House Paint – which ones are the best to use? Are you starting your own painting or home improvement business and you need to decide which type of house paint to use? Here are 4 important tips about choosing paints you might want to know more about.
These Tips Will Help As A Guideline For Which Paints To Use…
1. A Good Brand Name – Using a name brand paint that is welcomed in any of the finer homes is important. If you think that people don’t care about what kind of paint you use in or on their home, think again. Customers do notice brands.
And since the customer that you are painting for is paying for all that labor and materials they will want you to use the best paint available on the market. In my area Benjamin Moore is a trusted name that is welcome in any home.
Now Benjamin Moore has different levels of quality just as all the other paint manufacturers do, so I am talking about using their premium grade of interior and exterior paints when doing custom painting in peoples homes.
2. Supply and Convenience – I like to save my gas as well as my time by not having to drive way across town every time I need paint. Sherwin Williams is a very convenient choice for a paint supplier because they have stores at several locations around town (at least in my town they do).
I also favor them because they have a wide selection of paints, primers and professional painting tools at affordable prices. If you need a paint sprayer they carry the best ones on the market as well as the accessories to go along with it.
3. Commercial Vs. Premium Grades – if you are doing commercial jobs there are some great mid-grade paints and primers that both work well and save painters money per gallon.
Again though, if you are doing custom residential work you are going to not only want to use a good name brand, you also want to use the best quality paints that each paint manufacturer offers. After all, your customers deserve the best. When painting rental properties, new construction, etc. you can use mid-grades. These paints are usually pretty good performance wise.
If you are painting a fancy restaurant type of commercial property for example you may want to use the premium grades because of the type of business it is. You will just have to judge each commercial job by who they are and what type of operation it is.
4. Know Your Coatings – industrial and commercial contractors spend a lot of time studying and keeping up with coatings because of the unusual applications they are using them for.
While the residential/commercial painter does not have to learn specialized coatings as much we still need to know which paints are best for walls, ceilings, trim and for exterior use. Some products save time and money and some make our work look its best as well.
Getting to know your paints, primers and enamels is important. For example, now days with oil base coatings being as they are V.O.C. wise, I know which enamels are the best and easiest to use when I need a solvent-based paint.
I also know which enamels I like or that perform best for me when it comes to latex coatings. The same thing goes for wall and ceiling paint. I know what I like best to use and which products give me the least trouble or which ones make the job the easiest.
This all comes through using various products on our jobs. For example, once I find a flat ceiling or wall paint that I like best I tend to stay with it as much as possible. If it cuts in good and leaves a nice, smooth, even surface appearance I will use it a lot.
Archive for July, 2011
I live in the south on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The winters are usually mild and snow occurs once every twenty years and melts in 2 hours. We do have days when the temperature drops below freezing and you have to run outside and cover tender vegetation to prevent losing your plants. Even people in the south could benefit from knowing how to build a greenhouse because the temperature even in our mild winters would not be conducive to growing plants and vegetables all year round. It would be much more valuable to people up north where the winters are cold and snow is plentiful.
I did have an uncle when I was growing up in New Orleans who had his own greenhouse and grew flowers, vegetables and especially peppers year round. He was famous for his peppers which he marinated in some kind of vinegar and oil and he kept the family supplied with hot pepper sauce which was well received in New Orleans. The farmer’s market is a very popular place on weekends in south Mississippi so obviously people like their fresh vegetables.
One big advantage to having your own greenhouse is year-round fresh vegetables on your dinner plate. Now the idea of a greenhouse does not appeal to everyone, but help is available to anyone who is interested.
If you are not into eating a lot of vegetables, many wives and housekeepers would appreciate fresh flowers to grace the dinner table and decorate the house all year round. If you want to know all about greenhouses, from how they work to how to build and maintain one you can get all the details in this well written guide.
Tags : Housekeepers, Temperature, Vinegar
House Cleaning – 10 Smart Strategies to Make Your House Dust Proof
Filed Under : house cleaning by admin
Jul.25,2011
Let’s face it, there aren’t many people who can say that they love to dust their home. House cleaning is one of the things that most people like least about their living space. Unfortunately, that is one thing that cannot be avoided. House cleaning is one of the most important things that you can do to your home to help keep yourself happy, healthy and on top of your game.
People are always looking for the easiest and most efficient ways to get the house cleaning done and it lightening speed no less. Below is a list of 10 smart strategies to make your house dust proof. With the tips below you will be well on your way to getting the house cleaning done and out of the way so that you can focus on other, more important areas of your life.
1. Decorate to keep away dust. One of the best things that you can do for your home is to decorate with things that will not hold dust. Tiny figurines that have lots of curves and corners can be great homes for dust bunnies to set up home. These dust bunnies can go undetected, as many people do not thoroughly dust these figurines weekly or even monthly so the dust just lies in the crevasses and collects week after week.
2. Keep the floors simple. Many people are starting to go with tile or hard wood floors as they are much easier and cleaner to have in a home. Carpeted floors will hold more dirt and animal dander that can make many people sick. The hard floors are much easier to care for as you simply sweep and mop. No need to shampoo the carpets and vacuum them, as that can put more dust and particles in the air.
3. Use air purifiers as they can cut down on the amount of dust you have in the air.
4. Dehumidifiers are great to eliminate humidity in the air that can make your home a moist environment that will collect more dust.
5. Keep the stuffed animals to a minimum, as they are one of the biggest dust collectors a home can have.
6. Vacuum everything. Many people do not think of dusting things like the appliances but these things are places that will also carry dust.
7. Protect your bedding. There are mattress covers that will help keep the dust off the bed where you sleep.
8. Leave shoes at the door. Shoes can track in all sorts of things so it can help to cut down on dust if you have a place at the front door for everyone to leave their shoes.
9. Make sure the pets get bathed regularly as they can bring in a great deal of dirt and critter from outdoors.
10. Wash linens and clothes in hot water when possible as this will help to kill off dust mites that can make many people sick.
Tags : Curves, Dust Bunnies, Shampoo