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interior-wall-painting

When you are doing interior-wall-painting on raw, new dry wall, the wall board needs to be prepared first with an undercoat of primer paint. It is a polymer base coat that seals the wallboard surface and primes it for painting.



Once the primer has been applied, then you can use a water-base paint of either enamel or polymer paint.

Enamel paint has to be cleaned up with a solvent, where polymer paint can be cleaned with water.

Most paint types can be purchased in either semi-gloss, gloss, or flat type paint. You will make your decision as to which type paint you use depending upon your likes or dislikes, the area you are painting, and the abuse the area will get.

As an example, a bathroom would likely be painted in gloss or semi-gloss because of the water area and likely water spills. If you have children there will be clean-up of who knows what, that may get on the walls. Flat paint does not clean up as easily, and will absorb the dirt or water more, and is not as good a choice for a water area. A special wallboard has to be used in water areas. SEE bathroom wallboard for more information on this.
Also SEE wallboard for the Shower.

Often a new home will be painted in flat paint everywhere, because it is cheaper and if the home is a spec home, the builder doesn't know what the buyer's preference is. Consequently, the flat, usually all white home appears.





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