www.michaelosheapainting.com - Exterior House Painting Problems and Remedies. Michael O'Shea Painting and Restoration can help you identify correct and prevent the kinds of Exterior Painting Problems that other inexperienced house painters or painting contractors can't. For the next few posts we will focus on exterior home painting issues. It is the season.
We will illustrate and describe what can cause these house painting problems, the cause of failure and we will provide you with the solution. We will also discuss some preventative measures.

The first house painting issue your house painter or painting contractor may say to you is this "your house paint is alligatoring"
What is alligatoring? We will throw a picture up soon of what it looks like but a brief description is basically this your house paint looks dry and scaly having the appearance of alligator hide.
For the painting contractors out there what do you think is the cause of this issue?
We will see if anyone has an answer then provide what we think is the cause. Look for the next post to see...www.michaelosheapainting.com

Painting Contractor East Hampton NY, The Right Tools For The Job Part 2

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Using Solvents

Solvents work by giving the paint the proper consistency. They keep the ingredients in a liquid form. They also act as a "carrier" for the binders and pigments. Oil-based paints use thinner as a solvent(petrochemical distillate). They are the most hazardous because the solvents are toxic and flammable. Latex and acrylic paints use water as the primary solvent making them much less hazardous.

Binders

Binders are one ingredient that is absolutely required. The binder is the part which eventually solidifies to form the dried paint film. Typical binders include synthetic or natural resins such as acrylics, oils, polyesters, melamines, polyurethanes, or latex. Linseed oil, alkyd resins, or tung oil are the primary binders for oil-base paints and 100% acrylic or vinyl acrylic are the binders for water-base paint.

Addtional, there are other additives that help make paint of higher quality. The additives can make the paint flow better, reduce bubbles, control consistency, and control thickness, transparency, sheen, drying time, absorption rate. Keeping it in mind that high quality paints also contain mildew inhibitors and ingredients that minimize splattering and running.

Always remember that to use a paint of good quality will make the surface more abrasion-resistant, easier to clean, durable, long lasting and capable of washing without the risk of removing any of the paint. High quality paint is definitely a great investment.

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Painting your home is a great investment. You will want to choose the right painter, Michael O'Shea Painters for your House and your budget. We offer Compimentary Painting Price Quotes from local, prescreened House Painters. http://www.MichaelOSheaPainting.com