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DIY | DIY
decorating | Interior painting
Without a doubt painting the interior
of your home can improve the look dramatically, paints are available
in thousands of different shades and colours.
Choosing the correct paint for the particular surface will greatly
increase the success of the finished project.
There are several different paints that we are going to look at:
Undercoat is a oil based paint which contains lots of pigment to cover
the item being painted, it is used on wood or metal as a base coat
before Glossing, sometimes two coats of Undercoat are required if
the first coat does not cover the item being painted adequately, tools
must be cleaned with white spirit or turpentine substitute.
Gloss paint is also oil based and comes in a few different variables,
there is standard liquid gloss which I believe gives the best finish,
non drip gloss which is a jelly like paint which resists runs and
one coat gloss which contains more pigment than the other two and
allegedly needs only one coat. I prefer liquid gloss as the one coat
gloss normally does not always cover in one coat. As with Undercoat
the tools need cleaning in white spirit afterwards.
Emulsion paint is water based and is the easiest paint to apply, the
odour is nowhere near as bad as gloss or mat and it is very easy to
get a good coverage with great results. Unlike gloss or undercoat
brush marks will not be left behind. Often it is advisable to prime
a new wall that has never been painted with some emulsion mixed with
a little PVA bonding, this stops the paint from being absorbed by
the plaster so it makes the emulsion cover a far larger area, costing
less money! Two of my friends recently painted the stairway of the
house below (which is three storeys high), I purchased a good quality
emulsion paint which claimed to cover in one coat and surprisingly
to my disbelief it did cover in one coat.
You can see that the stairway is in dire need of painting. The walls
covered with one coat of Emulsion using a paint pad and a brush for
cutting in. The banister and spindles were a little more tricky and
required two coats of undercoat and a single coat of Liquid Gloss.
Thanks to my two friends for painting the stairway as it released
me to work on the kitchen.
Special emulsion paint is available for use in areas where a room
is likely to have a steamy atmosphere. This semi-porous paint absorbs
moisture and allows it to evaporate as the air dries. This paint is
great as it does not go mouldy due to condensation as normal emulsion
could do! If painting over a surface which is already stained use
a stain blocker first before painting.
Textured paint is very thick paint often contains silicon sand, there
is one type which resembles Artex. This can be applied with a textured
roller, which gives a good effect. The beauty of textured paint is
that it can be used to cover very uneven surfaces and will cover walls
which would need skimming with plaster if regular emulsion paint was
to be used.
Courtesy of Ultimatehandyman.co.uk
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