Two Common Mistakes People Make When They Hire Painters

Here are some blunders to avoid that people make when they hire painters.

They mess up the preparatory wall-cleaning

To keep their decorating bill down, some people choose the prep their home's walls themselves instead of paying their painter to do this. However, messing up this important preparation task can complicate things for them and their painter.

For example, if they use sugar soap to remove grease and stains from the walls, but fail to properly rinse off this cleaning product, the painter might notice that the residue left behind on the walls affects the way the paint looks when they apply it to these surfaces. In this situation, they might have to remove this paint, thoroughly rinse all of the walls the homeowner tried prepped and then start all over again. This could result in them being unable to complete the painting of the walls by the day they first planned to.

Similarly, if a homeowner only gets round to washing the walls a few hours before they've asked the painter to start working, the walls might not be dry by the time this professional arrives. If this happens, the owner might need to wait an extra day or so for the water on the walls to evaporate before their painter could start working.

They critique the painter's work before they are finished

The other mistake homeowners make is critiquing their painter's work before they have finished. People who have no experience with decorating and have never, therefore, observed the process of walls being painted before are most likely to do this. They might, for example, criticise the painter's edgework which doesn't, at first, appear to match the direction of the brushstrokes on the other parts of the wall or the seemingly-slapdash way they applied the first coat, without realising that a professional painter knows exactly what they're doing and that there is a reason why they paint in the way that they do.

A good painter will always ensure that they create a seamless connection between edgework and the main paint on the wall. This, however, takes time. While at first, the initial layers might seem messy to the untrained eye, the painter will gradually blend it all together and ensure that the wall's final layer is smooth and flawless. As such, while there is nothing wrong with a person asking for changes to be made after they've viewed the painter's final results, they should try to avoid barging in and criticising them before the paintwork is actually complete.

For more information, contact a painter in your area.

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