On this particular job, we were hired to paint the common areas of this Riverdale area house. We painted the living room and hallways in the entire house. The customer beforehand had picked out paint sample jars. These are small amounts of paint that sell very cheap and allow you to see what the colour looks like on the wall. You paint small areas of your wall with these jars and you have the chance to see how your colour feels in day to day life. Of course you will never fully know how the colour is until the walls are completely painted. Colours on your wall also will look different from different light that is cast upon it. For instance in the Morning if it’s a dreary day then there might not be that much light, plus the light will be dark . This will give a grey wash on the colour. Then when it clears up and the golden yellow sun comes out in the afternoon it will have a yellowish wash to it. Even light bulbs and the light they omit can affect your wall colour, CFL light bulbs often cast a blue light and incandescent a yellow light. Light and colour go hand and hand. Colour has its hue from the way it absorbs certain light rays and/or reflects them. Without light there would be no paint colours!
When painting it is best to lay down drop cloths as you can see in the video we have drops cloth on the floor. When using drop cloths you will not want to skimp. Some people use sheets and theses often times will not stand up to the penetrating paint. There is also plastic drop cloth but at this type of job we don’t need the plastic drop. They can be used for more commercial and industrial type setting. Drop cloths should be used for the majority of painting task. However there are times were there need is more than others. For instance; ceilings are where paint can drip the most especially when rolling. You will want to have the floors covered and have other area’s covered with plastic. Also, the same goes when rolling walls, it is more risky when rolling as opposed to using a paint brush. This is because when you are rolling you are moving the paint faster than when you are using a brush. So the paint will tend to splatter around.
You’re not in the clear just because you are using a brush. When using a brush one of the important points is to know how much paint to put on your brush. Obviously, you want enough paint to get paint on the wall but not too much to where it is dripping all over the wall. There are mainly to methods of achieving the right amount of paint to be on your brush. The first method is the shaking method and tapping method. This is where after you have dipped your brush you then will tap the brush from side to side and/or shake it. The second is a scrapping method again after you have dipped your brush you scrap the brush on the side of the container. Both of these methods work for different painters. I personally use the scraping method.
