More Tips For Painting Your Basement On A Budget In Unionville, PA
In looking to update the appearance and aesthetic of your basement, there are a few things that you may want to try and painting just happens to be one of them.
However, you may not realize that a basement painting job is going to possibly be quite expensive — though you may have learned a bit about it from our previous article on the subject.
With that being the case, let us have a good look at some more tips for painting your basement on a budget when you want a well painted basement.
1. Measure The Surfaces That You Are Painting
One of the most straightforward ways that you’re going to be able to get a well painted basement is by measuring the surfaces that you are going to be painting.
The good thing about doing this is that you are going to be able to calculate how much primer and paint you will need for your basement painting project, which will help you to be able to buy the right amount for the project.
When you don’t buy too much paint you save money, and when you aren’t underbuying paint and primer you aren’t going to have to return to the paint store to purchase more.
2. Borrow Equipment
Though ideally you are going to want to have your own painting equipment, there are many circumstances in which it just wouldn’t make a lot of sense to purchase painting equipment — such as when you aren’t looking to do a lot of painting other than this one painting project.
The purchase of painting equipment in that kind of scenario is one in which you are going to find yourself with slightly used painting equipment that you bought and now have no use for — and who knows how long it’s just going to stay in storage before you may consider using it again.
The better thing to do in this case or any other case in which you won’t be using the painting equipment other than for this specific paint job is to try to borrow it from family or friends or perhaps even a kind of tool library that specializes in loaning out tools — even a small rental fee might be better than paying outright to own equipment you won’t use again.
3. Primer First
This is the sort of advice that makes less sense when you don’t know about how important primer is to the painting projects you undertake in your home, and thus it bears some explanation — primer ultimately extends the life of your painting project and thus helps your project out.
The way that this works is that primer as far as surfaces go when applied to your basement walls is more adhesive than the surface is alone, and that means that the paint that you apply to the walls is going to stay on for a longer period of time.
The additional benefit of applying a coat of primer to your surface that you will be painting is that you will have a more smooth surface upon which you will be applying the paint, and that will help overall with a better painted basement.
4. Use Just One Color
Lastly, you should remember that when you are painting your basement you will save money if you choose to go with just one color rather than a variety of colors.
Though of course your basement is going to be a lot more colorful if you go with more than one color, you will save money by not purchasing multiple buckets of paints of a number of colors — and you can certainly still get it to look good even with just the one color.
Consider hiring a professional painting contractor in Kennett Square, PA like Left Moon Painting. We have years of experience offering residential repainting services in Kennett Square, PA. If you would like to try us, request a FREE estimate below to get started, or call us at (484) 757-5295 for more information.
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