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Painting a shed is a perfect way to breathe new life into your garden or backyard. A freshly painted shed not only enhances the aesthetic appeal of your outdoor space but also provides essential protection to the wood that extends the life of your shed. Here, you must know how to paint a shed, from preparation to choosing the right paint and techniques for achieving a perfect finish.
Do You Need to Prime a Shed Before Painting?
With a paint spray or a paintbrush, you need to coat exterior primer to the entire shed. This makes sure that your paint sticks to the surface of the shed. So, to mention it, it adds another layer of durability and protection against harsh weather. Let the primer dry up completely before moving on to the next step.
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What is the Best Colour to Painting a Shed?
If you want to blend in with your landscaping and the yard, choosing neutral colours like shades of white, brown, and grey is best. If you like nature-inspired colours, try out the hues green, yellow, and orange. If you love a traditional feel that matches your shed's colour to your home's colours, that might be better.
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How to Paint Your Shed:
Give It a Good Clean
If your shed is brand new, then luckily for you, you can skip this stage. If you are one of the many with a shed that has stood the test of time, you must grab your cleaning gear.
So use a diluted general-purpose cleaner and a hard wire brush to give your shed a good scrubbing that makes sure to remove any excess debris, cobwebs, mud, mould or anything else attached to your shed over the years.
Make It Watertight
You won't want to spend time painting the outside of your shed or if it will be ruined by water. Use a wood filler to fill any cracks, holes, and gaps and ensure your shed can withstand even the wettest British summer.
Smooth Down the Surfaces.
If you are painting an old shed, you must stand it to remove old and flaky paint. Wrap some sandpaper around the block and start sanding toward the woodgrain to ensure you cover every bit of your shed and remove all the old paint.
Treat the Wood
Treating your shed is essential if you want it to last a long time; the treatments will help to keep it wood healthy and can last up to five years. This is the crucial step if you plan on spending a lot of time in your shed, working, and drinking.
Paint Your Shed
If you have opted not to use a coloured treatment and the fancy with a different colour, now is your chance to get painting with us. A pump sprayer is definitely the quickest way to finish the job that can give you better accuracy.
Essential Tools for Painting a Shed:
Brushes, Rollers and Sprayers
Equip yourself with various painting tools to suit the different surfaces and the areas of your shed. High-quality brushes ensure precision for corners and details, while rollers expedite coverage on larger surfaces. So, consider a paint sprayer an efficient and even application that saves time and effort.
Protective Gear for the Painter
Prioritise safely by investing in the necessary protective gear. A durable pair of gloves shields your hands from the paints and chemicals, safety goggles that protect your eyes, and a respirator that minimises inhalation of fumes. Wearing appropriate clothing also safeguards against accidental spills and splatters.
Ideas for Painting a Shed
Dark
Dark colours are all the rage as they give a beautifully modern and nontraditional look to any interior or exterior surface. We love black shades such as blue black and graphite black as they compliment absolutely any decor, which means anyone can use them.
Get Creative
Why not get creative with your paints and do something out of the ordinary, like some ombre effect? You can create this by pricing two complimentary colours and adding some salt that adds more of the dark shade as you go until you create a smooth gradient of colours that will blow people away.
Green
Nothing says natural like green. You may not want your shed to jump out and make a statement that any shades of green match your garden. Green shades connect tranquillity and nature, creating a serene outdoor space that perfectly blends your planting scheme with outdoor furniture.
White
You can never go wrong with white, whether you use it inside or outside. It is clean and timeless, although it is often not used as people think it will fade quickly or look dirty. If you are willing to clean it now and again, using good quality shed paint will prevent the white from fading and leaving it looking beautiful for years.
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How to Repaint a Shed Quickly
Remove any exterior electric fixtures and tapes to protect all the exposed wires. Be sure to turn off the main power first and I had two lod lights on the sides of the shed that needed to be replaced. Both of them didnt work anymore and anyway.
Remove any old hardware, in this case it was the remnants of any old broken lock with various screws and a random piece of metal attached to the pool equipment enclosure.
Clean the entire structure with a pressure washer and let it dry, the weather plays a important role and was doing this in the middle of the summer and had to only wait for a few hours for everything to be dry.
Tape off any parts of the shed, you dont want to paint, that includes windows, lights , hardware or trim.
Conclusion
Painting a shed is a rewarding DIY project that will significantly improve your outdoor structure's look and longevity. Follow the proper preparation and steps, choose the right paint, and apply the correct techniques to achieve a professional and durable finish. Protecting your shed from the elements or simply enhancing your garden aesthetics, painting a shed is a project worth undertaking.
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