Preserving Your Home’s Walls

Painting your home can be a rewarding experience bringing years of enjoyment and a rejuvenated, fresh appearance. But if you fail to take the proper precautions to protect your home’s walls, it can make the painting process more expensive, difficult, and time-consuming. Below are five tips for preserving the integrity of your home’s walls and prolong the periods without having to repaint.

1. Use Door Stops

Even after you’ve finished painting around your home’s doors, door stops should remain a crucial component of your wall-protection scheme. Most types of door stops can be easily affixed to the wall behind the door on a temporary or permanent basis. Once you’ve installed your door stops, you won’t have to worry about opened doors putting a dent in your wall or damaging your paint surface.
If you find the devices to be unsightly, choose a type of door stop that can be removed without harming the wall to which it’s attached.

2. Measure Carefully When Moving

There are many good reasons to measure the widths of your hallways and door widths prior to moving. For starters, it can preserve your walls and painting surfaces but it can also even prevent injury when moving heavy items. If you are moving in tight spaces, take steps to protect the walls and furniture being moved, and plan and measure in advance.

3. Use High Quality Paint

Although professional-grade interior paint can be expensive, you should strive to use the best that the industry has to offer. You want your paint job to last. At JK Painting, we primarily use Sherwin-Williams and Kwal paints. It is worth it to pay more for high quality paint as it lasts longer and makes your walls stand out more. You can also rest assured that the high quality paint won’t damage walls or change color during the painting process.

4. Patch Your Holes

No matter how careful you are, your may not make it through your painting project without inflicting some minor damages on your home’s walls. Fortunately, these can be rectified with relative ease.
For small to medium-sized holes, use a neutral-colored putty to patch up the problem areas. For very small holes, simply use a sealant that can be painted over once it’s dry.

5. Protect Against the Sun’s Rays

Painted walls and direct sunlight don’t mix well. You don’t want the sun’s harsh rays to discolor your beautifully painted walls or cause them to bleach or peel. To this end, use blinds, tint, or curtains to prevent excess sunlight from adversely affecting your paint job.

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