Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Painting Your Condo Unit

When you own a house or even a condo unit, it is advisable to have it repainted every five years. When it’s time to do so, you may want to consider hiring a painting company and have house painters do the task of repainting the house’s exterior and interior walls.

You might consider doing it yourself to save money, thinking hiring a painting company is only for commercial painting, but you can actually save more money, time and effort when you hire the services of a painting company.

Paint removal, for one, is hard especially if you do not use the appropriate paint remover. For example, removing paint from wood requires a specific paint remover while a soy based paint remover is specific for certain surfaces and objects. You actually need to scale the walls down or remove paint somehow before repainting especially if you are going for a new wall color.


Here are some tips on how to get the best paint remover:

1. Removing Lacquer and Shellac Finishes
Shellac and lacquer are mixed with alcohol (shellac) and thinners (lacquer). In order to remove these finishes first obtain some denatured alcohol or lacquer thinners and using steel wool, carefully rub the soaked steel wool on the item.

2. Removing Paint and Varnish Finishes

To remove paint and similar finishes you will need to get hold of standard paint stripper. Paint stripper is best applied using a brush, but don’t apply it like paint, instead ‘dollop’ it on, working it in to the paint.



3. Using Abrasives to Remove Paint


4. Using Heat to Remove Paint

You can ask for commercial help if you cannot get the appropriate paint remover or not know how to. Here are a few considerations to think about when you are torn between hiring dmci condo painters and painting the DMCI unit yourself:

1. Quality work – They are equipped with the proper tools, knowledge and skill to make sure that all the walls of your home gets a quality paint job.

2. Less stress for you – You just need to check and inspect their work at the end of each working day.
3. Affordability – It is a common misconception that hiring the services of a painting company is expensive. Some companies are willing to negotiate depending on your budget. Usually, estimate of a painting job is free too. Their advice will help you make adjustments with your budget and you can compare a few painting companies before deciding which one to get.
4. Saves time – House painters can finish the work in a specified time frame.

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