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Painting Tips: How To Spray Paint Your House

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When painting the exterior of your home, you may want to consider renting an airless sprayer. Painting your house with an airless sprayer can save many hours of labor, produce a more consistent finish, and reduce the amount of paint needed to do the job. However, if you decide to paint with an airless sprayer you will want to follow a few rules and tips.

First, when spraying the exterior of a home, you must take extra care in the masking process. The concussion of air coming from the spray-tip is sufficient to push aside insufficiently secured paper/plastic masking. In addition, the spray of the gun-tip may push well beyond the main stream of paint, thus coating unprotected areas adjacent to the targeted area. For best results, mask completely everything within five or more feet of the areas you intend to paint. In short, you should completely cover all windows, doors, decks, AC units. Additionally, remove any objects, such as plants, BBQ’s, lawn furniture, etc. from the immediate area. Rest assured, the time you will save by spraying, as opposed to brushing and rolling, will more than make up for the amount of extra labor you put into masking/prepping.

Second, you must back roll any and all trouble areas. The reason that spraying your home can save on material is that you can use less paint to cover most areas. Typically, a sprayer can achieve a better-looking coverage with less paint than a roller can. However, in problem areas—places with raw wood, areas where the paint has peeled, cracked wood, etc—back rolling is necessary (look for our tips on Back Rolling).

Finally, it is important to maintain the proper pressure of your spray paint stream. Essentially, you want to have the pressure (psi) going through the lines of your sprayer to be just enough to avoid uneven paint lines from appearing. Lines occur in your spray paint pattern and can leave visible lines in the finish. Moreover, with insufficient pressure, the spray does not cover as consistently. It is also important to avoid too high of a pressure (psi), as this will cause a greater amount of overspray, and waste paint.

If you are intimidated by the thought of renting an airless sprayer, don’t be. With care and patience, anyone can learn to use a Paint Spray Machine successfully.

I hope this tip was useful and helps you produce a beautiful and professional finish on your home. Remember, a fresh coat of paint on the exterior of your home adds a great deal to the curb appeal and value of your home.

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Tips To Select Airbrush Compressor

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Dr. LM Foong, PhD – He is a consultant in Total Quality Management. He conduct skill-based training in engineering equipments. Read more articles on Types of Airbrush Painting here

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If you need to set up your own airbrush workshop with the appropriate equipment. there are many tools and accessories you need to take care. Besides, you need to set up work benches, lighting, cabinets etc. As for airbrush equipment, one of it is the airbrush compressor. Blow are some of the tips to select an airbrush compressor:-

1) Compressor capacity

To decide the capacity of the compressor is easy for a start. You merely use your air consumption of your airbrush tools as a yardstick. This information can be found on your product catalog or user manual. Add about 15-20% to it will be you required compressor capacity

2) Oil Free

A good airbrush painting do not allow oil stain. The source of oil can come from the compressor. Hence, you have a choice to pick an oil-free compressor which is normally more expensive. Alternative, you can used proper oil filter on the compressed air line before it reaches your airbrush tool

3) Noise Level

An airbrush painting require a quite work environment. A low noise level compressor is desired if you place the compressor inside your workshop. Otherwise, you can install the compressor outside the work room

4) Air Moisture

The compressed air generated by the airbrush compressor is not moisture free. In fact, due to the characteristics of the air, moisture is unavoidable. Good thing is the compressor often equipped with moisture separator before the airline.

The tips above are summary of how you can select an airbrush compressor before you make purchase. Other tips on accessories are provided next line.

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Using acrylic paints involves using an airbrush, paintbrushes or palette knives to apply the color to the canvas. Use acrylic paints with tips from an artist in this free video on painting. Expert: Lars Eric Robinson Contact: www.aaart-tainment.com Bio: Lars Eric Robinson graduated from Ringling School Of Art & Design where he received his BFA in Illustration in 1994. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
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If you want to become an airbrush artist, learn tips for improving creativity with airbrushes in this free airbrushing video clip about beginning to airbrush. Expert: Mike Royall Bio: Mike Royall has been airbrushing for over 30 years. Filmmaker: Dustin Daniels

Tips for repairing a Dewalt battery

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Tips for repairing a Dewalt battery

Rechargeable Dewalt tool batteries eventually will wear down and no longer hold a charge. The Dewalt battery can be taken apart to repair the battery pack. Each Dewalt battery pack is made up of a series of smaller batteries soldered together to form a larger unit. The Dewalt battery may not be working because one or all of these cells are bad. Using a volt “zap” technique will repair the dead cells and have your Dewalt battery pack running like new.

