How to paint a wooden house

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Examples of painting wooden houses

The options for painting a wooden house are different in terms of dye. But the painting itself is almost the same. There are some points on the structure of the application of the dye. But the principle remains one.

Today we will tell you how professional painting of wooden houses is done and everything connected with it. In the video in this article, you can see the progress of this work and will be offered full instructions on the rules that are worth following.

Withering of the tree, for any reason

The first thing we will try to understand is why houses made of wood are so prone to destruction. There are several reasons for this. All life in this world is changing, aging, dying. The same thing happens with trees, because these are living organisms living their own lives.

And only a person can change this process, or for the better, or for the worse. After all, caring for our appearance, we try to become younger, more beautiful, and caring for a tree makes it stronger, healthier and more durable, saving it from diseases and all kinds of bugs and insects that harm the tree.

So:

• Structural wood is also affected by natural factors such as rain, snow, solar radiation.. At a humid temperature, the tree is saturated with moisture and expands in its structure, and when there is heat in the street, the reverse process occurs. All these cataclysms cause the wood to crack, cracks appear, and this is an excellent shelter for all kinds of insects, especially pests.
• Also, during rain or snow, moisture gets into the gap, which causes mold to appear. It comes in several varieties. For example, blue mold and fungal mold, the most harmless, they will not destroy, but only distort the appearance of the house. But the fungus is rotten in earnest a formidable enemy for the tree, because it begins to develop inside, and it is practically impossible to detect it in the initial stage, and when you see it, it will not be a tree, but a trash.
• Unnecessary neighbors you will be bugs bark beetles, they may not make themselves felt for several years, just sleep off, and as soon as a favorable situation appears, they wake up. Then even the most malicious neighbor will not envy you, this is a big disaster for wood and, accordingly, for home.
• There is another reason for the aging of the house, it is atmospheric, depending on in what area the house is built, in the wetter - it has more chances for aging than houses located in the southern part, drier, as well as in the purged area, or for houses protected by the forest from winds and bad weather.

Attention: As you have already noticed, there are a lot of reasons for aging and damage to the tree, but if it is properly looked after, covering the surface with high-quality paint, then you can save the situation.

Proper painting at home

The cost of painting a wooden house will be quite small. But if you do it yourself, then the whole price will come down to the cost of materials. This is not such a difficult job, you just have to follow a certain sequence and use high-quality material.

Attention: When painting any plane at the beginning, its preparation is done. Moreover, it is important for both the old and the new surface. Be sure to prime it, this will strengthen the bonding of materials and extend the life of the coating.

Preparation for painting

But naturally it is impossible to paint at once.It is necessary to pre-prepare the surface for painting.

As you already know, this is a living and breathing organism that needs a certain approach. And if you properly prepare the surface for painting, then this will provide an opportunity to significantly increase the vitality and youth of the wooden base.

So:

• In order to clean the wood of dirt and dust, we take an ordinary sprayer, wet the surface, and then with a not very rough brush we clean it of dust and dirt.
• If in some places you find mold, then thoroughly clean the surface and cover with a special primer (see Antifungal primer - purpose and characteristics of the material) against mold, knots falling on the surface, clean or cut to smooth the surface, and then cover these places with a special varnish.
• Clean all rusts or other metal products from the surface with rust and cover with a special metal cleaner.

Having completed all these procedures, cover the room with foil and let it stand for two or three weeks, be sure to leave open places for ventilation, and in warm sunny weather you can open it completely so that the tree dries. Before painting, the tree should stand, rest and dry.

If the house is not dry, it is advisable to dry it first, and then cover it with an antiseptic, but if you can’t dry it completely, you can cover it in this form, and then wait for the opportunity when you can completely dry it.

What is better to use for painting a wooden house

First of all, paint is selected for painting a wooden house. After all, it not only gives an appearance, but also serves as a protection against environmental influences.

We select a dye

Here we have several options:

Which paint is best for painting a wooden house is up to you, depending on the region of residence. Painting a wooden house will cost significantly less if you do all the work yourself.

But after a certain amount of time, any paint must be changed, it will either change its color or begin to peel off. There is nothing eternal. So what is the service life of our paints?

