Exterior Fading - AFT Painters: Painting Houses Into Homes
5/1/2009 7:01:55 PM
Exterior Fading/Poor Color Retention:
Fading/Poor Color retention is the premature and/or excessive lightening of the original exterior paint color, which often occurs on surfaces extensive sunlight exposure – usually southwest. Fading/poor color retention can also be a result of chalking (see Chalking blog - http://www.aftpainters.com/admin_blog.aspx?blog_id=48) of the coating’s film.
Potential Causes:
• Use of an interior grade of paint for an outdoor job.
• Use of lower quality paint, leading to rapid degradation (chalking) of the paint film.
• Use of a paint color that is particularly vulnerable to UV radiation (most notably certain bright reds, blues, and yellows).
• Tinting a white paint not intended for tinting, or over-tinting a light or medium paint base.
Solution:
A Finishing Touch Painters, LLC (www.aftpainters.com) suggests that when exterior fading or poor color retention is caused due to chalking, it is necessary to remove as much of the chalk as possible. When repainting, be sure to use quality exterior house paint in colors recommended for exterior use. Exterior paint is like many things we purchase…you pay for what you get!
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About the author:
A Finishing Touch Painters began as in interior and exterior residential painting company in the Southwest, West, and Northwest suburbs of Chicago, IL. Originally, the company focused on painting houses in the Naperville, Plainfield, Oswego, and Yorkville areas in the "South Region" and painting houses in Huntley, Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, and Crystal Lake in the "North Region." Over the years, A Finishing Touch Painters South Region expanded into painting homes in Bolingbrook, Aurora, Montgomery, Plano, and North Aurora. The North region expanded into painting homes in Elgin, Gilberts, Sleepy Hollow, Dundee, and West Dundee. Through their exceptional service, A Finishing Touch Painters has expanded again. A Finishing Touch Painters is now servicing most of the Chicagoland suburbs.
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