Exterior Painting

Is there any better way to repair and improve the look of your home than painting its exterior? It’s a terrific and reliable way to make your house look as good as new, almost as if it’s an entirely different house.

There are plenty of reasons to paint the exterior of your home. You may be doing it because you are planning to sell it on the real estate market, you might do it to replace the faded and old paint from years past, or you might be doing it just because you want your home to look different and new. Whatever the reason is, painting the exterior of your home isn’t nearly as complicated as you might think.

However, there are certain things you need to do when you are painting your home. If you don’t follow these easy-to-remember steps, you are only setting yourself up for disaster and making the entire experience and process more difficult for yourself. Thankfully, when preparing to paint your home, the prep work isn’t that hard to remember and isn’t that hard to accomplish either. Just follow these simple steps, and your house will look exactly as you always imagined it in no time at all.

Pressure Wash Your Home

One of the first rules about painting a home, or painting anything for that matter, is that you need a clean surface to paint on. You will get a surface that is cleaner than clean when you pressure wash it. Pressure washing is one of the best ways to truly clear away all the gunk and dirt, and grime that builds up on the exterior of a house year after year. 

Ideally, you should hire someone to pressure wash your home at least once a year, but if it isn’t done regularly, that’s okay. However, if you plan to paint the outside of your house, you definitely want to pressure wash before starting that process. 

Acquiring a pressure washer isn’t as difficult as you might assume. You can rent the machine from many different home improvement businesses. And using the pressure washer really is as easy as you’d hope. First, make sure you evenly wash the surface of the building in slow, steady strokes of the washer. 

You must cover every area you will paint when you are pressure washing. Simply put, you don’t want to miss a single spot. By doing this, you will get the exterior of your home incredibly clean and incredibly prepared to be painted.

Repair Damaged Surfaces

After pressure washing is completed, you need to move onto the next step before painting. One of the things you need to do is walk around the exterior of your house and repair any damaged surfaces. Whether wood, metal, stucco, or siding, it needs to be repaired and made even and smooth before the paint is applied. This part of the process might take a good amount of time because you will need to be thorough and inspect high and low, not to miss a single spot.

Scrape Off Loose Paint

When you are pressure washing your home, you might notice that some areas of the exterior have loose paint on them. These flaky areas of paint need to be removed before you can move forward and paint over them. So lay a drop cloth down around your home and scrape off any loose paint. It’s as easy as that!

Cover Doors, Windows, and Lights

Finally, before you can paint your home, you need to protect it. Ensure that all the windows, doors, and lights are covered and ready for the first layer of paint. This is very important because paint does have a habit of getting everywhere, and you only want it on the exterior of the home, not the lights and doors. 

Painting the outside of your house really is easy, and it will make your home look completely brand new. You just need to make sure you are following the steps accurately in order to complete the task correctly.

Professional Exterior Painters in NC

Contact Century Painting today to get a free quote for prepping the exterior of your home and getting a new paint job! You will love the transformation your house undergoes with a new color or a fresh coat of the existing color. Our professionals take their job seriously and will provide you with the best service around! Call us today!