House Paint Tips
Apr.11, 2010 in
Do It Yourself (DIY)
Tim Carter, of askthebuilder.com, shows some sweet tips on how to keep paint brushes looking like new, how to seal paint can lids and how to get professional results when painting two different colors.
Tags: ask, Brush, builder, carter, color, Different Colors, house, House Paint, lid, Lids, Paint, Paint Brushes, Paint Can, Paint Tips, Professional Results, Seal, tim, Tim Carter
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:41 am
When the paint “cakes” up on your Bristles, just scrap it off with a putty knife and some water. It’s always good to wash your brush out (when using acrylic water based paints) every couple of walls when painting a whole house at once too. Save it from getting all dried up and destroying a 70 dollar brush.
October 13th, 2007 at 7:56 am
So glad I found these tips. Excellent!
November 5th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
how to re paint a door with lighter color !? if it was brown and i wanna use white! do i need primer? what should be done`? what tips u can tell me?
November 5th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Please go to my website and read all exterior painting columns. Way too much for me to type here! Look for the articles about urethane paint!
December 16th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Don’t clean the rim of the can, thats a waste of time, you will throw out that can later.
If you are painting in the sun the heel of the paintbrush will gum up, use the putty knife to cleen the heel of the brush.
Also painting out of a bucket is much easier.
February 20th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Thanks, I will. I thought this was helpful.
I will be painting my apartment. This is a first time for me, so I will need all the help I can get. I look foward to your website.
Have a great day.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
you poured paint from a can into a can…why? they do sell plastic buckets. you can even get liners for them so you can change colors. its 2008 dude, did you mix that color from hand crushed sulfur?
April 29th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Because I like to be thrifty. The can was simply rinsed out from a previous job. You would need to talk with the paint-store manager about the vendor they use for pigments.
July 16th, 2008 at 4:50 am
I agree, we use old washed out paint tins from other jobs. Cheaper. But not so sure about being so fussy when putting the lid back on the origina paint tin. Just brush it out, and push the lid back on. It reseals just the same.
September 27th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
thanks for the tips, i am going to be painting my house for the first time soon and appreciate all your tips. Thanks!
November 29th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I will support what askthebuilder has said…so far.
As for the bucket tips…He is trying to show you how to do things properly. When sealing a can of paint…try to make sure it is clean around the rim. Years from now…You will be thankful, as an un-cleaned seal will be almost impossible to open.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
l disagree paint the trim first always. If you paint the trim second you will get trim paint on the body. plus lf your on 2 floors youll dirty up the newly painted sides moving your ladder around
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:02 pm
yea wen i paint a house most of the time the trim gets done 1st,, then the body…alot easier..
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:28 am
i agree with you on the ladder problem but when you trim paint you should be delicate and clear and not mess up
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
2:09
August 19th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
I’ve done it both ways. Either way I end up coming back with the first color and fixing any overrun by painting over it.
March 23rd, 2010 at 3:30 am
Dont listen to the people who said paint the trim first!…lol. I’m a professional, for 12 years ive never seen any company paint the trim first…Much easier to paint the body first. If you paint the trim first you are inevitably going to drip all over your trim and end up painting the trim last again anyway…
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:53 am
@PukkPukk Why would you throw the can away? When you save leftover paint for touch up ( which is a very good idea) The can has invaluable information- product, color number, sheen, and all of the specifications that go with that paint.