​Prepare Your Home Before Painting

Have you decided to seek the assistance of a painter to get the house painted? Then it is the high time to start preparing your house for it. This will assist you to get the job done within a short period of time and make the life easy for your painter. Here is a list of important tips that you can keep in mind in order to prepare your home before painting.
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1. Protect The Furniture
​You may have expensive furniture inside your house. Once the Jacksonville Painters confirm the job, you would need to take necessary measures to protect the furniture. If you remove, you will be able to avoid ruining the expensive furniture you own. On the other hand, most professional painters will take measures to protect it.
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2. Protect The Floor
​If you have a hardwood or carpet floors, you or the professional painter will need to provide protection to it as well. Placing few newspapers under the roller is not enough to provide enhanced protection to the floor. You need to think about placing professional drop clothes as a painting company would. Even though it is possible for you to purchase plastic sheets at a lower price tag, you should keep in mind that they could get punctured easily. Therefore, drop clothes can be considered the best towards protecting the home.

3. Remove Wall Hangings
Sometimes you would think that you will not have to remove wall hangings because you are going to hang them again after painting job is finished. But it is a good idea to remove them before the painting job. If not, the painters will have to, or cut in around the paintings, which take much more time than removing. Therefore, spending few minutes to remove all the wall hangings will assist you to save a considerable amount of headache.

4. Clean The Walls That Need To Be Painted
​ Before painting the walls with the help of Avondale Painting Contractor, you will have to clean them properly. This will assist you to get a smooth as well as a professional looking result. If you don’t clean the walls, dark smudges can show through paint. This can create a negative impact on the overall look and consistency of the wall.
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5. Remove Switch Plates / Outlet Covers
Some painting services would not tend to cut in around switch plates and outlet covers that you have got in home. Therefore, you will need to remove them before the painting job. You should also be careful not to paint the switches or sockets separately as it can make them look unprofessional. You can simply use childproof plastic covers in order to protect all the wall sockets that you have at home. You should also remove the light fixtures that you have at home as well. 
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