Painting Tips

Previous Painting Tip: Anti-Splatter Canvass Dropcloths In exterior painting very high walls and ceilings, instead of buying step ladders that are heavy and bulky for storage (and costly too), you can just use a soft, nonslip grip, rigid metal core extension poles and attach it to your paint rollers. A clever way to make painting easier for you, right? Next: Continue Your Painting Job The Next Day Photo by Mike Dillon  

Previous Painting Tip: Tint Your Primer In avoiding paint splatters or even spills, several painters use covers to prevent staining the floor with paint.  Most DIY painting activities just use inexpensive and convenient newspapers, but in the end does not assure for the floor to be mess-free. Others use plastic or even cardboards. There are also some that uses plastic over cardboards to ensure floor coverage. However, SPPI residential painters have known that the best anti-splatter floor cove...

In our last interior painting tip, we shared about the need to prepare the surface for DIY painting. In this blog, we will briefly share the importance of tinting your primer. 2. You can actually buy colored primer paints instead of White or Grey primer.  But an easier and cheaper (and more dedicated) option is to mix a White primer paint with a little bit of your top coat color. This will help completely hide different color primed surface (white/gray over top coat). In interior paint...

In interior painting, doing it on your own walls is the most basic do-it-yourself home improvement. For the next 6 painting tip posts, we'll give you the basic how-to's on how to prepare your walls like a pro. 1. Surface preps. Surface preparation includes scraping, sanding, patching and filling of holes, cracks dents and other surface imperfections.  Preparing the surface will help hide pockmarks and cracks. Next: Tint your primer Photo by: Pittaya Sroilong

When you are asking around and looking for the best home painters and painting contractors for any painting tip or needs, be specific. Be straightforward in discussing your painting needs, particularly any details of the project that could affect the price. Make a list of surfaces you want to have painted like roofs, doors, windows, trims, ceilings and moldings.  Have at least 2 different paint color options and finishes you want used. SPPI home painters are knowledgeable and well trained to hel...

Trouble on Ice SPPI exterior painters know that when snow accumulates on a slanted roof that is inadequately insulated this can spell trouble later on. Trouble that will cost a lot of your time and effort. As we all know, ice build-up, or ice dam, can prevent melting snow on the eave and in the gutter from draining properly. This causes leaks to the space in your roof and, as your expert interior and exterior painters would say, will eventually damage your walls, ceilings and even your roof s...

As per expert interior painters, the general rule for a flat surface requires a gallon of paint for every 400 square feet. If you want to minimize ending up with excess paint on your hands, determine the exact area of wall space that needs painting by adding up the width of all the walls in the room and multiply the number by the height of one wall (floor to ceiling). Then subtract the total area of all the doors, archways, windows, etc. Do not forget though to factor in the number of coats you ...

Need A Makeover? You Will Love An Exterior Painting Makeover from Southern Perfection Painting! As the weather cools down, fall is the perfect time for your Interior or Exterior Painting Project. Take a look at home painting contractor , Southern Perfection Painting Inc., for your next paint estimate.  We are here to make it easier on the eye and your budget. If you are within Georgia, particularly in Alpharetta, Grayson and Snellville, and in need of an exterior painting contractor, visi...

Be Tidy, Be Responsible After the work is over, SPPI house painters remember to dispose of any unused paint as well as empty paint cans responsibly. And, you can do so too! If you use up all the paint, you can recycle the steel cans. If you find yourself with a lot of leftover paint, you can store it with the can upside down so a tight seal around the lid will be created. If you have no use of what’s left, why not donate it to a community group, a neighbor or anywhere where it will be of us...

Use Your Child’s Fave Things As Inspiration If you just can’t get that light bulb moment when deciding what color to paint your child’s room, look around and search for something that your child loves. Southern Perfection Painting home painters know that there are times it may seem that we are running out of creative juices. The fact is, paint color ideas could come from the littlest thing you could imagine. It may be little for us but if it brings happiness to your child, then you could go...