Seattle Remodeling - Paints and Coatings

I don’t want to get into colors.  We’ll leave that up to the designers.  Paints and coatings in most home remodeling and quality custom home construction is a fairly simple affair.  The most important thing to consider when talking paints and coatings is surface preparation.  Surface prep typically consists of cleaning, sanding, caulking, filling and priming.  The best Seattle remodeling contractors will take the time to make sure surfaces that are to receive coatings are kept clean and undamaged during construction.  Priming is not always necessary for the finish coat you might be considering.  However if the surface is not primed when that is a requirement for the finish coat, problems will certainly arise.  Some new paint products out have the primer built into the finish for a single coat application.  At this time I have not heard if durability is an issue.  Personally I would let someone else be the guinea pig on the new paint products and if after 5 or 10 years of home remodeling contractors using the product if the product is still on the market and making people happy, then try it out.  More and more home remodeling contractors and quality custom home builders are using pre primed material for elements that are slated for painting.  Not only does this save a step in the paint process but it also protects the unfinished material from the elements during construction.  Not everything can be bought pre primed but for exterior elements it makes sense to pre prime or even pre finish when you can here in Seattle.  More on paints and coatings next week.