Okay, so you’ve come this far and are now understanding the costs involved when painting yourself vs finding a pro.
Old homes really need the expertise of a professional to get the best painted finish. Professional painters and painting companies not only understand the challenges of painting in older homes, they also understand how to problem solve when they are—inevitably—surprised by something they just haven’t seen before.
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Make sure you always paint corner-to-corner before stopping to take a break. Never stop in the middle of a wall as it will often show in your final product.
Complete the roller work on the freshly cut-in wall before cutting-in the next wall so that you are always keeping a wet edge. This will help you to create a uniform finish where the roller work meets the brush work.
Cost will be on the lower end of the range when less preparation and repair is needed. They’ll be on the higher end for small homes and when more prep and repair is needed.
Painting a stucco house costs $1.00 to $5.50 per square foot or $1,700 to $9,400 on average. The rougher the stucco texture, the more surface area and paint required. Stucco repairs cost $8 to $50 per square foot to fix cracks, holes, and chips before painting. The cost to re-stucco a house is $4 to $15 per square foot.
So far our best purchase has been the shop vac sanding attachment (around $35 from amazon); with a HEPA filter in the vac, we’re getting no sanding dust in the house.
Once you have the approximate square footage that you’ll need to paint, remember that a gallon of paint generally covers between 250 and 400 square feet. You’ll need more if you’re painting a rough, porous material, or if you want to paint a dark house a much lighter color. Depending on your color choice, you may need a more expensive tinted primer to help with the color transition.
When to use a flat paint finish: If your home has older wooden siding, or you need to conceal siding imperfections, flat paint can be a good choice.
This single-story home located near South Bluebonnet has smooth stucco, siding, wooden eaves, functional shutters, garage doors, and wooden doors and windows. It included average prep for a home that has been well maintained and built in the last 15 years. Homes like this range between $4,000-$5,000 to paint.
Learn to “dial back” a strong color like the pros. Many of our customers initially say they are eager to infuse their homes with color, but lose their confidence mid-way through the selection process. They fear that even warm, inviting colors like pumpkin-coral or meadow green will overpower a wall and fall back on a “safe choice” in the off-white/beige/deep ivory family. This is fine – unless it leaves you yearning for the warmer color you sought in the first place. In this case, try confining a splash of color to one wall – the dominant wall – or choosing a lighter shade (or two) of the same color.
Use the roller after brushing in order to flatten out any brush marks that have gone further out than the depths of the corner. This will leave you with a smooth flat surface.
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