A decent painting for your dream house’s outside, and interior views are essential. But, whether you’re painting your home for the first time or a renovation job, it’s important to avoid making some fatal mistakes. These errors not only cost money and time, but they can also damage the wall’s surface. As a result, you must be mindful of the potential for making mistakes while painting. Here are what individuals make when painting their homes.

Let’s know more about 9 painting mistakes that one should avoid along with the best solution.

Choosing The Wrong Color

One of the most common painting mistakes is selecting a paint color based on what you see in other people’s homes or from a color palette shown to you. There is no doubt that many people choose a pleasing color based on their imagination of how nice their house will look rather than actually noticing texture and lighting. However, when you apply the paint to your walls at home, the color you select does not appear to be the same.

Solution:

• Get an accurate representation of how the paint will appear in your home. You can get a small sample and test it out on the wall.
• Examine the color in both natural and artificial light, as well as during the day and at night.
• If you don’t like it, you can try a different color.

Saving Money With Cheap Paint

Low-quality, cheap paint does not last long and is difficult to apply; worse, it ruins the appearance when applied. If you use low-quality paint, you will have to redo the painting several times. You’ll need paintbrushes and rollers for this, especially if you’re painting the outside.

Solution:

• Use high-quality acrylic paint or latex coating that is long-lasting and provides the best appearance.

Buying Cheap Brushes and Rollers

To save money, you could use low-quality paints and the cheapest tools available. We’ve already discussed the consequences of using low-quality paint, so let’s move on to low-quality brushes. Brushes, rollers, and paint sprays of poor quality do not provide adequate paint coverage and may break or become unusable in the middle of the painting process. This raises your expenses AGAIN.

Solution:

• Buy High-quality painting brushes

Being The Painter, Making Rookie Mistakes

As you are willing to put your efforts into adding colors to life via painting house, you are prone to Leaving the lid off of the paint can and forgetting to lockout pets. As a result, you may step on the lid and destroy paint all over when keeping the lid off the paint. Similarly, when pets are left around the house, they can knock over paint cans or roam around with a dripping paintbrush with their mouth.

Solution:

• Keep your lid back on paint clean for the lesser hassle.
• Keep your pets locked away from the project at all times.

Painting Without Considering The Weather Condition

Weather conditions affect the paint in the same way that they affect your body. It makes no difference whether you are painting the exterior or interior of your home; you must consider the weather. Painting your house in high humidity conditions is not recommended because the moisture in the air can make it difficult for the paint to dry.

Solution:

• Summer is the best time to paint because the heat ensures that you will finish your painting job quickly. So, choose Summertime or a warm day to paint.

Trusting on amateur painter

Even though chances should be given to beginners, you may not want to risk giving your dream project to the hands of amateurs. Greed to save money and to stay far with professional painters can make blunders.

Solution:

• Hire a professional painter or paint company to paint your home as they have professional skills, high-quality paint equipment resulting in quality work.

Neglecting the pre-painting preparation

When it comes to giving the house a new look, pre-painting research and preparation should be done, but people overlook it due to time and effort constraints. They only care about a weed, a green thing, or some peeling on their walls. However, preparation entails much more.

Solution:

• Scraping and sanding to remove loose or peeling plaster, dirt mildew must be done before exterior painting, whereas washing walls and woodwork, hiding stains with an appropriate primer, and correcting imperfections can be done before interior painting.

Not Waiting For The First Coat Of Paint To Dry

Getting in a hurry spoils the curry; being impatient to finish the task and applying the second coat without letting the first coat dry results in a worse paint look. People must be concerned about the paint’s instructions in addition to painting with a hunch.

Solution:

• Allow at least 24 hours between coats of paint before applying the second.

Thinking that undercoats are not required.

Undercoat paint is used before painting a previously painted surface; in other words, undercoats prepare the wall for topcoats. They provide adhesion and a smooth surface while also preventing paint colors from bleeding through. Skipping undercoats results in uneven coverage, and the wall soaks up too much paint, raising the overall cost of your painting project.

Solution:

• First, start with an undercoat and then the first coat.

Conclusion

If you are interested in getting services from professional painters for your house painting needs and avoiding all painting mistakes discussed above, you can contact KNP Paints. Not only we have the best expertise, but we have the best paints in Nepal, which are low in VOC giving you safety and a new elegant look to your house. KNP is also known as the healthy home paint in Nepal.