Why Do Professional Painters Wear White? So why do professional painters wear white?! An interesting question and perhaps more interesting is that there is no real consensus. This is a heated topic of discussion amongst some professional painters. There appears to be a variety of reasons and if you ask any individual painter you might hear very contrasting opinions. I’m … [Read more...]
Applying Stain & Varnish Basics
Applying Stain & Varnish Basics Let’s take a look at the basics of applying stain and varnish. A careless finishing job can ruin the appearance of the most careful work. On the other hand, a skillful finisher can often make less-than-perfect woodworking look better. It always pays to put your best efforts into finishing. Why bother to finish wood? Let’s face, wood … [Read more...]
Interior House Painting Tools
Interior House Painting Tools – The Basics Interior house painting requires a variety of painting tools – here are some of the ‘must-have’ basics. House painting certainly requires its share of tools; but before you start your project make sure you have the basic interior house painting tools together. Starting a job without having the proper tools can quickly lead to … [Read more...]
Painting A Room and Estimating Paint
How to: Painting A Room and Estimating Paint Before you begin painting a room it’s important to first estimate how much paint your walls will need. Estimating paint for a room depends on a few factors such as the texture of the wall, your paint application method, the quality of your interior paint, and the paint color you decide upon. First measure the length and height … [Read more...]
Roller Marks
Interior Paint Problems: Roller Marks Roller marks are a common interior painting problem associated with 80% of paint jobs. Okay, I’m not 100% on that 80% but I see this problem mostly in houses where the home owners have painted and are either in a rush or inexperienced. You can find these problems in commercial buildings as well where painters have been given very … [Read more...]