Summer is coming and you want painters and decorators London to give a fresh look to your house by painting the walls? You’ll find here all the most important things to know before you start. First of all, get all your furniture in the middle of the room, cover them and let’s go!
It does. You’ll not use the same paint on walls, ceiling, wood or a kitchen. The difference between these paints is made regarding the impacts and pressure the support can suffer later as well as the actual state of the support.
- Walls can be painted with multiple products: bright, matt or glossy finish.
- Wooden furniture, paint has to be resistant and thoroughly applied for a perfect finish. This kind of paint contains more solvent which creates a protective film.
- Ceilings are the most critical zones: they are exposed to the light, flooding risks. They need resistant products.
If the house is brand new, you don’t really need a specific preparation as they should be in perfect condition. You’ll just need to take out the dust with a moisturized sponge.
If you need to paint on walls a little bit more damages, you need to start by clean the surface with washing powder, rinse it then let it dry.
If there are imperfections like holes or cracks, you can recap them with the coat. Then you need to sand and take out the dust with a moisturized sponge.
If you ever paint directly above a wallpaper, do a test with the paint and see if the wallpaper starts to unstuck.
Traditionally, painters and decorators in South London mat finish is used for the surfaces less fragile and exposed as ceilings.
Glossy will be more used in principal living spaces as your living rooms, corridors and bright paints for wood and humid spaces as the kitchen and the bathroom.
However, this rule is not universal. For example, if most of the time you use your microwave and induction hobs, you don’t really produce water vapour. In that case, you can paint your kitchen with a matt finish. If your ceiling is in perfect condition, why not choose a bright finish?
Before thinking of the design, what is most important is for your room to be resistant to external shocks. Mate paints are the most porous. Therefore, the most sensitive to impacts. The perfect alternative is glossy paint.
It is always better to get two stove coating rather than a heavy one: it will be a better result.
The number of layers of paint decorators in London can apply depends on the paint covering quality (its thickness which is made by the proportion of water and pigments), the colour itself (brighter colours need two coatings) and the compatibility of the support and the product.
Synthetic products work better together. For example, paint in the water phase will be easier to apply with a brush made of synthetic silk.
When you paint with a paint roller, this is the depth and length of the brush bristles that will be decisive: the more bristles are long and thick, the more it applies paint on the surface. It would be good for a ceiling. However, to paint walls using short bristles brush will be more adapted as the paint will be more precise.
