Monday, September 19, 2011

How to Paint a Deck


Why do we need to paint a deck? Why does it need to be painted over and over again? Well, to answer the question is vey simple, beautification and maintenance. In most American family painting an outside deck/deck has become a tradition. As we all know most deck are directly expose to nature's element such as wind, the scourging sun's heat, rain and etc. All of these factors regularly contribute to the decline of the deck's quality and structure. In order to avert the effects of these elements, painting your deck comes into the picture. It is one of the many possible choices is to introduce paint in your deck. So here are some tips on how to paint a deck.

Before anything else, you must first determine what paint is suitable to use for your deck. There are a lot of choices you can choose from. Among of these choices are opaque, water based, semi transparent and clears. If you are in doubt on what color to use or you are short of budget, you can just ask an advice from any home improvement store. Establishment such as these can help you on what to chose for on your advantage.

After you have done choosing the right paint for your deck. The next thing you should do before proceeding to your objective is to peel off the old paint in your deck. This will prevent the new paint from peeling off due to the old surface over time. You must peel it off before applying a new one. One process of exfoliating the old one is through the use of power/pressure washing. If this is not available to you then you can just use the old elbow grease or the accustomed one "the paint scraper".

You should buy a new set of brushes and rollers to perform this. You should buy the brushes and rollers fit for painting a deck. This will help aid in the process of painting your deck. It is best to start the deck painting with a brush at the top of the deck and rails and work down to the deck surface. It is advisable to work your painting using brush on the top of the surface and railings, and then rolling down to the deck surface.

If in case you don't like brushes and rollers, you can use a good sprayer system to hasten the work that you are doing. Just clearly protect the areas that do not need to be painted yet. Try by covering it with a piece of paper or any materials to hamper the paint that are being sprayed. If you are using this kind of technology be sure not on windy day because it will just disseminate your spray.

Hindmost, after you have painted your deck, insure that the paint will last for a long period of time. This can save you time and resources if you have sealed your painting. You can do these by treating the finish painting with a paint sealer. Enjoy painting!


Special Thanks to

Reliatex Construction
817.231.0423
Reliatex Construction -Fort Worth's Top General Contractor and Deck Builder - Custom Decks and much more.

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