For people who want to do the painting of their house on their own, there is a need for research since painting a house is not like coloring a drawing book. There are things that need to be considered and it is not a walk in the park. This is not to discourage you to do it on your own but this is just a sort of warning for you to take it more seriously and do more research before you do it. We cannot deny it that if you hire professional residential painters, all your worries are going to fade away because they are ones who are very knowledgeable and skillful in this area of specialization.  

Thus, if you plan to do it on your own with your bare hands and a few tools here and there, you need to make it look like a pro did it. Our article is about making it look like it was painted by a professional so stay tuned and read all the things that we are going to list because they are all very helpful to you plus it will make your home more beautiful after your painting session.  

The first thing that you should consider is to your painting sessions during dry months because if you are going to paint on the rainy days, there will be leaks and water dripping down your newly painted wall and the paint will dry for a longer span of time and it is very inefficient.  

So, if you are going to paint your walls then choose a very dry weather so that you can make sure that your paint is going to dry all the way before you apply the next coat of paint. In the world today where technology is already very advanced, you could research the weather for the next weeks so that you could foresee what is going to happen on the next weeks and assess if it is suitable for painting or not.   

In choosing the best nap for the painting, you as the painter, you should tell the store where you are going to buy your naps from about the texture of the surface that you are planning to get because the thickness of the nap should be adjusted as to the texture of the surface, for example, you are going to need a thicker piece of nap when the surface has bumps so that you could reach into the cleavage and paint them fairly together so that you will have a fair paint coverage by the end of the painting sessions.  

Do not forget to give out information to the sales representative so that he or she can give you the right thickness that is appropriate for that certain surface. The last tip that we are going to give you is about how to avoid unwanted paints on the floor. If you do not want to include your floor in the painting or if you cannot stand the look of spilled paint on your floor then you should put old clothing items or sheets on the floor and avoid plastic in this matter because plastic is slippery and it could accidents in the long run so it is better to be safe than sorry.