Painting a house is no easy endeavor, but the job can be made easier if you use the proper house painting tools. Selecting what color to paint is the easiest step in the house painting process. However, without the proper house painting tools to assist you, the job will become more difficult. The three most common house painting tools used today is paintbrush, paint roller and airless sprayer. It really depends on the paint job needed to determine what type of house painting tools to utilize.
Paintbrushes are the most common type of tool in the market. There are two types of paintbrushes, natural bristle brushes (made from animal hair) and synthetic bristle brushes (usually made of nylon). Natural bristle brushes were once considered the best paintbrushes to use, but the quality of synthetic brushes has improved dramatically in recent years and is now considered just as good as the natural ones. However, it is important to know that you cannot use the natural brushes on water based latex paints due to the fact that water causes the bristles to go limp. Paintbrushes come in many different sizes, the most common being the 6 inch and 4 inch wall brushes and the 2 inch trim brush. Another house painting tool that is popular is the foam brush, made from foam urethane and with sponge like heads. Other sizes of paintbrushes are available for that special trim or hard to reach corner. Read the rest of this entry »
