’s sake, and the sake of your contractor. As the business owner, I would want to be called right away.  I am proud of our work and proud of our team’s consistently pushing for improvement.  Misalignment is always more demoralizing when you see it a year after the project was completed!  We don’t require perfection, but we require ourselves to get as close to it as we are capable of in that moment.  We have a sign in our office that reads “Do your job!”  Perhaps we should add to it “Then do your job better.”

Many business owners install FRP (fiberglass reinforced panel) in an effort to get a durable and cleanable protective panel for their wall in high traffic areas and wet walls in janitors closets and restrooms.  Unfortunately, these panels have a few drawbacks.  The first is that they will yellow over time.  The second is that while they are very durable, they are not stain proof. If you get automotive grease, cooking oils, skin oils, or other contaminants, they are very susceptible to staining.  The good news is that they are also very each to paint!  Use the guide below if you will be attempting to paint FRP yourself or to gain an understanding of how we would go about painting it were you to hire us.

Prep

Our first step is to thoroughly clean the panel.  How we would approach this step depends on what is on the panel.  If it is in a restaurant or mechanic shop, we would start with a heavy degreaser and scrub brush to remove any trace of oils.  If it is in a janitors closet or restroom, we would begin with a light cleaning.  We would follow this up with a denatured alcohol wipe down.  Once this final wipe down is complete, we would sand the panel either manually with a sanding block if the area is small or with an electric sander if the area is larger.  This is to ensure that the paint has a profiled surface to adhere to. Any silicone caulking will either need to be removed or covered up so you can paint it.  Now you are ready to paint the paneling.

Priming

We always recommend a high quality primer. If you are using a high quality waterborne acrylic coating like PPG Ultralast or SWP Emerald, you can normally skip this step.  If you hire use, we will always plan to apply a bonding primer to ensure you get the best paint job possible and to ensure the panel will minimize scratching for years to come.  We use PPG SealGrip or SWP Xtreme Bond as our go to primers of choice for more challenging surfaces.  Always apply this primer at the recommended thickness.  Also, take care that you let the primer cure for at least 24 hours so that you get a good bond before you introduce a topcoat.  Topcoats have the tendency to put stress on the paint coating underneath it as it cures.

Painting

Once the primer is dry, you can put just about any topcoat over the primer.  Our favorite product for FRP is PPG Aquapon semi-gloss so that you will have both a durable and very cleanable surface.  Aways use a good quality brush to reduce brush marks and a good 3/8 nap microfiber rolls to ensure you get a smooth, factory like finish.  If you don’t need a super durable finish, we would use PPG Ultralast semi-gloss finish to create a good, functional finish that you will be able to repaint as frequently as needed.

Caution

As with all painted surfaces, this will create a surface that will be more difficult to scratch, but all painted surface will be susceptible to scratching.  Just like an automobile paint finish, it may be scratch resistant, but any sharp metal, like a key or stock cart can scratch the paint.  You need to have the correct understanding so your expectations will be realistic.

When clients call us for interior painting, one of the questions we often get is whether it is possible to paint over stained woodwork.  The short answer is yes, you can absolutely paint over stained trim and doors. Today’s coating technologies make almost any surface paintable.  Converting your stained wood to painted wood is time consuming and takes an expensive primer, but if you are willing to put the effort in or pay a professional to do it, it is not only possible, but can make quite a difference in the appearance of your home.  Both stained wood and painted wood have a long tradition in decorating and have been used in very high end settings.  From the mahogany panels in the late medieval era to the high gloss painted wood in the Georgian era, wood is a very versatile decorative element that adds value to any home.

Prep Work

If you are a DIY expert, you can follow these following guidelines to paint your own wood trim.  First, you will want to clean the finish to ensure any years of furniture polish, wax, skin oils, and other contaminants are removed.  Our crew uses denatured alcohol to clean the current finish.  You may find that you need a more industrial cleaner if you run into gummy contaminants.  In these situations, we use a Goo-Gone cleaner followed by the denatured alcohol.  Once you are sure it is clean, you can now start the next step.

Our crew then sands down the finish to abrade it.  We want to make sure that the finish is porous so the bonding primer has another way to key into the current coating.  You can use a liquid sanding agent to make this step easier, but we always recommend you at least lightly sand the surface to ensure you get a good bond.  Nothing will be more disappointing and difficult to fix than paint peeling off your woodwork.  If you take the time to prep it well, you will be rewarded for your efforts.

