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TIME SAVING IDEAS PAINTINGFor those looking to find some "ideas painting" for there home, click this painting and decorating ideas link. On the other hand, if your interested in information regarding the types of paint too use then keep reading. Would you like to hear a secret that paint manufacturers would not want you to know. A paint cans labels and prices might be different, but in most cases you could pour the contents into a big drum, mix it together and not be able to tell the difference. If this is the case, how does the average home owner who has some decorating projects in mind, go out and buy paint and not feel like they are getting the best deal possible. By reading the text below and using the links to learn some "ideas painting", I hope to show you what coating products to buy and how to use them. Would you like to hear a secret that paint manufacturers would not want you to know. A lot of the liquid found from one paint can to the next, as long as the paint uses an equivalent solvent base is the same product. A paint cans labels and prices might be different, but in most cases you could pour the contents into a big drum, mix it together and not be able to tell the difference. If this is the case, how does the average home owner with some decorating projects in mind go out and buy paint and not feel like there being ripped off. By reading the text below and using the underlined BLUE links for your ideas painting. Hopefully the information you find on this web site will show you the best product to buy for the job at hand. Using alkyd paint indoors is to me the same as jamming glue up your nose and rubbing glass in your eyes. Every once in a while, because some ideas for painting require an alkyd coating I still end up have to apply it. Textured ceilings, ones that have never been painted before and a floor that has a surfaces that is in very poor shape may need an oil based coating. Almost every painting contractor has had large chunks of textured crap litter the floor of a home. Using a paint sprayer keeps these occurrences to a minimum but they still happen. When a customer smokes or the ceiling has yellowed over time, I will touch the stipple to see if it's been painted before. If it has not or I'm not sure I will spray the stipple with two coats of stain blocking alkyd. You can roll the ceiling if you like, it's just a little harder on the neck (ok a lot harder). Crappy floors are the only other time I will use an oil or alkyd to paint with. If the area your walking on is badly weathered, or soiled and pealing, then power wash the floor, scrape it, prime the bare spots and sand away the shine. Follow up by apply two coats of floor enamel. If your coating ceilings or floors always wear coveralls, throw away shoes, gloves, goggles and a respirator. Pant legs will become sticky, footwear feels like syrup is on the soles, fingers won't come apart, your vision is fogged, and the breathing apparatus plugs solid. Through all of this your outerwear will protect you. One last note, nose hairs will still stick together even with the respirator and you'll wish your goggle covered eyes where in cold water. Click the above link to learn more about icky stinky alkyd products and "ideas painting". Waterborne paint is my favorite coating to use when applying the majority of my customers ideas painting projects. Waterborne has almost the same properties as oil based paints but cleans up with water. Waterborne coatings have the same advantages of oil and water base products combined. Coating products that are referred to as kitchen and bath paints, are considered environmentally friendly and usually belong to the waterborne family. I try whenever possible to apply waterborne to most areas of a home. Now I can hear you saying "Shawn It can't be that good, there has to be something wrong with it". Your right it's not perfect. Number one disadvantage, waterborne cost more, number two, it dries fast requiring some practice to use. You can mix in a drying inhibitor but that adds dollars to the job. Waterborne third problem is sheen. Most waterborne paints do not match the shine you have become accustomed to with other paints. My paint dealer sells what is called a low luster finish. This low luster product, when fully cured appears somewhere between eggshell and semi gloss in shininess, which is good since a glossier surface stays cleaner longer. Click the above blue link for more "ideas painting" and waterborne information. There are so many different kinds of primers a person could spend days just reading the labels on the cans. I try and stick with two types of product for my "ideas painting" projects. One is called plastic primer and the other is a drywall sealer. Plastic primer is very expensive, yet it sticks to almost anything. Drywall sealer on the other hand is high hiding and I use sealer for unpainted drywall. The only time I steer away from these two items is when I'm coating metals. If I have extra pastel colored interior paint, I cut it with primer and use it as an undercoat on new drywall. It's the best way to keep the half full cans from cluttering up the garage. Some builders I know use it on the OSB floor board right after it's layed. It makes for easy sweeping, which helps in keeping the dust down. Click on the above blue link to learn more about primers and sealers. Every once and a while customers ask if they can use left over exterior products for there "ideas painting" that involve the inside of their homes. Most other contractors have no qualms applying outside paints on the interior of a home. Painting a surface as oppose to throwing a coating away is the best alternative. I myself would not recommend products intended for the outside used on interior walls. Some exterior paints have chemicals added to keep bugs and fungus away. Plus I'm sure there are a multitude of other goodies mixed in. If possible combine excess products into a bucket and stir together. Roll your mixture over interior garage walls or across the floor. It probably won't stick to the concrete for a long time but at least the paint was used (somewhat) for its intended purpose. A couple years back, instead of mixing the left over paint together, one of my wife’s "ideas painting" was to have our eight year old son use a roller and apply a different color to each sidewalk square that divides the lawn in our back yard. Click the above link and learn more about exterior paint. Looking for other "ideas painting". Click the home link. You should be able to find your decorating solutions by reading the text. 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