Exterior Painting – Valuable Color Tips For Doing Professional Work
I love it when spring comes around and I can start my exterior painting season. Some years, I have painted outside from spring until fall and loved every minute of it. You get plenty of fresh air, and it’s not crowded as it can be painting indoors. You don’t need all the tools you would need for interior work, either.
The main thing about exterior painting is that if you are going to help customers choose colours you should get yourself a colour brochure that has standardized exterior colours inside (3-colour combinations) and not just a fan deck of colours. You need to know what you are doing.
Exterior colour brochures are made of standardized colours that will look normal on your house and not turn it into an insane clown posy madhouse. With a colour brochure, you generally have two or three colour schemes that are normal looking and are standard for exterior house painting.
Another important factor is that when choosing colours is that if you have brick on your house or stonework you need to choose colours that are going to match those existing surfaces because in most cases they are permanent.
There’s also the style of the house. Some houses may go better with certain colours because of the very style of them. It’s like automobiles. Some colours go better with certain body styles than with others. So these are things to remember when planning your painting projects and if you’re choosing anything to be different in colour. Looking through magazines or at other fine homes for ideas may help.