Exterior Painting

For the most part, your home’s exterior acts as that impression to neighbors as well as visitors. From our point of view, as painters, the exterior is the most important home maintenance project can be performed. Often the paint and calking is all that Is stopping structure sun and water damage.

If you think about it, it’s incredible that a thin film of primer and paint lasts as long as it does. Exterior paint has to endure some of the most extreme conditions that our climate can throw at it. Not to mention that your home is constantly moving around and breathing as they respond to seasonal temperature fluctuations.

You don’t necessarily have to be a professional painters to recognize that the condition of the exterior paint is one of the most important factors for maintaining a home’s value.

When caulk and paint begin to wear thin, they stop protecting your home from the damaging effects of weather, temperature and sun. Neglected flaking paint can lead to thousands in siding replacement costs.

It’s very evident that exterior paint beings to peel, if the surface was not properly prepared, after only a few years.

Its vital to a successful paint job that the necessary time is taken to prepare the exterior surfaces as thoroughly as possible. It could very well be one of your smartest investments to hire “A Fresh Coat”, Nipissing Region’s best choice to exterior painting service.

We make sure that proper, professional exterior paint preparation is included in our proposal. As we take a look around the house, you might also expect to find some necessary repairs included.

Exterior Preperation Work

Exterior preparation work can be very time consuming and process oriented, depending on the extent of exterior wall circumstances. Below we briefly outline some of the steps that may be taken in order to prepare for an exterior paint job:

• Shellac-priming of wood knots and “saps” to prevent seepage through the top finish coat.
• Spot-priming of rusted metal with specialized rust primer.
• Removal and / or masking of hardware
• Sanding of existing glossy paint to facilitate adherence of new paint
• Caulking of windows and door frames with acrylic siliconized caulking
• Pressure washing of chalky areas and mildew remediation
• Spot priming of all exposed surfaces with sufficient primer
• Scraping and sanding of all loose and peeling paint down to a sound surface

All you really need is A Fresh Coat to complete the entire project from preparation, through carpentry repairs, to final paint will make your life much easier and protect your investment for many years to come.