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Painting Exterior of your Home

 


Like interior of house, exterior paint is also important for nice look of the house. If you want to change the look of your house, paint exterior walls to give new look to the house because peeled or faded walls look ugly. For painting procedure you should know the tools used for Exterior painting work, cleaning of walls, primer, paint quality, paint color, weather conditions; all are important factors while doing paint work. Also the cracks should be repaired before painting work.

Painting Exterior of your Home

For paint work follow these steps.

Choose Paint for Exterior Walls

When you are choosing Exterior paint, you must consider quality, color and quantity of the paint.  Basically there are two types of Exterior paint such as oil based and latex paint. Latex paint is water based paint so it is suitable for exterior walls.  This paint is easy to maintain as it can be cleaned with soap and water and dries fast. Oil based paint does not dry completely so it is not suitable for exterior. After deciding the quality of paint you must think how much paint to buy. Figure out the quantity of paint by calculating the area of each side of wall. 

Exterior Paint-Cleaning Walls

Walls should be cleaned before applying the paint. First of all remove old paint from the wall. If you do not remove old peeling paint and just repaint over it, this will result in flaking of new paint with old paint.  Cement paint coated walls should be cleaned with wire brush, be washed with water thoroughly and be dried completely. 

exterior paint

Bad Condition of Exterior paint

(This picture is contributed by "Skrishnan")

Exterior Paint-Caulking and Masking

Caulking is a process used to fill joints and gaps in the wall. Caulking provides thermal insulation to the house. It protects our home from insects and dust. Generally, doors and walls are painted in different colors and masking tape can be used along the edge of sills and doors to stop color getting into them.

caulking

Caulking

masking tape

Masking Tape

(This picture is contributed by "Skrishnan")

 

  

Repair Cracks before Exterior Painting Work

Filling up cracks with putty or filling compound is successful for interior walls. For exterior walls, fill up cracks with 1:3 cement and sand mix. Also check external drainage pipes; if they are cracked or rusted, repair them. If there are cracks near the edges of roof, also repair them.
  

Application of Primer

Apply primer after caulking doors, windows and walls. Primer will help to stick the paint.  It acts as glue between wall surface and paint. It will end up chipping and peeling of the paint.

Application of Exterior Paint

  Apply the first coat of paint and let it dry. A gap of 6 to 8 hours should be given between the two coats.

application of exterior paint

 

Effects of Weather Condition

Weather condition is also a big factor while doing the job of paint. Do not choose too hot or too cold day because it affects the process of painting

fixing cracks in wall

Fixing cracks of wall

Filling cracks

Crack filled with cement and sand mix

 
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12  Comment(s)
uzma
By uzma -  On  6/4/2012 1:34:07 PM
exterior colours with stones of houses
 
uzma
By uzma -  On  6/4/2012 1:34:05 PM
excellent job
 
Santosh Chaskar
By Santosh Chaskar -  On  11/18/2011 10:34:05 PM
Enter your feedback about this article its helpful .i want your suggestion i make a rufftuf brick degine on my house front wall please suggest me which colour combinations I have gave on my mail box.for brick & for grive.
 
Anonymous
By Anonymous - On 8/10/2011 4:42:33 PM
Over all I would not rate this as good. could be the kind of information i am looking at is not available. What Brand of Paint should be used and purpose and benefits of the same and approx. cost should have also been given. For get : One should use Apex Ultima if one wants exterior or Dulux All Weather Guard or Snowcem with what advantages and disadvantages will really help the reader.
 
HARISH KHANNA
By HARISH KHANNA -  On  3/3/2011 12:49:50 AM
just read toilet & bathroom should be in northwest what about second bathroom where it should be for a plot having 90 degree directions facing south
 
rajinder gupta
By rajinder gupta -  On  1/10/2011 6:41:18 PM
good
 
SRIKANTH
By SRIKANTH -  On  10/5/2010 11:40:24 AM
this article is good and if any one can suggest me the material to fill the cracks in the wall which can rectify cracking again
 
Anonymous
By Anonymous - On 3/2/2010 9:48:23 PM
this article is very useful for us . tell me if someone making new home. primer or putty, which is better for paint as well as wall seapege
 
Gautam
By Gautam -  On  10/19/2009 5:40:05 PM
The oil based paints are best suited for interior of the buildings whereas cement based paints are used for exterior of the buildings.
After cleaning walls, base coat of primer should be applied by using alkali resisting cement primer.
For more details of paint work visit this page

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Gautam

 
jazmin
By jazmin -  On  10/19/2009 9:55:45 AM
Is oil based paint for exterior or interior painting?
Which is advisable base of paint and what is the difference?

thank you very much for your help!
 
ABDUL KADER
By ABDUL KADER -  On  10/17/2009 10:58:23 AM
which type of colour to be painted on exterior , that is cement paint etc.etc.
 
adetunji muritala
By adetunji muritala -  On  4/8/2009 11:24:56 PM
the explanation is good but i need to know colour combination or which colour is suitable for exterior wall.you can send reply to my box.thanks
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