Priming

The next step is to apply a high quality bonding primer.  Some painters will caulk before this step, but we want to make sure that the caulk has a good quality primer under it to make sure it adheres well for years to come.  Most caulking failures are due to the caulk disbonding from the substrate, not the caulk itself failing.  We recommend you apply primer on a few areas of the woodwork and let it set for 24 hours.  After a short cure, try to scratch the primer off.  If it is adhered well to the woodwork, you are good to go with the primer.  Make sure you apply the primer with a high quality brush and lay it off well to avoid heavy brush texture.  Our crews normally prefer to spray the woodwork to get a smooth finish.

Caulking

One the primer is dry, you will be able to apply a fine bead of caulk to all the joints.  Stained trim is not normally caulked unless someone has used a clear caulk, but this is unlikely.  If your woodwork is caulked, you will need to determine if it is silicone or acrylic caulk.  You may want to consult a professional at this point to see how to proceed.  Our crew would identify this first and make a plan of attack.  If all is well, just use a very thin bead and wipe it down with a damp rag to make sure you still have good profiling and that it will look clean and tight when your final coats are applied.  This is a tedious step and doing it well will again pay big dividends.  Any nail holes that have not been previously filled should be obvious once you prime.  These should be filled with filler like Drydex.  Do not attempt to caulk them, this will not look good.  Shortcuts will show and the effect you were hoping to achieve will be diminished or ruined altogether.

Painting

It is important to give the caulk time cure.  If you attempt to paint over caulk that is not fully dried and, at least partly cured, you risk the caulk cracking and prematurely failing.  Once you are sure the wood is ready to paint, we recommend using a top quality trim paint.  Our go to products are Sherwin Williams Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel, Sherwin Williams Gallery, or Benjamin Moore’s Advance.  You have quite a few lower cost options, but these are the ones we recommend with Advance most likely being the lowest cost option of these choices.  Make sure you apply the paint evenly and laying off the brush marks with long, light, smooth strokes.  Our crew always prefers to spray, but some decorators like the brush texture.

If you would like a quote or advice on painting your stained woodwork, we would be happy to schedule a time to meet at your home and take a look at your project.  You can reach our sales team by calling 317-528-9500.

It’s been a rather warm winter here in Central Indiana and with Spring just around the corner (okay, maybe seven weeks isn’t close enough for some of us) our thoughts turn to all those Spring projects we want to get to!  Pressure washing our home and driveway is usually at the top of my list.  Get the exterior of the house and visible parts of the property not only looking good, but ready to take on all that the late Spring and Summer weather has to throw at it.  Concrete needs to be cleaned and protected every four or five years.  If you don’t, the damage being done will go unnoticed until your pressure wash it and it begins to spall.  This is caused by water getting into the top layer of the concrete through small, unnoticeable cracks in the surface and then freezing.  Once this starts, it is very difficult to stop.  Whether you take the pressure washing and sealing on yourself or hire it out, if it has been more than a few years, you will want to prioritize this project this Spring before it gets too hot out.

Letting mildew grow on vinyl or even brick will only speed up the degradation process.  That once slick vinyl might be looking a little dull and porous and that brick that once looked new and crisp is probably taking on some of the atmospheric residue.  If you are doing this yourself, you should use a 2,600 psi pressure washer that is capable of 2.8 gallons per minute or more.  Be sure you remove all the residue or staining that you can.  For driveways we use a professional spinner tool that does a great job at 3,200 psi and 3.2 gallons per minute or more.  Once you are finished, make sure you seal the masonry surfaces to help extend the life of those surfaces.  If you pressure wash your vinyl, you can apply a vinyl renewer that will seal it up and make it less porous.  This will keep the UV rays at bay and keep your vinyl siding serviceable for many years to come.  If you don’t feel up to the task or you just don’t have enough time to do the work, give us a call.  We typically charges around $375 for a smaller home and up to $750 for a larger home.  Sealer would double that price.  Driveways for most tract homes would cost about $300 to clean and another $300 to seal with a one coat system.

If you’d like a quote, we would be happy to stop by and give you a quote in person or you can use our online system found on our contact page.  Give us a call at (317) 528-9500.  If you have a commercial building, we will need to price it out in person.

