Chalk Paint
Looking to freshen up the rooms in your home? Want a new, updated, modern look?
Interior painting is one home improvement project that can quickly refresh your home's interior for relatively little time and money. That's the power of a coat of paint: Color changes everything.
Most of us can do an acceptable job of painting a room. But an experienced professional painter can add a very professional touch to your home. They know techniques and tricks that make them better painters and they have specialized equipment (brushes, sprayers, etc) that enable them to paint the perfect edge effortlessly... something that is very difficult for the non-pro to pull off.
I will share with you some secrets and provide you with more than enough to get better results and give your work more efficiency. Some of what you'll read may surprise you. Painters spend two to four days on an average-size room.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
Do not paint a teak bench. This is the easy way out, and almost universal answer to the question. Teak furniture is a worthwhile investment that goes great in the backyard, in the home or wherever it is needed. The durable and long-lasting Class 1 hardwood ranges from a light straw color to deeper and richer hues. Because of its admirable characteristics, it usually costs a bit more than other types of wood, but customers know they are getting a good buy for their money. That said, why would anyone try to cover up a teak bench with paint or stain? The reality is, if furniture is scratched up, old or just in general disrepair, the prospect of a fresh coat of paint could sound really appealing and sometimes be the best option. Before breaking out the brush, though, make sure you know what you are doing. A botched foray into painting will only leave wood looking worse than when you started.
However, in addition to simply covering up beautiful grain and color of the wood, painting a teak bench is discouraged for a more logistical reason. The reason? Teak is notoriously hard to paint because the wood produces natural oils which make the adhesion of paint much more difficult. On the positive side, these oils help keep the wood from splitting and cracking, as well as repel fungus and insect infestations.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
Fluid acrylic paint
Fluid acrylic paint is a lot thinner than standard acrylic paint and is suited to more detailed and intricate paintings. You can use different mediums to make standard acrylics thinner, but when you do this, the paint loses its pigmentation, so the colours don't come out as well. Fluid acrylics retain the same concentration of pigmentation as standard acrylics, so you can work with paint that's a lot thinner without having to worrying about the colours it's going to produce. With fluid acrylics, you can employ a lot of oil and watercolour techniques much more easily than if you were using standard acrylics. This type of acrylic paint is also good for glazes and washes. Fluid acrylics are great for artists who care about the finer details of their work.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
