I recently had a chance to be in a meeting with some of the owners of a building site in Houston. We were talking about the many new construction homes we are seeing on the market, and the types of paint that are available for sale.
So we were discussing what kinds of paint we could use on the house, and the owner of the site was telling us to choose water-based paint. “Water-based paint is the new thing,” he said. “People aren’t using water-based paint anymore. They’re using a lot of polyurethanes.
Water-based paint is basically nothing more than white paint with a thin, water-soluble coat of polyurethane. The paint is used for all kinds of exterior and interior purposes. But because water-based paints are so thin and water-soluble, they are easy and quick to apply and can work with just about any surface.
The problem with water-based paint, or anything water-based is that it is prone to flaking, chipping, and cracking, which then gives it a dull finish. That all sounds kind of gross, but you really don’t want to get the finish off your surface. And I hate to be the guy who says this, but there is no way to make your paint last longer.
Yes, you can. You can make it last longer by investing in a water-based paint stripper. The good thing about this is that it doesn’t apply it to your whole surface at once, so it can still be reapplied after the whole process is complete.
As a self-respecting painter myself, I understand the difficulty in painting my surface. It’s as if I have a limited supply of paint and I can only apply it in the exact place where I want to apply it. It only takes a few minutes to paint over a smaller area, but it takes hours to completely cover your entire surface, and that’s just painting over paint.
I think the reason for this is that we are in a world where every surface is a color, a surface of many colors. The more colors we can apply, the cheaper we can afford to paint. Which means, we would only need to paint over a smaller area, and this time-looping process would be more efficient.
This is a good point. We often see surfaces with many colors, but it’s usually a very small area. If we ever paint a larger area, we will need to use more time. The painting process in our example is very straight forward. The first step is to choose a color. I would say that this is a must. Once we have chosen a color, we can begin to paint over a smaller area.
Another good point is that we can only use one color at a time. If we want to use a different color, we will need to start over. You can see a diagram of the process here.
This is another thing that can help us determine the size of our area to paint. If we paint the entire living room, we will need to paint several walls, the ceiling, and the baseboards. We may need to paint the baseboards, too.
