How to Fix Peeling and Cracking Paint
Throughout Atlanta, GreenWave Solutions paints many old homes that have peeling and cracking paint. For the purposes of this article, peeling and cracking are different. Usually, peeling is caused by paint being applied either incorrectly or on an incorrectly prepared substrate. We are not address this situation today.
We are going to discuss paint that is cracking due to age and multiple coats of paint. I am referring to the houses around Inman park and Decatur that were built in the 1950’s. The paint is alligatoring and when you look at the chips, you can literally count all of the layers of paint.
When painting Atlanta homes in this condition, two problems arise:
1) Stopping the cracking from continuing after you have finished painting.
2) Getting the siding of the home to look smooth despite the differences in thickness.
Here is how GreenWave Solutions’ Atlanta Painters fix these problems and restore these homes to like new condition.
1) We put drop cloths on the ground in order to keep the paint chips from polluting the ground, water, lawn etc.
2) We pressure wash the house to knock off the loosest materials.
3) We get the entire crew on the house with scrapers and we scrape the entire exterior of the home. Atlanta Painting Pro Tip - The best way to fix cracking paint is to scrape off as much as possible. If you paint on top of bad paint, all the paint will come off.
4) Now it’s time to prime. We use XIM PeelBond. This product is amazing. It is a flexible, breathable product that is around 40% solid content. It can also be applied to about 20 mils without sagging and has superior adhesion. What this means is that this product can be applied very heavily and will level out well. We spray to medium coats on the uneven areas with this product. This does 2 things. The first is it seals all of the peeling paint and prevents future peeling. The second is that is minimizes the uneven appearance of where the paint has been scraped off, leaving a very smooth, even, and well-prepared substrate.
5) Now we spray on a coat of premium acrylic paint. The PeelBond is a universal primer. This means that it can be topcoated with any paint.
This is how GreenWave Solutions’ Atlanta Painters do it! We are the best at house painting in Roswell GA