Edmonton Residential Painters

By Author: Vertex Shrestha
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After years of serving as Edmonton residential painters and the same in surrounding areas, Doctor Repainting has established itself as the industry leaders. In the process our Edmonton residential painters have picked up on lots of different things that can help homeowners when getting their homes painted. These simple tips can save you time, money and headache. So here you go!

Document All Previous Colors, Brands and Sheens
This is so simple and is a huge time saver as well as money saver. Whether you are painting your home yourself or hiring Edmonton Residential painters. If you don’t have the paint color, brand and sheen then it is up to you (or the painter) to try to match the existing color. If you only need touch ups you may find that a matched paint doesn’t quite match as well as the original paint would have. This can cause you to have to repaint a whole wall rather than just touching up.

Use A Pole When Rolling Walls
If you are more of a DIY person and don’t want to hire contractors, avoid painting walls with a roller not having a pole. With the use of an extension pole, from 1′ – ...
... 4′ or an adjustable 2′-4′ pole you will save your back, you will also find painting to be significantly easier and quicker.

Know When to Prime
Although almost all Edmonton Residential Painters will tell you to prime every single thing you paint, it is not always necessary to prime. Actually, there are only a few situations that primer is unavoidable. Any raw surface such as wood, drywall, metal and so on needs priming. Also you need to prime to seal the stains on walls and woods. Priming is necessary to cover and bond damaged paint too.

Tint Your Primer
If you are painting a color over wood, drywall or anything that needs primer, don’t go with standard white primer. You may end up needing to add an extra coat of paint just to cover up the primer. Primers can often times be tinted up to 50% of your final color. This can easily save you a coat of paint in the end.