| Knowing how to paint is more than just dipping your | | | | are white they still look dingy and should be |
| brush or rolling it on. I see people making the same | | | | freshened up with a fresh coat of white. It also |
| mistakes over and over again. I also am guilty of | | | | makes cutting in along the top of the walls a lot |
| making these very same mistakes myself until I | | | | easier also when painting the walls. |
| became a painter by trade. | | | | 5. Creating Patches or Streaks... |
| All the Time I See People Do Things Like... | | | | One of the drawbacks of using latex paint is it is |
| 1. Using Cheap Quality Paint... | | | | notorious for leaving patches and streaks. Using |
| With today's economy and all, it seems that there is | | | | lower-grade paints only make it worse. If you ever |
| a growing trend for people to do their own panting, | | | | take an angular look down the sides of people's walls |
| yet they will buy paint for their home without really | | | | you will see patchy areas. You can even see where |
| thinking about what they are really getting for their | | | | they rolled in an irregular fashion. Using a quality wall |
| money. | | | | primer underneath the finish coat that works with all |
| 2. Using Spackle Instead Of Using What The Wall Is | | | | paint finishes helps a lot. |
| Made Out Of (Drywall Compound)... | | | | 6. Not Knowing How To Properly Paint a Door... |
| Everyone uses this thing called Spackle. Sure it is | | | | People usually don't cut in the sides and edges of |
| lightweight, fast drying, and sands easy on smaller | | | | doors properly either. When it comes to recessed |
| areas but it also leaves sheen or flashing marks under | | | | doors they don't always brush out the door with the |
| flat paint. If you have ever tried to fix a tape seam | | | | grain or the way the door was put together. They |
| on a ceiling using spackle you will soon become a | | | | don't use primer first for converting alkyd to latex or |
| believer in drywall compound. | | | | for even re-painting alkyd over alkyd. The end result |
| 3. Not Using Primer... | | | | is paint failure in the form of peeling or chipping. |
| If you ever go to commercial places (public | | | | 7. Painting Over Electrical Sockets and Covers... |
| bathrooms is a good example) many times you will | | | | Old sockets and the covers can be replaced with |
| see that the metal entry door was repainted and | | | | new modern-looking white ones. This looks really nice |
| that the new paint is peeling off in the areas where | | | | when re-painting a room and wanting to do a |
| hands push on the door a lot as well as other places. | | | | complete job. |
| The door was originally painted with an alkyd enamel | | | | 8. Crude Cut-in Lines Along the Ceiling Edge... |
| finish and some employee of the store was told to | | | | Most people don't cut in good at the top of the |
| re-paint it. So they were given latex paint to use and | | | | ceiling and it looks bad. Using the right paintbrush plus |
| now you have a peeling, unsound finish. | | | | taking your time helps. |
| I see cupboards and cabinets done wrong in homes | | | | 9. Only Using One Coat - Applying only one coat can |
| all the time and there is peeling paint on them which | | | | cause fade-through as well as skipped areas. |
| lasts for years. This peeling paint even gets on things | | | | 10. Screw Up a Professional Paint Job in a Nice Home... |
| like plates and dishes and sticks to them due to | | | | Many times someone will move into a home that was |
| static cling. | | | | previously painted by a professional painter. Not |
| 4. Not Painting the Ceilings... | | | | knowing anything about enamels, people can quickly |
| Sometimes I will do an estimate to paint several | | | | screw up the woodwork, windows and doors as well |
| rooms in someone's home and they want the walls | | | | as the walls. |
| painted but not the ceilings. Even though the ceilings | | | | |