• The average life of the paint is approximately five years, but depending on the quality and choice of paint, it can be three or ten years. For example, antiseptics have an average life of up to 7 years, oil paints up to 6 years, acrylate most durable - up to ten years.
• But, as you know, everything in this world is relative, because when you repaint a house or repair damaged areas, you can determine for yourself the condition of the house, the color of the paint and its quality. After all, if the paint has lost its original color or began to peel off, then we need to think about repair.

Attention: How much paint is needed to paint a wooden house will determine the number of layers. Everything will depend on you here.

The first painting of the house

Before starting the painting, preparatory work is done, the initial stage of all work is the primer.

We paint a new house

So:

• The first layer is applied primer, which will give your home the strength of durability. You can’t do without antiseptics, this is the basis of your paint and its durability. Of course, you can skip this stage, but very quickly you will regret it, in a year, a maximum of two your painting will become worthless.
• The first rule - the surface must be completely dry, and paint must be applied to it at least two three layers. After each application, it must be allowed to dry, and then only apply the next layer.
• Apply the paint evenly and preferably with a brush, periodically mixing. For a brighter and at the same time saturated color, you can use a dye for acrylate paints, then the house will turn out to be very smooth and beautiful. You can not paint under the scorching sun, as the paint dries very quickly, which can affect the quality of work. This is best done in warm, calm weather.
• Paint on wood is applied only in the longitudinal direction. The most vulnerable places where rain and moisture fall most quickly are the end parts, they must be handled more carefully. Such places are treated several times only with an antiseptic to cover all holes and places of possible moisture penetration, and then three more times with paint so that there is not a single gap or gap when painting.

Re-painting or painting a house

If you notice that the paint is starting to lose color, peeling has appeared in some places, or even notice mold, then this is a signal to you that you need to urgently change the paint and protect your home from destruction.

We are preparing the tree for painting

• The first thing to do before repainting is to clean all the damaged areas from old paint (see How to remove old paint from wood without problems), get rid of mold and other shortcomings, cover them with protective primers, and only then proceed directly to painting.
• Now you can experiment a little, choose an interesting color, choose a better paint. But maybe you just decide to tint the worn out places affected by the weather.

Attention: But the most important thing is to use exactly the type of paint with which the house was painted. If it was acrylate paint, then only it should be repainted, and if it was oil, then only oil.

• But you may not know what it is painted on, because your parents could paint or you bought it in this form. Then try to determine the type of paint yourself, if it is acrylate, then when removed it will look like thin skin, oil is coarser, crackes across and can hurt your hand if it is removed incorrectly or it will crumble if rubbed.
• Having determined what paint the house was painted, you can begin to update or repaint it, while always using the same type of paint. But if you still decided to change the paint and paint acrylate instead of oil, then you will have to work hard and completely clean the house of old paint. To do this, take an iron brush and strip the wood to the ground. Only then coat it with a primer, and then thoroughly repaint the house.
• If you do not change the type of paint, then you still need to do some preparatory work. To clean the exfoliating paint everywhere, to cover these places with an antiseptic, to wash the house with a hose and let it dry thoroughly. And only then paint it in a new color, painting the pre-treated spots, and only then give the main tone.

Caution: When repainting, it is advisable to very carefully remove all unnecessary paint, cleaning the surface should be complete. After all, the quality of the new painting will directly depend on the preliminary preparation.

There are a lot of ways to get rid of old paint:

• You can remove it with an iron brush, you can use a scraper for more thorough processing. Now there are chemical methods for removing paint, they are faster and the surface after using them becomes more even and beautiful.
• There is an option to use any method convenient for you, it all depends on the time you can spend on it and the result you need. You can, of course, polish the surface, everything will depend on your abilities and imagination. And then proceed to painting. The work must be performed in the sequence that was described earlier. Then your house will be the most beautiful, young and unique.

Note: Painting the wooden pediment of the house is done with the same dyes and in the same sequence. The combination of colors when painting a wooden house in this case is best done in one color, but in different colors.

The cost of painting 1 sq m of a wooden house is generally cheap, but in general, this is a large amount. And to do this work, it is better to purchase a spray gun.

Then the application layer will be uniform and without smudges. So look at the photo and make your choice.