5 Bathroom Painting Gross Errors To Avoid in St. Louis, MO

When it comes to painting the various rooms of your homes, you may think that you pretty much have it made when you get to your bathroom and have a look around and think about how small the room is (or can be, generally speaking) and therefore how simple the task of painting such a room would be.

Going into this kind of painting project with this attitude, however, might be one of the biggest mistakes that you could make — but today we are actually going to be discussing a number of other mistakes that people make when they come around to painting their bathroom that frequently turn up and can have a significant negative impact on the painting project.

With that being the case, let’s look at five bathroom painting gross errors to avoid in St. Louis, MO.

1. Using The Wrong Kind Of Paint

If you’re looking to paint your bathroom and you don’t think about the kind of paint that you’re going to use because not just any paint will be suitable for your bathroom.

You should be well aware of course that you can’t use paint that is meant for the exterior of your home, but did you know that even interior paint is not going to be guaranteed to be the right sort of paint?

Indeed, you have to be sure that you are using paint that is protective against moisture as it were, in that it will be better suited to the kind of moisture that is often found in a bathroom — and will lead to less mold and mildew being found ultimately.

2. Not Searching For Mold

Speaking of mold, you are going to have to have a good search for mold and mildew before you start the process of painting your bathroom.

It’s entirely possible that you could think that this will not be necessary since you’re going to be painting the bathroom and the paint should take care of things, right?

No indeed, this is not at all the case — removing the mold beforehand is going to be necessary so that you don’t see the mold and mildew soon after you have finished painting.

3. Not Considering Other Colors In The Room

When you’re painting your bathroom, it’s going to be important to think about the other colors that are in the room when choosing the color of the paint that you are going to be applying to the walls.

If you choose a color or colors for your bathroom walls and don’t think about how they are going to look when compared to the other colors in the room, you may be disappointed to find that the walls don’t look nearly as nice as they did when you were just looking at the color or colors as paint swatches in the paint store.

4. Not Protecting The Floor

Any time you are painting a room’s walls, you are running the risk of having paint drip down on the floor.

If you are careful with it and you protect the floor with drop cloths, you will find that the paint that drips down goes onto said drop cloths – which can be quite large and heavy and take the paint very nicely.

If you skip the drop cloths you are likely going to be spending a lot of time trying to get the paint off of the floor – not a good position in which you can find yourself.

5. Skipping Primer

When you’re looking to paint your bathroom, you have to think about how to best ensure that the paint you apply will stay on the surface being painted for as long of a time as possible.

One such thing that will help get the paint to adhere to the surface is going to be primer – it makes for a smoother surface (meaning it will be easier to paint) and the paint will ultimately stick to it longer.

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