5 Biggest mistakes Made Painting Woodwork

The five biggest mistakes people make when home painting woodwork!!
Painting woodwork is probably the most fiddly and time consuming part of home painting. There is a lot to consider and a lot of preparation involved. What I mean by woodwork are things like doors, frames, skirtings and the like. Now to the five biggest common mistakes when home painting your woodwork.

• The first thing people think of is that the existing coat of paint unless your painting over varnishes or polyurethanes has to be taken back to bare wood or timber. This is not always the case. 
  
  Do this only if it has badly broken down.  If you’re just changing colour and generally painting, a good solid rub down with sandpaper will do the trick.

• Not undercoating with the correct product. An undercoat is designed to bind and seal the surface back to give you a neutral plane to work with,an undercoat can be called a platform builder.
• Not using good quality paints and materials and I’m talking about finish coats now.  Whether it be gloss enamel, satin or semi gloss good quality is always the best option.  Buying the you bute special bonza paints that has probably been mixed in a high school science lab is NOT COOL MAN. Good quality enamels and let’s not forget water based and environmentally produced paints and glosses are your best bet. Remember  this! {quality products produce quality workmanship.}

• The most crucial common mistake when home painting your woodwork is a bad quality BRUSH. The bottom line is, if your willing to use a broken stick as your finishing brush, expect your finish product to look like #!@$ also. A brush with a beautiful soft bristle and these days they make good quality synthetic ones that can handle the miles quite well, this is your best option, and these are the only types of brushes I use these days whether it be for oil or water based paints. For the beginner I suggest a 63 mm sashcutter. This type and size brush will cover all your bases.

• So last but not least the number 5 mistake that people make when home painting woodwork is not forgetting steps 1 to 4. You have to have a system when doing woodwork then you can’t go wrong. Prepare, undercoat and do your finish work, but introduce a system for yourself and keep repeating it.  This way you’re guaranteed not to forget things and make mistakes.

Remember home painting is all about repetition and doing the same job over and over again, you do this and you’ll rip through your work with ease. Catch guys and remember………..HAPPY PAINTING……………Wayne the painter

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