The LearnHousePainting.com Knowledge Base is like a beginner's guide to interior house painting. With articles on safety, surface preparation and paint application, useful information is provided to help you successfully complete your interior house painting project. We welcome your comments and suggestions for new Knowledge Base topics.

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Regards,

Steve Broujos- Author of Surface Preparation for Interior House Painting

 

Steve Broujos is the owner of Broujos Paint Contracting in Wilmington, Delaware.

 

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Safety

These important safety articles should all be read before surface preparation and painting work begin. Always work safely.

• Before surface preparation begins
• Protecting children and pets
• Safe disposal of primers and paints
• Safely using tools, materials and supplies
• Safety equipment
• Spontaneous combustion fire- avoiding
• Tips for safe tool use
• Workplace safety equipment

Surface Preparation

These Knowledge Base articles will help you to prepare interior surfaces for paint, decorative paint, faux finish, murals and stenciling.

• Before surface preparation begins
• Caulking
• Checking your work
• Crack repair
• Drywall cover damage repair
• Dust- controlling
• Dust- protecting furniture
• Dust wall air return vent covers before painting
• Nail pop repair
• Painter's putty
• Painting masking tape basics
• Primer: Signs house paints and primers are no longer useable
• Primers and sealers (types)
• Primer/sealer application on surfaces after wallpaper and border removal
• Priming: spot priming and full coat priming
• Priming and sealing
• Refastening sagging ceiling drywall
• Repair compounds- applying
• Sanding
• Sealing wood knots
• Skillful taping knife use- tips
• Skim coating overview
• Skim coating ceiling and wall surfaces
• Skim coating wood trim surfaces
• Stirring primer
• Surface preparation mistake: Paint will fill that.......
• Surface preparation tips
• Wall repair patch
• Wallpaper paste residue- cleaning
• Wallpaper- why to remove and not prime or paint
• Why surface preparation is important
• Wood filler
• Workplace safety equipment

Painting

The house painting Knowledge Base articles provide information and tips for applying paint with both a paintbrush and roller.

• Cleaning a paintbrush after use in latex primer or paint
• Cutting-in: basic technique
• Cutting-in: definition and where to cut-in before rolling paint
• Decorative painting and stenciling
• House paint: Signs paints and primers are no longer useable
• House paints and primers: safe disposal
• Interior house paint finishes (sheens)
• Interior house painting tips
• Maintaining paintbrush bristle shape
• Paint rolling tips- general
• Paint rolling tips- ceilings
• Paint rolling tips- walls
• Paint rolling tips- more tips
• Paintbrush technique tips
• Paintbrush tips
• Painting masking tape basics
• Professional-grade paintbrush features
• Selecting an interior house painting color- tips
• Stirring house paint
• Straining house paint