How a Professional Andover Painter Prepares a Room
For more than a decade, Schwartz & Sons Painting has been beautifying residences in and around Andover MN. And, as the years go by, its reputation for outstanding interior painting and superior customer service continues to grow.
Even so, it’s natural to have plenty of questions when it comes time to paint a room. What colors would look best? What will the project involve? How disruptive will it be? How much will it cost?
Fortunately, as part of the preparation process, your interior painters can address all of these questions and more. Then, when you know what to expect, you can get excited about seeing your vision become a reality.
To be more specific, here’s how Schwartz & Sons gets ready for a residential painting assignment.
The Interior Painting Consultation
As a homeowner who’s looking to paint a room, one of your first tasks is to choose your new color or colors. If you’re unsure, your painter can explain your options and provide samples.
Maybe you know the general color, but you’re unsure of the precise shade. Here again, an outstanding residential painting contractor can give you ideas and advice as far as which hue would best complement the room.
Once you hire a home painter, she or he can provide you with a cost estimate in writing and figure out a painting schedule that works for you and your family. Good contractors will do what they can to accommodate their customers’ needs.
Prepping a Room
Once it’s time to paint, room preparation is key. And it comes in a few phases.
1. Moving and Covering
First, your interior painters will move all the furniture out of the room. If it’s a larger space, it might be possible to just gather the furniture in the middle of the room. Wall decorations and items like throw rugs must be moved as well.
Whatever’s left must then be covered. Painters will use a drop cloth made of plastic or canvas to cover the flooring and the remaining furnishings. After all, paint can sometimes splatter quite a distance.
Your painters will be especially careful to cover all the electronic components within the room: ceiling fans, lighting fixtures, and so on. They’ll even take the electrical plates out.
2. Cleaning and Repairing
Now that space has been cleared and your personal items are protected, it’s time to get the walls ready. Of course, over the years, residential walls often get damaged in minor ways. Small cracks and holes are common.
Your interior painter might repair those imperfections for you, or you might handle that chore yourself. Either way, it’s an important step since all those flaws will be easier to spot with the fresh coats of paint.
In addition, moving the furniture around is likely to kick up quite a bit of dust. And a good portion of that dust will settle on your walls. Thus, before the interior painting starts, your painters will probably want to clean those surfaces thoroughly. There may be a little dirt or grime on the walls as well, and it will come off during the cleaning.
If your walls are shiny and sparkling, they’ll make the new paint look as vivid and vibrant as could be.
3. The Final Steps
At this point, your painters might apply strips of tape to your walls. These pieces of tape will keep the paint from dripping onto the baseboards and elsewhere. They’ll also guide the painters, helping to keep their strokes straight and even.
As a final preparation step, if any of your walls are dark, glossy, or patterned, your inside home painters are likely to prime them. The primer will seal the walls so that the paint will stick to them rather than permeate them.
With that, the prep work is finished. Let the interior painting begin!
Finding the Right Interior Painters
When they’re ready to paint a room, homeowners have some preparation of their own to do. That is, they should research area painting contractors to find the best people for the job. All you have to do is search the internet for “painters near me,” find reputable reviews, and compare.
In and around Andover MN, the family-owned Schwartz & Sons Painting surely ranks among the best.
Why is that?
Our team is fully insured and licensed, and each employee has undergone an extensive background check. On top of that, our staff is always friendly, professional, and respectful.
We always complete our jobs on time, and we stay on budget. Our prices are highly competitive as well. Each paint job comes with a free and accurate estimate, a warranty, and a full satisfaction guarantee. For all of these reasons, the majority of our clients are repeat customers or people who’ve been referred to us by our customers.
Above all, we provide beautiful results every time. Our sumptuous paints and exquisite brushstrokes make rooms look entirely new, and they’ll bring to life your fondest design dreams. We bring to each project our deep knowledge, extensive experience, and constant attention to detail.
On top of that, we’ll listen to your opinions every step of the way. At the outset, we’ll carefully review your options and find painting times that are convenient for you. Then, throughout the process, we’ll regularly update you. Is there a room in your home that you’d like to paint soon? If so, please feel free to call or email us so that we can give you more information.