When you are trying to get the exterior of your home to look its best, it’s sometimes a good idea to also consider your impact on the environment — and the things that you can do to help lessen that impact on the environment.

The good thing that you should come to realize is that there are positive things that you are going to be able to do to help make for a better looking home exterior while sticking to eco-friendly methods.

Let’s have a look at some tips and methods for transforming homes with eco-friendly exterior painting that gets your home looking its best.

1. Use Recycled / Mis-Tinted Paint

One thing you’re going to want to consider when you are looking to paint the exterior of your home is the use of paint that has gone to be recycled – such as when a person perhaps has purchased too much.

Knowing that you have finished with your painting project and have nothing to do with your paint (as is sometimes the case that one overestimates how much paint is needed) it’s possible to go to certain community centers to get paint recycled.

Additionally, you can sometimes luck out and find paints at paint stores that were tinted a certain color that did not meet the expectations of the customers and so they will sell those at a discount.

The sole caveat here is that you have to accept that you will have a limited selection on what you are going to be finding as far as colors go but if you are open to different colors, that is okay!

2. Prepare For Painting Ecologically

In preparing to paint your home exterior there are a number of things that you will need to do in terms of making sure that your painting project goes smoothly and with minimal mess.

When you are painting, you are going to want to protect areas that are not being painted and though of course you can make use of new drop cloths to protect these areas, there are better ways to go about doing this while being ecologically minded.

Old sheets can often protect areas that you don’t want to get paint on them just as well as a thick drop cloth can and will be much better from an environmental perspective.

You can also make clean-up a lot easier for yourself when you make use of torn up clothing that you thought served no more purpose, and cleaning products that will not be harsh on the environment.

3. Make Use Of Water Based Solvents

There are many ways that you are going to be able to clean your paintbrushes, and though you can use strong chemicals such as turpentine and the like, there are alternatives that are not only safer for you but easier for the environment.

There are soaps that are much safer for the environment — and they will do a great amount of good in terms of getting your paintbrushes and other painting equipment clean properly.

You won’t have to worry about runoff from the cleaning process and what to do with the cleaning water and soap after you have finished cleaning your paintbrushes and rollers.

4. Proper Paint Disposal

Lastly, you should know that when you have finished painting your home exterior, you are not just going to be able to dump the leftover paint that you did not use, or the primer.

As mentioned earlier, paint and primer have to be properly processed and so if you have no plans to make use of the paint or primer in the future and you have no friends or family who want it, the best thing is to take it to a community center that will be able to process the paint correctly.

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 set up an appointment time convenient for you.

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

Tips For Painting Your Brick Exterior In Mooresville, IN

When you talk about painting the exterior of your home, most people don’t think about how the act of painting your shutters can really make a big difference in how your home looks.

The important thing to do prior to painting shutters is to first learn about some of the key tricks that will help you do a better job painting them and leave you with nicer looking shutters for a good price.

These are the sorts of tricks and techniques that will greatly improve your overall painting experience as well, which is a good thing to have while you are painting your shutters.

With that being the case, let’s have a look at some shutter painting tricks to learn when you want to have a nicer home exterior.

1. Properly Prepare Your Shutters

It’s fundamentally important that you prepare your shutters prior to beginning your painting project or you will not have shutters that look right when you have finished painting them.

What this means is that you’re going to want to clean the shutters and remove any sort of dirt and sometimes even lingering old paint that has started peeling or just isn’t looking quite right on the shutters — making use of detergent if necessary.

After you make the time to clean your shutters and especially if you need to get them at all wet during the cleaning process, be sure to allow time for your shutters to fully dry before you move onto the next step in the process.

2. Paint With Removed Shutters

While there is much to be said about the quality of keeping your shutters on while you paint them, it’s entirely possible that you will find it a lot easier to get them painted if you remove them first.

Indeed, for you may have few issues covering your shutters entirely while they are attached to your home, it is almost always a lot easier to do so when the shutters have been detached from the house first.

It helps not just in terms of properly applying primer and paint but in getting the shutters properly sanded and prepared before you start the painting process.

3. Primer Before Paint

Speaking of primer, you are going to find that your shutters are going to be much better painted when you first apply a coat of primer before you apply the first coat of paint.

