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What should an Auckland House Painter know?

Painting a house is a lot tougher than just buying some paint and brushes and slapping it on.  Professional House Painters should have detailed knowledge of a plethora of tools and equipment such as:

• brushes,
• paint rollers,
• paint sprayers,
• sanders,
• scrapers,
• ladders and scaffolding

However the most important aspect to ensure a long lasting paint job is the preparation beforehand.  This is where the knowledge and expertise comes to the fore.  For example, you need to know: 

• The amount of paint needed for a specific area
• The number of paint coats
• The amount of primer
• The types of primers and paints
• How to perform taping and dropcloth techniques
• Sizes of brushes or rollers
• Material types or dimensions of rollers or brushes (there are different sizes or types of brushes and rollers for different paints)
• Specific grits (roughness) of sandpaper
• How to trim cut (painting with a brush on the outline of baseboard, mouldings and other trim work)
• Wallpaper removal
• Nail-hole filling techniques. 

Reasons for Hiring a House Painter:

The main reason to hire a professional House Painter is to complete the painting process in the right manner.

The key area that an untrained person would overlook is the preparatory work.  The preparatory work in the painting process is painfully tedious to say the least and it can be up to 75% of any job.  It’s also a major reason why most people choose to hire a professional house painter, instead of attempting the job themselves.  However it also takes a trained eye to determine whether an area requires repair and will need gap filling and taping.  Or whether a surface needs to be primed before painting.  Just how much preparation is required before painting comes down to 3 factors:

1.  If the surface has been previously painted and remains in good repair.
2.  If there are signs of serious wear and tear
3.  If it has not been painted before and requires many steps before paint application

Each of the above 3 conditions will require different steps and different products to get the surface ready for painting and that requires specialist knowledge.

Another reason to hire professional House Painters is the just as tedious clean up process.  At a glance you would think this was just washing some brushes and rollers and that’s about it.  However a true professional will leave the area in as good as or even better condition than they found it.  This obviously adds time to the whole painting job.  For example this includes returning all furniture to the correct place.  Removing all signs of paint splatter around your drains outside where their equipment was washed.  

However if the house painter doesn’t do it then you will have to!

Here are some things to observe of a painter in action that may help determine if they are likely to clean up properly once a job is completed:

• Do they show up on time?
• Are they happy to answer your questions?
• If it’s an indoor job do they offer to help move any furniture?
• Do they bring all equipment required – tools, drop sheets etc.

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