There is a widespread notion that says, painting during winter is a bad idea. This is a myth and it is high to bust the myth. The reality is that, if you can follow the proper steps, painting the walls of your home is indeed never a bad idea. On the contrary, the weather will not have any adverse effect on the paints. In fact, when you put money on reputed residential house painters in Melbourne they will take appropriate measures to ensure that they end with some awesome painting service. That’s what our experts at West Pro Painting & Decorating do when they are summoned for a painting project during the winter. Here are some of the tips that they follow while painting homes during winter.
They have their raw materials, tools and the paint is handy
Winter has shorter days than summer in Melbourne like in most of the places around the world. Thus, when we have a project in our hands, our painters in Melbourne would make sure to have all their tools, painting materials, the paints and other accessories handy, so that they do not have to waste the shorter time that they have for painting. The idea is to start at the earliest and make the most of the available time to have the project completed within the stipulated time. So you see, painting during winter actually helps to finish off the painting faster, if the proper procedure is taken.
They help you ready your room
Again, you cannot afford to eat up valuable daylight time by removing furniture and fittings from the room, taking down the curtains and wall decors and painting, photos, and other stuff. The pros would help them beforehand at times, in carrying out the job, and covering the switch plates and other electrical outlets so that the painting can be started at the earliest. This takes us to the same bottom line once again – going for interior painting in Melbourne during winter will actually reduce the time of the project.
Turning up the heat
Painting should never be conducted when the temperature is too low at 15 degrees. It is unlikely that the temperature in your home will ever be lesser than that during day time, you need to be sure that the temperature of the walls to be painted is never lesser than that. The outside chill can very well seep into the walls and cause them to get cooler than the rest of the room. This will be trouble for the paint, and it will result in poor adherence of the paint to the wall. Therefore, our professional house painters in Melbourne would paint only and only when the day has very bright, cozy, and long sunshine from the morning till the afternoon.
Keeping the Moisture Out
Humidity can cause the paint to sag, and smudge, or trap all the dirt and dust. During winter, when there is the lesser or weaker sun, the professionals would apply caulking to the joints and seams on the paint. They would also check the weather-stripping on the windows and doors.
Lastly, they would help to choose the paint wisely
While painting during the winter, it is important to think about the ways of ventilating your rooms. Your paint will help you to solve that issue if you opt for water-based latex paints and the ones with low volatile compounds. It will emit less odour than the other paints, thus minimising the need for ventilation. Opting for a combo of paint and primer will help as it will need a lesser number of coats, thus helping you to get over with the project sooner. Our professionals you have chosen for interior painting in Melbourne will help you to find suitable paints. Just us at West Pro Painting & Decorating on 0412 008 179 during our office hours.