This is because you will get paint to go on more smoothly when you have the primer there — primer makes for a more smooth surface that will be more receptive of paint.

Moreover, it will stay on longer as the primer coat makes the overall surface more adhesive – and this will get the painting work to last you longer.

4. Apply Thin Coats

Though you may want to apply thicker coats to your shutters, this would not ultimately serve you as you are going to end up having shutters that are not quite so well painted.

By making use of thinner coats of paint, your paint will not look quite right — and you are more likely to make painting mistakes as a result of it, which then have to be corrected.

As mentioned above, letting the paint dry after you apply it so that if you do end up applying a second coat, you aren’t going to have issues with the first coat of paint sticking to your brush.

5. Clean As You Paint

Lastly, remember that it’s important to clean as you paint whether you remove the shutters prior to painting or not.

Doing this will help you to have less of a mess to clean up after your painting project has ended and you are looking to clean up any spills that have occurred.

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 set up an appointment time convenient for you.

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

Tips For Painting Your Brick Exterior In Mooresville, IN

When you’re looking to paint the exterior of your home, one thing that may come to mind in your considerations is the cost of the painting project.

However, it’s good to know that there are things that you can do to bring down the price of your painting project — and this is often an important thing to do.

With that being the case, let’s have a look at some tips for budget exterior painting that will keep your house looking really good.

1. Use Moderately Priced Paint

One thing that is going to ultimately lower the price of your painting project is the use of moderately priced paint — not cheaper paint, as you might expect this sort of guide to suggest.

However, not only is this a bad idea in the short term (the cheaper paint, that is) but over the years you will find that you will be spending more for your paintwork if you go for cheaper paint over a more moderately priced paint.

The reason that this is the case is that quite often the cheaper and low end priced paints come with ingredients that make them fade quite a bit faster than your more moderately priced paints — and so you will find that you are going to be starting a new painting project even sooner than if you had just stayed with a more moderately priced paint.

2. Primer Before Paint

Another important way that you’re going to be able to bring down the price of your painting project involves the use of a primer before you apply the first coat of paint.

The reason that this is the case is that you will find that paint adheres much better to a surface that has gotten primer applied to it than one that has not gotten any primer applied to it.

The adhesive quality of primer is such that it helps paint stay on there longer, making for a painting project that lasts longer overall — and that lowers the overall cost of your painting project.

3. Paint More Slowly

There are few things that make your painting project cost more than wasted paint and when you are painting too quickly, you will find that you often will either spill paint or apply too much of it.

Though you might think of painting more quickly as a good way to get your paintwork done more quickly, instead what will happen is that you are more prone to making painting mistakes that need to be corrected and waste paint.

Taking your time while painting will help to get the paint on more evenly and help to ensure that you don’t waste a lot of paint during the painting process.

4. Borrow Painting Equipment When Possible

Though it’s entirely possible that you are going to want to paint other areas of your home, it’s also possible that this is going to be your only painting project that you have for the foreseeable future.

If you don’t see yourself having any painting projects in the future, it is a bit unnecessary to spend quite a lot of money on the equipment that you are going to want to use to paint your home — especially if it is possible to borrow the equipment in some manner.

Whether you end up borrowing the painting equipment from friends, family, or an equipment library (they do exist) you should make sure to return the equipment in the same condition in which you borrowed it, or possibly better if it is at all feasible — surely to be appreciated by those who lend you the equipment.

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 set up an appointment time convenient for you.

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

Weatherproofing Your Home with Exterior Painting in Plainfield

An exterior painting project can be quite complicated and extensive, and if not approached correctly may be one that will be quite difficult for you to take on — even with some assistance from friends and family.

This can be complicated a bit more when you have a brick exterior — as there are some elements that play only into effect when your home exterior is made of brick.

With that being the case, let’s have a look at some tips for painting your brick exterior of your home to make for a nicer looking house.

1. Use The Right Kind Of Paint

An important thing that you need to do when you’re looking to paint your brick exterior is to make sure that you are using the right sort of paint because not all exterior paints are going to be appropriate for a brick exterior painting project.

The typical exterior paint is not going to be useful for this kind of painting project on account of the fact that it is not at all breathable and meant for masonry, meaning that it will not properly adhere to your brick exterior.

