How to Paint House Exterior – By ExterHow to Paint House Exterior – By Exterior Painter (Toronto)ior Painter
                     
Protective measures
To be able to paint the exterior house, you need to put up 
scaffolding. To protect sensitive areas from staining by mortar 
or paint, mask the areas with painter's foil and masking tape.
This is especially true for:
•Window
•Doors
•Ventilation flaps
•Doorbells
•Lamps
If you have the house painted, the master painter usually 
brings his scaffolding and you have no extra costs for it. If you 
are the one doing exterior house painting by yourself, you 
have to calculate a scaffolding rent or buy it. If you need 
someone to set up and level, you will have to add other extra 
charges.
Cleaning and repairs
You should remove dirt and moss with a high-
pressure cleaner before exterior painting. In the 
case of unreasonable stains from algae, a special 
green film remover also helps to clean the 
facade. Check plaster
After the cleaned house the wall has completely 
dried, then take a close look at the plaster. If it Now you can start to examine the exterior 
flakes off in some places, use a chisel to widen wall in detail:
the brittle area a little and fill the open area with 
mortar.  • Does it have dirt or moss?
• Is the plaster crumbling?
For large areas, instead of the mortar, choose • Is the paint peeling in some places?
the original plaster with which your facade is 
plastered. Fill very fine cracks with acrylic. If the exterior wall passes this review 
without any irregularities, you can start 
priming the wall. Otherwise, you have to 
complete important work steps before you 
pick up the brush.
Prime the exterior 
wall if necessary
If your house wall soaks up water or sand 
immediately, you must apply a primer to the facade 
before painting the exterior. Otherwise, the plaster 
will absorb the colour unevenly and the painting 
result will appear spotty.
Apply the primer with a wide or flat brush. Be 
generous with the primer and there will be no 
problems applying the paint later. Once you have 
completed these preparations and the house wall is 
dry, you can paint the facade.
Priming the facade costs around $0.07-$0.10/ft for 
the worker. If you apply the primer yourself, you will 
pay around $200 for the material.
Choose the right 
colour for the Pre and final coat
exterior painting You need to plan two passes for the 
exterior painting:
A house exterior wall should withstand wind 
and weather and at the same time be Aqueous primer
permeable to water vapour. If you paint the Colour-concentrated top coat
exterior wall, you have to use a colour that is 
strong and permeable to diffusion. Read here You have to mix the thin liquid mixture for 
to choose the right colors for the house. the primer and paint and water. The water 
content should be ten to fifteen percent. 
Dispersion silicate paints have proven The concentrated topcoat, so, is mixed with 
themselves for outdoor use. But, consult with water up to most of five percent.
the expert exterior painter to see if the paint is Carefully mix the paint for both the 
right for your home. It is not compatible with undercoat and the topcoat with a paddle 
every surface. mixer. Otherwise, the colour pigments will 
If you have the exterior painted, the costs for a be distributed unevenly in the dispersion. 
simple coat of paint including paint are 15 to 20 The result: the paint becomes uneven.
dollars per square meter.
Exterior painting
Start the exterior painting by painting 
the corners and edges of the outer wall. 
The best way to do this is to use a 
brush. If these are painted, the 
painter's role comes into play.
But be careful: If too much time passes 
between applying the edge paint and 
“painting” the surface, the paint will 
already have dried on the edges. Then 
stripes quickly form. For this reason, 
you should make sure to always paint a 
house facade “wet-on-wet”.
After the primer has dried, apply the 
topcoat to the facade using the same 
technique.
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