Painting the Exterior - Part I

Shown here in 2003, it remained pink for another 8 years

Begin the paint project by restoring the front trim

Heat gun, sander, paint stripper and sweat equity

Kilz Primer!

The entire exterior paint project began with this lower wooden wall trim on the southeastern corner of the house. I uncovered many years and many layers as I laboriously removed the old paint. Below the circa-1995 Hunter Green was a circa-1983 pastel aqua-marine and further below were colors too difficult to determine.


I used the following methods:

• Heat gun and scraper
• Paint stripper and scraper & wire brush
• Oscillating sander
• Wood filler for the chasms

This is time consuming and labor intensive. In lieu of hiring a professional, I purchased a Grayco sprayer to make my life easier.  


More to come on this ....

The House Exterior

Yours truly painted this once Peach/Pink and Green home

This is the very first post.

Shown here is the exterior as of today 12/23/11. I painted it this year. Previously it was salmon with hunter green trim. Light fixtures, mail box and doorbell escutcheon were also added.

Colors: Benjamin Moore Englewood Cliffs and Sherwin Williams Slick Blue trim and      Sherwin Williams Stratford Blue door.

Stay tuned for the BEFORE and DURING photos