Home Improvement Painting Tips

After 30 years of painting and fixing up homes, I’ve learned that most
people simply hate to paint. But it is a documented fact that painting a home can have
the maximum effect for a comparatively low investment when compared with other
home improvements. Many home owners think about painting only if
absolutely necessary but this is the worse area of your home to ignore if you
are planning to place it on the market for sale.
There are several books on
this subject and countless TV programs which publish the idea of painting a
house before trying to sell, but this is still many times forgotten. Most
rationalize that the new buyer will want to select new colors anyway after they
move in. This can be a very costly mistake since in reality most
home shoppers are looking for the home with clean neutral colors and doesn’t
require any work. Lets face it, today with so many homes for sale, the
smart seller wants the shopper to remember their home and seriously consider it
on that first visit. If not, it is doubtful if there will be a second
visit or an offer to purchase.
There are some simple home improvement painting tips that can help a home owner with
his painting job. One of the most irritating jobs associated with painting
a house is ‘cutting in’. If you can master this job, you’ll no longer hate
painting. Many people think painting is an easy job and they don’t
appreciate the challenges of getting good results. For example, walls and
ceilings are almost never the same color, so the painter must paint to the very
top of the wall without smearing paint onto the ceiling. This is what is
known as ‘cutting in’ and is easily the most time consuming part of painting any
room.
Even the professionals recognize the benefit of using masking tape to
create nice straight lines. You’ll find the standard blue colored painter’s tape in just about any Home Depot or Lowes.
The tape is made to be easily removed and it will speed up any paint job.
The mistake that many new painters make is when using painter’s tape, they feel
they can now just slop that paint on the wall as quickly as possible.
Again, another wrong assumption on their parts. You should still hold the
paint brush at the proper angle and ‘cut in’ by using just the tip of the brush
for a professional looking job. This is the best technique to use along
baseboards as well as around windows. In time, with enough practice you
might be able to ‘cut-in’ rather then tape all areas. When you reach this
level of skill you’ll find yourself flying through your paint
jobs.
Regardless of the time and effort needed though, painting your home
before placing it on the market just makes good sense.

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