Step 1 Locate and unscrew the small screws on the battery casing. Lift off the casing to reveal the series of batteries inside. Step 2 Copy down the pattern of the battery placement on a piece of paper. This will simplify reassembly. Take note of which ends are soldered together and whether the ends are positively or negatively charged. Step 3 Test each battery in line using a battery testor to determine which battery cells are defective. Mark each defective cell with a pen so you can identify which cells within the Dewalt battery need to be repaired. Step 4 Detach the battery cells that need repaired from the battery chain. Use the soldering iron to de-solder the connectors or leads between these cells. Step 5 Repair your first cell by “zapping” the battery back to life. Place the black alligator clip on the negative end of the battery and the red end onto the positive end of the battery. Hold for no longer than 3 seconds. Step 6 Retest this battery cell using the battery tester. If the power has not been restored, repeat the process. Step 7 Repeat the zapping process on each of the dead internal battery cells. Step 8 Re-solder the batteries back in place. Slide the batteries back into the Dewalt battery case and screw it back together. Step 9 Place the repaired Dewalt battery pack on its battery charger overnight to fully charge the entire pack.

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Tips on Painting Ceilings

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Tips on Painting Ceilings

Ceilings are often viewed as being one of the most difficult places in the home to paint. Some of the biggest problems is paint dripping, having a sore are and neck and having to balance on top of a ladder. Also there are so many types of ceilings – flat, textured, vaulted etc. So what are the best techniques when painting a ceiling?

Paint Selection – The right sort of a paint is essential as there are so many to choose from. The broadest categories of paint are oil and latex. Then there is the type of finish – high gloss and matt are the two main types.

But choosing paint for your ceiling can be more complex than that. Some paints are especially for particular types of ceilings such as texture coated and acoustic tile. Acoustic tiles will normally be found in “home cinema” rooms.

Textured/Popcorn Ceilings – Textured ceilings are a bit more tricky to deal with as using a brush or roller won’t work. Instead you need to use a paint sprayer. The professionals make sprayers look easy but for a novice it can actually be quite difficult. You will need good ventilation and the correct consistency of paint. If the paint is at the wrong consistency then the sprayer will either clog up or spay out a watery paint.

Do You Need Primer? – If you are painting on a new surface then a primer is essential otherwise you would need a lot more top coats. The primer can help hide discolorations that can show through regular paint. Using a primer will also help give a good surface so that the layers of paint adhere; reducing drips.

How to Reduce Dripping Paint – If your paint is too thin there is the risk that it’ll splatter. Test a bit out on a vertical surface to see if the paint runs. If it does then it will more than likely drip when applied to the ceiling.

Don’t move you’re your roller back and forth too quickly. If you go too fast this will increase the chance of splattering. For tall ceilings a roller with an extension pole will make your work much easier and prevent neck strain. Also, don’t put too much paint on the roller.

If you have the pole extended out at a slight angle you will find this more comfortable and you’ll be able to avoid paint splattering all over you. Just ensure you don’t have the pole extended too far out as it will feel a lot heavier to use.

For most of us, painting a ceiling shouldn’t be too painful as using a roller is very easy and quick to use.

George writes for blog Finer Living which covers many topics relating to home and garden including exterior painting and buying a patio cover.

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14 Exterior Painting Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore

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14 Exterior Painting Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore

Exterior painting for most homeowners is one project they wish never needed their attention. However, there are important procedures in prep and paint application, that if taken can greatly improve your performance and quality of a paint job.

1. The first step in preparation for exterior painting is to pressure wash your house using M1 and bleach, making sure flaking paint, dirt, mildew, green algae, wasp nest, and other obstructions are removed. Once washed, scrape any remainder of loose paint off with a sharp scraper and metal brush. Sand any bare wood to prepare it for primer. Be sure and wear some kind of eye protection and then start at the top and work your way down, holding the nozzle about six inches away from the surface and at a 45 degree angle.

2. If you find mildew still exist after this process, you may need to apply bleach to a rag and scrub these areas. Mildew is attracted to the oil in oil-based paints but will grow on latex paints as well. If mildew is growing on your home, and you can’t seem to eliminate it completely, you may want to add some mildew inhibitor to your paint. However, I will give you a word of caution at this point. Good quality paints already have a safe amount of mildew inhibitors engineered into their formulas. If you add more mildewcide to your paint it can cause your paint to fade prematurely with a lot of exposure to sunlight. Allow all surfaces to dry thoroughly before caulking and priming bare wood.

3. Exterior painting is significantly improved with proper caulking. When caulking trim to siding, always spread the bead of caulk with your finger. This will improve adhesion. When caulking trim to brick, make sure you use a very narrow bead of caulk but do not spread with your finger, or you will make a mess of the caulk line and have to clean your brick. Just use some common sense when caulking. If you are caulking Hardie Plank, use a top quality elastomeric caulk with a high stretch capacity. Hardie plank expands and contracts more than most caulks can handle.

4. Be sure and check all metal surfaces such as railings and gutters for peeling paint. Remove loose paint with a metal brush or power brush. Effective acrylic bonding primers exist on the market today for priming bare metal. If you are painting brick, check for cracks. Caulk cracks before painting.

5. If masonry is less than five years old it can leach out under a painted coating. If less than five years, then avoid this problem by etching with a solution of muriatic acid (1 part acid to 5 parts water). Be sure and take appropriate precautions. This acid is very caustic. Wear rubber gloves and goggles for protection. Pour the water in a plastic container first, then add the acid. This will help prevent splashing. Scrub this compound into concrete. This solution will neutralize the acid in the concrete. Wash off the solution with fresh water. Your concrete is now etched.

