5 Mistakes To Avoid When Painting Your Bathroom in Denver Metro, CO
The bathroom is considered one of the most important rooms in your home — unlike some rooms, it’s pretty much guaranteed that at least once during the day you’re going to be visiting one, as it were.
Keeping your bathroom looking nice means that occasionally you have to paint it, and if you make one of a few rookie painting mistakes while painting it, you might find yourself looking at a painting project that costs more than you might anticipate and possibly even make it take significantly longer as well.
With that being the case, let’s look at five mistakes to avoid when painting your bathroom in Denver Metro, CO
1. Not Considering The Color Of Your Floor
When you are looking to paint your bathroom, you need to take into consideration a number of things — including the color that you’re going to use for painting.
Of course, it seems simple as many things do, but if you don’t take into consideration the way that the color of the walls will look in comparison to your floors, you’re making a fairly basic yet significant mistake.
After you paint, of course, you will see how the color will look next to the floor and if you had not done the basic check to see that the two colors are compatible, you’re going to end up with a bathroom that is so to speak uncomfortable to see.
2. Not Cleaning Before You Paint
If you don’t clean your bathroom walls before you paint them, all you’re going to end up with is a set of dirty bathroom walls with paint all over them — it really will have that look to it, and you want to avoid it at all costs.
This means even paying someone to properly clean your bathroom walls before you paint, or of course just paying a professional painting contractor (such as Imhoff Painting) to do the entire painting project including the cleaning part.
3. Using Standard Interior Paint
Though it is true that your standard interior paint is going to be good for painting just about any other room in the house (save for the kitchen, which also ideally will get its own special paint) you really don’t want to go with normal interior paint when you are painting your bathroom.
The reason that this is the case is that your typical interior paint does not do well in terms of protecting against the high levels of humidity that can be found in a bathroom (think of the showers and baths that are taken there) and so will not help you in preventing mold and mildew.
Take the time to make sure that you have the right kind of mildew resistant paint and your bathroom will be better painted as a result.
4. Not Wearing Protective Clothing And Gear
If you think that painting your bathroom does not entail making use of any kind of protective equipment or clothing, you are quite mistaken.
Indeed, you need to have some sort of goggles for starters, just so you can be sure that you don’t get any dust particles or even paint near your eyes as you prepare to paint and then paint.
Moreover, you need to have at least some sort of face mask so that you aren’t breathing in the dust that comes along with preparing to paint.
Having long sleeves as well is a good idea, and clothing you don’t mind getting splattered with paint.
5. Not Covering The Floors With Drop Cloth
Speaking of protection, you need to protect your floors from the nearly inevitable dripping of paint that comes along with this kind of paint project.
You should aim for a heavier sort of drop cloth that won’t move around on the floor as you walk.
Don’t settle for just any painter when you can get the attention to detail and professionalism from Imhoff Fine Residential Painting in Denver Metro, CO. Call us today to speak with one of our professional color consultants.
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