Thinking About an Interior Home Painting Project? Here are 4 Things to Make it Easier!

Interior Home Painting is an activity that most homeowners imagine will be much faster and take less effort than it can in reality; that is, if you want a great looking outcome. Here are 4 things that will make your experience much easier:

1. Have Patience for Preparation
   In every interior home painting project, it’s crucial to follow in order, the 3 P’s: Preparation, Priming, and Painting. In most cases, Preparation will take the vast majority of time. Preparation is not as simple as laying down paper or cloth on the floors; it can and should be much more involved.
   
   In addition to removing furniture, taping off tight corners, and covering floors, remember that protruding old paint must be scraped off. This is typically found where the wall and baseboards meet, and the same for where the wall and moldings/casings meet. You may also have to sand down glossy casings and moldings if you intend to change their color. If you detect areas of lumpiness on your wall, consider sanding these areas down to even out the surface as well.

2. More Patience for Preparation
   Thought you were done preparing? Nope. Consider filling in any gaps, cracks, or dents with spackle or joint compound. For plaster walls, a joint compound and mesh tape may work. You can fill holes and pockets around molding/casing with caulk. Don’t forget to run a damp finger on the caulk to smooth it out immediately following a caulk line. After these compounds and caulks dry, consider wiping down the walls and moldings/casings with a cleaner or degreaser to remove any particles and oils.
   
3. Paint One Wall at a Time
   This may sound obvious, but HutSolver’s staff has been guilty of this and seems worth mentioning. Paint a room’s wall, one wall at a time. Many folks tend to split a room horizontally and paint everything within arm’s (height’s) reach, then come back with a ladder and finish the upper portions an hour plus later. This will create an uneven finish.
   
4. To Make Things Easiest
   Consider hiring a Painting PRO! Save several hours to days by hiring a highly experienced PRO. With HutSolver, you can even hear their ideas and see their work before hiring them!

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