Can I Paint My House in Winter?

Posted on: December 3rd, 2018

If you’re looking to paint the exterior of your home in the wintertime, people may tell you that it’s not possible. They’ll say all construction projects stop until springtime. This is a misconception! Especially in California, with low rainfall and above-freezing average temperatures all year long, it is possible to paint your house in the winter. PaintRite Pros is a Sacramento painter team that offers our clients the highest quality of workmanship every month of the year.

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You CAN Paint Your Exterior in the Winter

Exterior House Painting in WinterThe general thought is that paint and cold weather don’t mix. While we cannot paint with a forecast of rain or snow, most days of the year in Sacramento you will find our painters on the job! The reality is that we can offer a high-quality paint job as long as the air and surface temperatures are above 35 degrees. Since overnight temperatures can often chill exterior walls even if the ambient temperature is over 35 degrees, we often start painting in the late morning after the sun has warmed up the surface of the home and stop painting around mid-day to give the paint time to cure. While it takes a professional to determine when and how to paint during the winter months, it is totally possible to paint the outside of your house in the wintertime! As a Folsom painting contractor, PaintRite Pros has extensive experience painting throughout the year. We will closely monitor weather forecasts and real-time temperatures to ensure that your paint job is completed with enough time to properly set.

PaintRite Pros is a Sacramento painter that works on the exterior and interior of homes year-round. Wintertime can be one the best times for people to contact us about a quote because we are traditionally less busy than summer months. This means we can start your project quicker, dedicate more team members to it, and complete it faster than if you call during the spring and summer. You can rely on us as your Sacramento, Elk Grove, Rocklin, Roseville, Rancho Cordova, and Folsom painting contractor! We also have fluent Spanish speakers on staff!

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SHOULD YOU PRIME BEFORE PAINTING?

Do you have to pressure wash a house before painting?

Posted on: May 16th, 2018

Sometimes when people are in a hurry to paint their home, they’re tempted to skip washing the exterior. Is it really that important? It is! Washing your home is crucial to ensuring a good and even paint job. PaintRite Pros, an experienced painting contractor with over 2000 houses painted for satisfied customers, pressure washes houses we paint to ensure the best possible results.

Pressure Washing is Critical

Do You Have to Pressure Wash a House Before PaintingPressure washing before painting is a chance to remove all dirt, debris, and cobwebs before painting. It’s important to wash your house so that the new coat has the best chance to bond with the undercoat. By cleaning off all the gunk, we can make sure the paint goes on smoothly, not just rolling over dirt. It’s not just dirt, either. Oftentimes houses can have mildew on their siding. The only way to remove this mildew is washing off with bleach. Our bleaching solution will completely eliminate all mildew from the exterior of your home.

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One of the advantages to using a pressure washer to clean you house before painting is its ability to reach places a regular garden hose or bucket can’t. Our pressure washer can get into crevices and reach high up onto houses. These are places that might never have been washed before! By using the pressure washer, we’re able to clean the dirt and mildew out of these hard-to-reach spots.

Pressure washing is the first step in prepping your home for its paint job. In addition to pressure washing, PaintRite Pros also scrapes and sands, resets loose nails, prime bare areas, and patches cracks in stucco. We put extra effort into prepping the exterior of your house to ensure the best paint job possible. When you’re ready for a fantastic paint job that will make your home the star of the neighborhood, call PaintRite Pros. We serve the entire Sacramento area including Stockton, Folsom, El Dorado Hills, and Elk Grove, and offer a variety of services. We do floor coating, interior painting, cabinet painting, commercial painting, and more.

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How often should you repaint interior walls?

Posted on: May 9th, 2018

How often should you repaint interior walls?Paint is a cost-effective and dramatic way to refresh your home. But how often should you repaint interior walls? With just a few cans and professional help, you can completely revive the interior of your house. For the best results, your interior walls should be repainted every 3-5 years. If you remodel your home or change the style of a room, you may need to repaint sooner. Depending on your lifestyle, family, and your activities, you may have to paint more often to keep walls from looking dingy. Indoor soccer can take a toll on your walls! Certain areas of your home will need repainting more often than others. Professional prep work and painting will ensure that your paint goes on smoothly and last longer, while saving you the hassle of trying to prep, prime, paint, and clean up drips.

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How often should you repaint interior walls?

When To Paint

Most likely, your hallways will need to be painted most often. They see a lot of wear and tear; check out your hallways for scuff marks, fingerprints, dents, and worn corners. Any corridor in your home, from the entryway to stairwells, will likely have these signs of high traffic areas. While you can wash your walls, eventually you will need to repaint. By repainting every couple of years, you can keep your house looking fresh.

The next high traffic areas are kitchens and bathrooms. These are typically the busiest rooms and may need repainting. Kitchens often feature stains, grease, and smoke, while bathrooms have issues with moisture and humidity. PaintRite Pros only uses the highest quality water-based paints, so they can be easily wiped down and will last in humid areas. Repainting kitchens and bathrooms every 3-4 years is ideal.

How often do you have to paint bedrooms? That’s dependent on who lives in them. Adults’ bedrooms rarely need to be repainted, unless there is a change in décor. Children’s bedrooms often have to be painted every couple of years. One of the reasons is that children grow and change fast, so their preferences change. While blue might be their favorite color now, they may prefer green later on. Another is that where kids spend a lot of time, paint gets worn down. It may be drawing on the walls, scuffing shoes along the baseboards, running sticky hands along the wall, and other activities that wear and tear on your paint.

