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Tips for painting the exterior of my home?

March 12th, 2010 admin 2 Comments »

I have a house that is covered in stucco. It is white and dirty and my wife and I want to paint it. I am thinking I can do this myself, but I guess I want an honest answer to what I am getting myself into. All our stucco is new, so I won’t have to patch much, I’m thinking that I can just clean it and paint it. I’m assuming a sprayer is the best way to go about it?

i remember that when we were painting the exterior of our home we used proffessional painters for that but for our garage my brother helped us paint , (cause we moved in a year ago into our home) , so the garage exterior was pretty dirty , first we scrubbed and washed it , outside we looked into certain places to see if there was any mold , ex: under the roof corners ect. and any nests we used bleach and bug spray and removed anything bad , and then we started to paint our garage by using cans of paint and a paintbrush , it’s easier cause a spary goes wacko , spraying that unwanted paint in your face and roof , we used big paint brushes and on the end we finished it up with a spray , painting the whole garage nicely and accuratley , well i wish you luck , remeber to cover the windows so the don’t get dirty along with the door ! well good luck !

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2 Responses to “ Tips for painting the exterior of my home? ”

  1. sheloves_dablues says:
    March 12, 2010 at 11:47 am

    Definitely use a sprayer. Textured surfaces are really difficult to paint with a brush or roller.
    References :

  2. Amber A says:
    March 12, 2010 at 11:59 am

    i remember that when we were painting the exterior of our home we used proffessional painters for that but for our garage my brother helped us paint , (cause we moved in a year ago into our home) , so the garage exterior was pretty dirty , first we scrubbed and washed it , outside we looked into certain places to see if there was any mold , ex: under the roof corners ect. and any nests we used bleach and bug spray and removed anything bad , and then we started to paint our garage by using cans of paint and a paintbrush , it’s easier cause a spary goes wacko , spraying that unwanted paint in your face and roof , we used big paint brushes and on the end we finished it up with a spray , painting the whole garage nicely and accuratley , well i wish you luck , remeber to cover the windows so the don’t get dirty along with the door ! well good luck !
    References :