Next comes the initial painting stage, the undercoat and high helps to cover over the original colour. A good quality undercoat is important especially when making such drastic colour changes to ensure no old colour shows through. To conclude this stage, we ‘touch up’ areas such as corners, edges and areas around pipes and windows.
The top coat is then applied. This can be one or two coats of the desired paint. For this particular job we used eggshell. This type of paint is excellent for this application because it provides a low shine surface that is durable and wipeable. Once the top coat is dry, the finishing touches can be applied to skirtings and window sills. This stage requires keen attention to detail and a neat brush stroke to obtain a perfect line. Applying solvent based gloss can be a difficult and messy task, so always wear gloves and keep some white spirit handy to wipe up drips or spills immediately. Ensure adequate ventilation as well as fumes can be overpowering. Try to keep your brush handle clean as this will help to avoid unnecessary clean up along the way.
To round off your painting job, always do a thorough clean and replace boards, tv’s blinds and wall clocks etc. This stage is really important so that the space is clean, safe and organised, ready for occupation by teachers and pupils.