Making use of the wrong sort of paint can easy ruin an exterior painting project such as this one, in that the use of the wrong sort of paint will lead to peeling and cracking of the paint on your brick exterior.

2. Thoroughly Clean Before You Start

You’re going to want to thoroughly clean the exterior of your brick home before you start painting, which of course is a normal thing to do when doing any sort of exterior painting but certainly when you are painting a brick exterior.

Indeed, you will want to make use of stiff metal cleaning brushes, detergent solutions, and perhaps even a good power washer to remove any grime and mildew that you will find on the surface of your home.

By removing this kind of dirt and the like, you’re going to find that the paint and primer you apply to your home exterior will go on much better in that it will have something to which to adhere, dirt not being the best thing for it to adhere to in the first place.

3. Cracks Should Be Repaired

In getting ready to paint your home exterior, when you have a brick exterior you are going to want to ensure that you have a surface that is entirely free of cracks — neither paint nor primer is going to be able to help you to fix these sorts of problems.

Instead, you’re going to want to make use of a masonry filler that will help you to repair the cracks that you have in the surface of your brick exterior.

Once you’ve made the time to repair these cracks, you’re going to be able to continue with your painting project by further preparing the surface of your home exterior so that you will be able to paint the home exterior with the right kind of paint.

4. Primer First

Lastly, you should remember that a painting project that involves painting your brick exterior is going to necessarily be better if you make use of primer first before you apply the first coat of paint.

Primer is an important thing to apply to the surface of your brick surface being painted as it will help to make for a surface that is uniform in terms of levels of absorption — this will help get the surface painted more easily.

Primer also helps you to fill in some of the smaller surface imperfections that are just a bit too small to need the kind of repair that mason filler would take care of.

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 set up an appointment time convenient for you.

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

Weatherproofing Your Home with Exterior Painting in Plainfield

Though we typically look to improve the look of our homes when we are painting them, there are other things that we should consider in planning out a painting project — exterior painting projects in particular.

The protecting of your home from the elements — this is something that people do not often think about and yet it can be one of the most important things you can do in terms of protecting your home investment.

With that being the case, let’s have a look at some tips for securing your investment and weatherproofing homes with painting to get them looking and being their best.

1. Prepare The Surface

The first thing that you’re going to want to do when you’re getting ready to paint the exterior of your home is to make sure that you properly prepare the surfaces that are going to get painted.

By removing older paint that has stayed on the surfaces that are going to get painted as well as cleaning up any sort of dirt and debris that has accumulated over time, you will find that the new paint and primer that you apply will adhere to the surfaces much better and stay there over time.

Doing all of this is key to protecting your home from the various weather elements that your home may face throughout the year.

2. Make Sure You Use Primer

There are a number of roles that a good primer will play when you are getting ready to paint your home, and protecting it from the elements happens to be one of them.

Indeed, in addition to getting the surface that you are painting to be more smooth which allows you to apply paint more easily and gets it to adhere better, your typical exterior primer also helps to prevent moisture from getting into your home on a surface level.

The presence of the primer is well worth the time and the money that you spend on getting it there as it will add years to the life of your home exterior on account of what it can do in terms of adhesion as well as protection.

3. Seal Surfaces Well

It’s fundamental that when you have a home your exterior is set up in such a manner that the elements do not penetrate through and get to you, the people living in the home — or else there is really no difference between having a home and being outside.

As such, you have to make sure that your exterior surfaces are properly sealed so that there are no places where a good rain shower will get into the house and possibly ruin the walls as well.

The kind of sealing that is done (that is to say, what you use to seal your surfaces) will vary depending on what material makes up your surface, but if you do your due diligence your home will be much better protected from strong weather.

4. Correct Wood Issues

There are certain issues that might come up with your home that relate to having a wood walls, and these are the kinds of issues that you are going to want to correct well before you start painting.

If mold comes up, for example, you aren’t going to want to just try to paint and cover it up as this won’t work and you will have another painting project in your future — after that mold is likely removed by a professional company.

Damage to the surface of your home can also be an issue that you may find, and not just with a wooden structure — but if you should find it, know that primer and paint alone will not make the issue go away and you will need to take care of it before painting.

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 set up an appointment time convenient for you.

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

Weatherproofing Your Home with Exterior Painting in Plainfield