Lastly, other rooms in your home: dining room, living room, spare bedrooms, etc. tend to need less frequent painting. People often go at least 5 years between painting these rooms.

Sometimes people consider major renovations – knocking down walls, new appliances, demolishing bathrooms – before they consider fresh paint. Paint can make a giant impact on your home and help you reflect your own personal style. It’s amazing what paint can do! Whether you are undergoing a major remodel or want to freshen up your home, PaintRite Pros can help. We serve the entire area of Sacramento including Rocklin, Stockton, El Dorado County, Elk Grove, Roseville, and more!

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Can you paint over stucco walls?

Posted on: May 2nd, 2018

Stucco is a popular exterior texture for homes, but you aren’t stuck with the color forever. If you have purchased a new home and dislike the current color, you may be asking to yourself if it’s possible to paint. Or you may have been living in your home for a while and notice that the stucco is looking dingy. It is completely possible to paint over stucco walls. The rough texture of stucco can seem difficult to paint over, but the experienced crew at PaintRite Pros can easily refresh or completely change the color altogether.

What is stucco?

Can you Paint over Stucco WallsStucco is a hard and rough material made of sand, cement (or other aggregates), and water mixed together. This durable material is often used in dessert-style homes and is popular in the Sacramento area. While most of the time stucco is on the exterior of the home, it can be used on the interior as well. Painting the stucco on the inside or outside of your home can totally revive your house. The best part about working with professionals is the stress-free approach. You don’t have to worry about what kind of paint to use (we only use premium paints from ….), prepping the space (we’ll take care of cleaning and priming all surfaces), or fixing any small cracks in the stucco (we do that too!). PaintRite Pros takes care of all the logistics so you can focus on the fun part – picking your new paint color.

There are many different exteriors to homes, including stucco, wood siding, brick, and vinyl siding. The good news is that almost all exteriors can be painted! If you are looking for a professional crew to paint your stucco, call us today. We would be happy to give you a comprehensive quote that includes any prep work that needs to be done before painting can start. You’ll love the look of your freshly painted stucco!

If you live in the Sacramento or Las Vegas areas and you’re looking for a painting company for your stucco, contact us for a free estimate!

 

How long does it take for exterior paint to dry?

Posted on: April 18th, 2018

If you’re wondering how long it takes exterior paint to dry, you’ve come to the right place! PaintRite Pros has painted over 2000 houses in the Sacramento area; after years in the business and 100,000 gallons of paint used, we consider ourselves experts! Exterior and interior paint dries to the touch in a couple of hours. By the next day, you don’t have to worry about bumping into a wall and getting covered in wet paint. This is helpful because it allows you to get back to your normal routine – and appreciating your newly painted home – faster than ever!
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Time to Dry and Time to Cure

Although exterior paint dries in a few hours, it can take up to 30 days to fully cure. That’s why it’s important to consider the weather when painting a home. We monitor the weather carefully, and will only start a painting job when we know we can work on the project consecutive days until it’s complete, and the paint will have the time to dry and cure.

There are different types of paint, which have different drying and curing times. PaintRite Pros only uses premium water-based paints in California. These water-based paints dry faster than oil-based paints, meaning you don’t have to worry about rubbing paint against your clothing. The key factors in painting a house are high-quality paints, proper application, correct drying time. By using top-tier paints, we ensure that only the highest standard of materials are utilized, resulting in a beautiful paint job. In addition, our crew is experienced, meticulous, and trained to lay paint evenly and smoothly. Finally, we only paint in optimum conditions so that the paint has the proper time to dry. All of this hard work leads to a gorgeous new paint job on the outside of your house!

If you’d like to hire a professional to paint your house and you live in the Sacramento area, give us a call or contact us for a free estimate. We also offer services such as garage floor epoxy, cabinet painting, fence painting, and more! If you live in Idaho, we recommend Boise Home Painting if you need a painting company in the Boise area. In addition to serving the entire Sacramento area including Dixon, Arden-Arcade, Woodland, Vineyard, Davis, and more. If your or someone you know needs a Spanish speaker, we have multiple employees who speak it fluently!

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Best House Painter Sacramento

Posted on: November 15th, 2017

Best House Painter SacramentoLooking for the best house painter in the Sacramento area? PaintRite Pros is the only painting company you need to call. Our dedication to customer service and passion for an excellent paint job make us the right choice for your home. We offer interior and exterior painting, cabinet and detail work painting, and paint services for HOAs and other commercial properties. We handle everything from prepping the space for paint to final touch-ups to everything in between. This includes: repairing dry rot, fixing loose boards and nails, cleaning the walls, detailed work on cabinets and crown moldings, and pressure washing exteriors (for homes built after 1978) as necessary. Whatever your painting needs, we are the experts who can help.

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If you’ve checked out our reviews, then you know that PaintRite Pros is the best house painter in Sacramento. When you call our office, we will schedule an appointment to come to your house for a free estimate. While some companies offer estimates based on pictures, we like to see the project first-hand so we can give a thorough quote for the scope of work needed. Our crews are professional and experienced; we often can complete an interior or exterior paint job within a few days. All of the clean-up will be handled by our employees, so you don’t have to worry about dust, stray paint, or leftover tools. When we are finished, all that’s left is a stellar paint job.

We work vigorously to be the best house painter business in Sacramento County. Our painting company has been locally endorsed by The Dave Ramsey Show and we continue to get rave reviews from our customers. We consider it a privilege to serve so many people in the area, including homeowners in Elk Grove, Sacramento, Rocklin, Roseville, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova. PaintRite Pros looks forward to working with you.

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