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Interior painting is another
specialty we provide. Interior painting can
range from painting newly installed doors to
repainting the entire interior of your home.
This can include patching, caulking, priming
and furniture protection.
The first thing we do on the jobsite during
interior painting is to protect your home and
belongings. This normally includes moving the
larger items into the center of the room and
then covering them with plastic. The smaller
items are moved out of the room and into an
adjacent room.
The next step in interior painting is to protect
the existing flooring. This can be hardwood
floor, carpet, tile or vinyl. We normally cover
hard flooring surfaces with rosin paper. This
is a durable construction paper that will protect
the floor. Softer surfaces like carpet are normally
covered with canvas drop cloths.
Preparing the surface to be painted is the next
step before the interior painting begins. Areas
where the walls or ceilings have a lot of grease
or dirt on them are washed using TSP (Tri Sodium
Phosphate). After that the affected areas are
primed using the appropriate primer for those
areas.
Different primers are used for different types
of interior painted surfaces. Oil based primers
are used for lightly stained areas like crayon
marks and water stains. Shellac based primers
and sealers are used for heavily stained areas
like fire damage. Water based primers are used
on areas like new trim pieces and previously
unpainted drywall.
The walls and ceilings will normally require
some form of additional preparation before the
interior painting begins. Caulking is one of
these preparation steps. Caulk is often used
around doors, windows and for cracks in the
walls and ceilings. Elastomeric caulk is the
best caulk used for cracks. The reason is that
the caulk will stretch to keep the cracks from
reappearing after the painting is finished.
Patching is another task that has to be performed
before the interior painting work can begin.
There are different forms of patching compounds
that can be used. Spackling paste is one of
these. Spackle is used for small holes in walls,
ceilings, doors and trim. Spackle is useful
because it dries quickly and does not shrink.
This means that the hole will not show after
the final painting is finished.
Joint compound is used to repair damaged drywall
before the interior paint is applied. This is
the same compound that is used to float out
the walls and ceilings when they are being installed.
Any size hole can be repaired by using a combination
of drywall and joint compound. It can also be
used to texture the walls and ceilings. Joint
compound is sometimes referred to as “drywall
mud”.
GSP Painting has been providing interior
painting services to our customers for over
34 years .
We can help with the color selection and design
stage of the process by using our experience
in helping pick the right colors to go with
any décor. Call today to schedule a free
interior painting estimate.
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