Hints and Tips

Paint

1. Buy white emulsion as you can use this to mix up with your acrylic paint, to make lots of different shades, at half the price.

2. Flies stuck on newly painted surfaces .
Don’t try and pick the flies out of the wet paint. Leave the paint to dry overnight and the flies can be wiped away with a damp cloth next day often without any trace.

3. After you’ve used all that glitter on your Christmas cards, don’t just put it back into the drawer until next year, mix it in with clear varnish and paint over sections in your mural, all of a sudden seahorses sparkle and there’s a milky way in your space scene.

4. To save re-plastering a room, paint over the existing wallpaper in white or cream paint. If it’s still up the next day, then you can just paint your mural right over the top.

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5. Store your pots of paint upside down. (more…)

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Self Home Repair Painting

Latex or Oil Base?

First of all, oil base paints do not have any lead in them anymore. Even though they are the best primers, and the oil enamels flow out and give you a very smooth surface. Latex and acrylic paints are the widely used paints for the interior and exterior of your home. Here you will find typical paints and their use’s.

Interior

  • Flat latex: Used primarily on ceilings and walls that do not get a lot of traffic. Such as bedrooms, closets and hallways.
  • Eggshell or Satin: Areas that need a little sheen for wash-a-bility. Such as children’s bedrooms, bathroom ceilings and walls, and laundry room.
  • Semi-Gloss: Areas that get a lot of abuse. Such as all trim, bathrooms and kitchens.
  • Gloss: Same as Semi-Gloss. Keep in mind that although gloss paints are the most scrubable and durable, they illuminate and accentuate all imperfections and irregularities.

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