Interior Painting-Things you must know
Tips and techniques on interior painting for your walls.
Painting is one of the most intrinsic parts of developing a perfect ambiance of any household. A paint job can make or break the overall aesthetic appeal of the house. Interior painting requires good planning and execution in order to achieve the desired results that can highlight the house and make it stand out. Here are some common tips one needs to know before embarking on painting the interiors of the house.
Have an Underlying Theme
Before embarking on a painting spree is its essential for users to develop a vision and plan color combinations with an underlying theme. Dark colors should be used in rooms having adequate sunshine and natural light to compensate for the dark ambiance of the walls. The color combination of the walls must also be matched to the interiors, decor and furniture of the room. Taking digital photographs of the room and editing the walls with the preferred color can give a very focused and closer look to the end result allowing users to choose their color combination.
Selecting the right paint for your wall
There are various types of paints available in the market today. Selecting the right paint for the all surface depends on a lot of factors including the natural light received in the room to its overall design syndrome. Let us take a look at some of the popular paint types and their differentiation.
Interior Paint: For users looking to paint the walls they must always look at options provided by the interior paints and their colors. Interior paints are specifically earmarked for walls and interiors of the house. Exterior paints must never be used in the inside section of the house.
Flat Paint: Flat paints offer a non gloss finish and are ideally suited for ceilings and other low traffic areas of the room. Flat paints are harder to clean compared to satin and gloss paints but using flat paints in sub sections of the room make them compliment the glossy paints adding a perfect communion of color, design and aesthetic appeal.
Satin Paint: Satin paints also known as egg shell paints offer high reflectivity and are most ideally suited for bedroom walls. Satin paints are easy to clean and with their light reflection qualities make sure the room looks airy and bright even without receiving a large quantum of natural light. Satin paints brighten up the rooms and are mostly preferred in smaller rooms as well as bedrooms.
Gloss Paints: Gloss paints are classified as semi gloss and high gloss. Usually gloss paints are not preferred on the walls and are used on the trimmings and smaller surfaces. They can however be used as a conjunction with satin paints in a room adding a perfect communion of color, design and reflective index.
Understanding the Quality of Paints
Pigments: Pigments are fillers added to the paint to allow for greater color retention. Higher quality paints have higher quantity of pigmentation to allow better color retention and reflective index. Pigments are sub categorized as prime pigments and extender pigments.
Binders: Binders are added to the paint to allow better bonding with the walls surface. Quality binders’ make the paints adhere to the surface not allowing the paint to peel or crack with time.
Oil Based Paints
Use Oil Based Paints for Rooms Receiving Sunshine: For rooms receiving large quantity of natural light and sunlight, the use of oil based paints which are UV resistance are suggested. These UV resistant paints do not fade when exposed to sun light.
