We would recommend a satin or eggshell finish as preferable paint for the exterior of your home. If you are doing the painting yourself, you may want to go with a matte finish because it is easier to apply.
If you want a quick drying time, then a flat paint would achieve that requirement. On the other hand, consider if your house gets a lot of outdoor activity from children throwing mud and snowballs or laying bikes against the house. This requires frequent wiping and cleaning. In this situation, consider painting with a satin or semi-gloss finish.
Professional painters are proficient at applying all types of paints and paint finishes, regardless of the level of difficulty. Our team of professional painters is experienced in applying all types of paint when painting the exterior of houses.
We can help you decide the best paint sheen for your home. We give expert advice and impeccable service! It's not only expected to give our home a new look but also to withstand freezing winters, blistering summers, soaking rains, and a daily bombardment of UV radiation without cracking, fading, or peeling. Such miracles don't come without expense and effort.
For the best results, you need an exterior paint that's packed with high-quality resins, pigments, and additives, as well as a clean, smooth surface for the new finish to stick to.
Making this investment in material and labor will virtually guarantee that you won't have to drag out the ladders again anytime soon. Modern advances in paint technology—specifically the arrival of all-acrylic formulations—have made the task of finding a top-shelf product fairly simple. Just look for " percent acrylic latex" on the label. You'll be getting a paint that remains flexible, breathable, and colorfast far longer than paints made with vinyl resins or acrylic blends.
And because it adheres tenaciously to most surfaces, you can use it with confidence on wood, vinyl, metal, and masonry. What's it cost? Higher-cost paints have better-quality ingredients, which help ensure long-term durability. Hire a pro or DIY? Anyone can brush on paint. But doing an entire house is a big job. If you don't have patience for prep or a yen to climb ladders, hire it out.
How much care? When siding and trim look dingy, a wash with detergent, a scrub brush, and a garden hose can restore a paint job's good looks. When to paint? The best time is when temperatures remain between 50 and 90 degrees and the humidity is low. In these conditions, paint should brush out and dry properly. How long will it last? That depends on the paint and what it's applied to.
Two coats of top-quality paint over primed wood might last 10 to 15 years. Two coats on stucco can hold up significantly longer. Proportions vary, but the basic ingredients that go into most exterior paints remain the same. Solvents: Quick-to-evaporate liquids keep binders and pigments in suspension. Pigments: Powdered minerals and man-made colors give paint its hue and opacity.
Additives: They control dry time, leveling, and mildew, among other things. Binders: These resins coalesce to form the paint film after the solvents evaporate. Paints made with percent acrylic resins rank as the best all around, but, as these three Benjamin Moore products show, the proportions of ingredients, coverage rates, and dry-film thicknesses can vary significantly. This information is found on technical data sheets TDS , which all manufacturers provide at no cost online.
Solids: All the resins and pigments left behind after the solvents evaporate. A higher solids ratio may indicate a good paint if its resins and pigments are of high quality. Dry-film thickness: Each paint is formulated to attain a certain thickness, measured in mils, when brushed or rolled out.
One mil is one-thousandth of an inch, about one-quarter the thickness of human hair. Coverage: This number goes up as the film thickness goes down. Use it to calculate how much paint you need to buy. VOCs: The abbreviation stands for volatile organic compounds—solvents that adversely affect our lungs and air quality. The various sheen levels of paint are determined by the ratio of resins and binders to pigment levels in the paint.
Generally speaking, glossier paints are more durable, while flatter paints are less resilient but cover better. There are four different sheen levels to choose from: flat also called matte , satin or low-lustre , semi-gloss and high-gloss.
For large areas of the home covered by siding, less glossy paints are a better choice, because you want to avoid shiny, glossy paints with highly reflective properties that will highlight each bump and imperfection. A flat paint has a non-reflective finish that will feel slightly chalky and rough when you run your hand across it. The caveat with flat paints is they really cannot be washed at all.
You can scrub flat finish with TSP or pressure wash it, but often the best solution is to lay down another coat of paint. You can expect to repaint more often if you use flat paint. Satin finishes are relatively low in reflection, which means that they also do a decent job of hiding bumps and imperfections in the siding surface. Professional painters are proficient at applying all types of paints and paint finishes.
If they make an error, they are accountable and can be expected to fix the issue. Is your exterior riddled with texture-related blemishes? If so, then flat paint will help hide such defects. Do you have children, pets, and a lot of outdoor activity? Bikes get laid against houses. Mud and snowballs land on the sides of the house.
Just as you would choose a wipeable finish for the interior, so too with your exterior. A home that is expected to have heavy use should be painted with satin finish paint or even a semi-gloss paint. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile.
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