Comments on: Paint Your House With These House Painting Tips http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/paint-your-house-with-these-house-painting-tips/ Home Improvement Tips and Tricks for the Average Homeowner! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:22:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: andover http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/paint-your-house-with-these-house-painting-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-108557 andover Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:58:33 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/?p=401#comment-108557 Nice article and nice color choice for that style of home. Some advice I always try to give home owners who are going to paint their house is to choose a friendly color that is overall appealing. You always have to think down the road and if you decide to sell your home you want it appealing to buyers. I would paint my home but it is two stories and I hate heights. oh well. Nice article and nice color choice for that style of home. Some advice I always try to give home owners who are going to paint their house is to choose a friendly color that is overall appealing. You always have to think down the road and if you decide to sell your home you want it appealing to buyers. I would paint my home but it is two stories and I hate heights. oh well.

]]> By: Tom http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/paint-your-house-with-these-house-painting-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-56595 Tom Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:40:49 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/?p=401#comment-56595 Pablo, Thanks for the comments! You're making the assumption that the outside surface of my house was actually "worth" painting :-) I have old wood shingles that were not cared for on the front and I have asbestos fiber cement boards around the rest of the house. Brush marks and dry roll shadows are the LEAST of my problems. I'm not sure if most people who paint their own homes are as concerned about minor paint surface blemishes as they are with saving the $4,000+. Doing it myself saved me about $3,700... but it did cost me more time. Believe me, if I had the money I would have definitely hired a professional painter. As it was I found myself with a week off during the summer and figured I'd save myself a few bucks while keeping myself busy. It was a very challenging and time consuming job and I can totally appreciate the skill and expertise involved with painting homes professionally. My neighbor paints his house in much the same way as I did about once every 8 years or so and his house still looks great. I simply wanted to get my house looking "fresh" again, give it a little more protection against the elements and prevent any further water damage to the few spots where the paint had chipped away on its own. The "big picture" plan is to get a quality siding sometime in the next five years or so... I do have one question: for using exterior primer on a home, wouldn't you typically need to scrape or sandblast off most of the existing paint? Is there really a point to priming over old paint? Pablo,

Thanks for the comments! You’re making the assumption that the outside surface of my house was actually “worth” painting :-) I have old wood shingles that were not cared for on the front and I have asbestos fiber cement boards around the rest of the house. Brush marks and dry roll shadows are the LEAST of my problems. I’m not sure if most people who paint their own homes are as concerned about minor paint surface blemishes as they are with saving the $4,000+. Doing it myself saved me about $3,700… but it did cost me more time.

Believe me, if I had the money I would have definitely hired a professional painter. As it was I found myself with a week off during the summer and figured I’d save myself a few bucks while keeping myself busy. It was a very challenging and time consuming job and I can totally appreciate the skill and expertise involved with painting homes professionally.

My neighbor paints his house in much the same way as I did about once every 8 years or so and his house still looks great. I simply wanted to get my house looking “fresh” again, give it a little more protection against the elements and prevent any further water damage to the few spots where the paint had chipped away on its own.

The “big picture” plan is to get a quality siding sometime in the next five years or so…

I do have one question: for using exterior primer on a home, wouldn’t you typically need to scrape or sandblast off most of the existing paint? Is there really a point to priming over old paint?

]]> By: Pablo Gutierrez http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/paint-your-house-with-these-house-painting-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-56477 Pablo Gutierrez Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:26:24 +0000 http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/?p=401#comment-56477 Pretty good description for a self-professed "non-professional". However, nothing is mentioned about application techniques, which take great time and effort to develop. As for skipping the priming phase, it is not advisable unless the substrate is in great condition and the paint being used is in a class like Sherwin-Williams Duration. I'm not quite sure about the money saved by doing it your self without experience - maybe a short term saving (if the finish is flawless,i.e.; brush marks, dry roll shadows, etc.), but the long term saving is questionable if durability is a concern. Feel free to ask any questions - we will try to answer them right away, or will research until finding the RIGHT information. Pretty good description for a self-professed “non-professional”. However, nothing is mentioned about application techniques, which take great time and effort to develop. As for skipping the priming phase, it is not advisable unless the substrate is in great condition and the paint being used is in a class like Sherwin-Williams Duration. I’m not quite sure about the money saved by doing it your self without experience – maybe a short term saving (if the finish is flawless,i.e.; brush marks, dry roll shadows, etc.), but the long term saving is questionable if durability is a concern. Feel free to ask any questions – we will try to answer them right away, or will research until finding the RIGHT information.

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