| Of all the painting jobs you might have to do at | | | | the risk of actually scratching the glass itself. Not |
| home painting the exterior trim of your home can | | | | something you want. |
| be one of the tougher jobs. Because you're | | | | When you're painting the exterior of your house |
| generally painting small and fiddly surfaces it's | | | | then you really need to take weather conditions |
| going to take more preparation and a lot more | | | | into account. If it's rained in the last few days |
| time overall. Painting the trim of your house | | | | then you'll need to wait 2 - 3 days for the walls |
| properly can really be the finishing touch to an | | | | to have dried out properly. It doesn't even need |
| exterior painting project well done. Of course if | | | | to be wet for problems to happen - dampness is |
| you mess up it can make your home look pretty | | | | enough to cause chaos when you're painting |
| crappy so prep, prep, prep! | | | | outside. |
| You'll need to mask off the area around the trim | | | | You'll also need to pay attention to the |
| if you're painting the trim first - just to stop | | | | temperature outside before you start painting. If |
| splashes of paint. The same is true if you're | | | | it's too hot then the paint can bubble and blister. If |
| painting your walls first - you'll need to mask off | | | | it's too cold the paint can actually wrinkle. In |
| the trim areas to make sure they don't get | | | | general cold weather means that it's going to take |
| splatters of paint that you'll have remove or sand | | | | longer for your paint to dry too. Take all this into |
| away later. Save yourself work now by preparing | | | | account before you start and check the weather |
| properly. | | | | forecast for the next 72 hours just to be sure. |
| Windows are going to be one of your biggest | | | | So even though you want to get started painting |
| headaches because they're usually so difficult to | | | | straight away painting the outside of your home |
| mask. Even though it's time consuming to mask | | | | is pretty different to the way you paint inside. It's |
| panes of glass off properly you're still going to be | | | | worth taking the time to prepare properly though |
| better off doing this than spending hours later on | | | | - the final result will be worth it. |
| carefully scraping off specks of paint. Plus you run | | | | |