WALLS AND WINDOW TREATMENTS 3(1+2)

Lesson 5 : Interior And Exterior Wall Painting

Choosing Wall Paints And Techniques For Exterior And Interior Walls

Selection of paints for Exterior walls

Building exterior are exposed to severe heat, storm, rain, lightning, dust, atmospheric gases, and other. Exterior paint of the house should be such that, it should withstand the pressure of each of each of these element and do not require frequent repainting. The following qualities of exterior paints could be chosen for taking decision on material, finish, colour combination etc.

1. Wall coatings stop all types of damp.
2. Coatings that eliminate condensation.
3. Cuts wind chill and lowers heating bills.
4. A coating that eliminates the need to repaint every year.
5. Available in any colour, including transparent.
6. A range of finishes, from smooth to coarse.
7. Exterior Paints that comes with a 15 year, insurance backed guarantee.

Selection of paints for Interior walls

To choose good wall paint, the first thing to consider is the purpose of the room to paint. If the room is for kids then it may be ideal to go for the vibrant or animated wall paint ideas. But if it is for entire building, it become necessary to be conscious while choosing the interior painting scheme or the exterior painting scheme. There are different wall painting techniques like sponging, ragging, stenciling or stamping.

• A color scheme for a room should be chosen keeping in mind the interior painting techniques and that make use of two shades of one color.
• When using any of the above techniques, pick a darker color as the base colour and the lighter color to top, and this will make the final result much lighter.
• Picking up the color as per the mood to be created as psychology has a role in colors like going for the variations of blue if a cool and relaxing aura is preferred
• The chosen color should be compatible or should go with rest of the decor of home.
• Try to avoid the combinations of dark colors in wall paint ideas as these dark colors are difficult to maintain.
• Select type of paint before getting started with home painting ideas. To paint interior, there are several beautiful colors with their numerous wall painting schemes.
• creative faux wall painting techniques and finishes which requires a little more time, work and practice.
• However, mixing paint with glaze creates lovely translucent color that gives the illusion of fabric or stone or gives the illusion of dimension to walls. Glaze adds transparency to paint allowing the first color underneath to show through
• Be aware of the different painting effects of the paints that one can bring out a part from the flat surface.