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Planning on giving your home a colour revamp? Plascon has provided us with some handy tips to make sure you get the best results from your project.
Getting started:
1. All unpainted surfaces must always be primed.
2. Prior to painting your walls a new colour, it is important to paint a white base-coat beforehand, especially when your original colour is yellow.
3. It is essential to paint a white background on your painted or raw plaster wall when painting up colour samples for the true colour. It is highly recommended that a Primer or Undercoat be used (depending on whether it’s a new or painted wall). Having painted your colour samples you have selected, allow the colour to settle for at least two to three days and view the colours at different times in the day.
4. All lighting (including natural sunlight, artificial light and shadow) affects the colour of your paint.
5. A “tint” is when you add white to a colour and a “shade” is when you add black.
6. Stir paint with a flat-surfaced paddle to mix it properly.
7. Sand in a circular motion to provide the most adhesive surface possible.