6. Check your home for any bare wood and prime with a high quality latex primer or a top quality oil base primer. This primer coat is the only coat that bonds directly to the wood, therefore, it needs to be of top quality. A top coat of paint on your home is no better than the first coat that is applied to the wood. If the first coat (primer) fails, then the top coats and primer coat peel off together.

7. Consider masking around light fixtures, motion sensors, electrical boxes, etc. If you are planning to use a paint sprayer for your siding, then I recommend covering all windows with plastic and tape. This will save you a lot of time in clean up.

8. In my opinion, as a professional in this industry, where siding joins trim, always cut your trim in to the outer leading edge of the board instead of following the contour of your siding. This produces greater eye appeal from a distance. Where the siding meets the trim is always rounded out with caulk, making it a very poor place to scribe a straight line with your brush.

9. Avoid time consuming clean up by protecting shrubs, walk ways, roofs, patios, etc with drop cloths. Clean up will cost you much more in time than cover up. When painting exterior surfaces, the do-it-yourselfer has one major consideration, the weather.

10. Paints have optimum conditions in which they should be applied. It is best not to paint in extreme heat, cold or in the presence of precipitation. Check your paint can label for temperature restrictions.

11. In most cases you will want to paint the siding first and then the trim. If you are planning to stain or paint your decks or patio, then do them last, since you will be working off them during your project. It is best to work from the top down since you will be dripping some paint. Although you need to work from top down, you also should work from side to side as much as possible. This will assist in avoiding a lot of up and down motion on ladders during your exterior painting project.

12. If you are planning to use a roller to apply paint to lap siding, you will need to back brush to smoothly spread the paint. Roller naps leave a texture to the surface. Be sure and coat the underside edge of each board of lap siding to prevent water absorption from rain.

13. For stucco, I recommend spraying and dry back rolling to achieve an even distribution of paint. The sprayer applies the paint and the roller simple spreads the paint. Use W strokes with the roller. Do not dip the roller in paint as you will be applying to much paint and over filling the pores of the stucco.

14. Cedar shingles with their uneven surface can be painted with a 4″ brush or sprayer. I personally believe you can achieve the best look using a paint sprayer to coat cedar shingles and most other types of siding.

Substandard preparation may save you a little bit of time, but you will pay for it in durability and quality of appearance. It is always best to take your time with the above procedures. They will produce a paint job you will be proud to display.

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How to Restore Your Car With a New Coat of Paint – Spray Painting Tips Techniques

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How to Restore Your Car With a New Coat of Paint – Spray Painting Tips Techniques

Ever find yourself after you have just washed your car, wondering what happened to the paint job you remember it having when you first bought it? Cars, like faces, become corroded with environmental things and need the extra pampering every now and then.

There are many ways to restore the paint on your car. The one I recommend is using clay bar system. It has been used by car care product companies for about a decade but only hit consumer markets approximately 5 years ago. While it does remove contaminants from your car, it does not take the place of scratch removal, polishing or color sanding.

Depending on the age of your car and how contaminated it is will prove to be how long the clay bar system will take. If it is a newer car that you are restoring the paint on, it may take only a few hours. If you are working on restoring an older car, it could take several hours and possibly even a day or so to complete. The older the car paint and oxidation of the paint, the more contaminants it will have on it to be removed.

You must begin, of course, with washing and waxing your car. Make sure to use a cleaner that has been formulated automotive finishes. When these are completed, you will begin the refinishing. With the clay bar system, you receive the bar along with lubricant. Begin by putting some lubricant on about a two or three foot portion of the vehicle. Do not use water in place of the lubricant as it cannot protect against paint damage. Continue by rubbing the clay bar over the section with light pressure. Go back and forth over the lubricated section making sure to overlap each stroke as you go. It may sound rough at first as it begins to remove the contaminants but as you continue, it will get smoother. If necessary, reapply the lubricant as the area needs to be saturated as you rub with the clay bar.

Your horizontal areas will take more time as they collect the largest amounts of the contaminants. When you have finished using the clay bar on an area, be sure to dry the area with a clean, soft terry cloth. Now that you have finished removing the contaminants and making your paint take on that soft-to-the-touch feel, you must apply a protective coat of sealer of wax. Some kits include their own preferred wax but you can use whatever product you prefer.

Spray texture is a way to help protect your vehicle from the contaminants that attach themselves and create that rough feel. It’s a sealer that is most often used on the high contaminant problem areas such as the hood, fenders and bumper. It protects against bugs, rocks, weather and everyday road debris. It is not something quite as easy as the clay bar system.

The sealer has to be prepared and used in such a way that it blends in with your paint. There is a special gun to be used with it and you should practice with the sealer on other surfaces before you take it to your vehicle. It must be done just right in order to adhere properly to the vehicle as well as flow seamlessly with your paint giving you the perfect finish you desire.

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