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Need a NJ Painting Contractor?
Should You Hire
a NJ Painting Contractor Or
Should You Just Do It Yourself?
"Why hire a professional NJ painting contractor when I can do it myself? After all, I've seen it done on TV and it looked easy!"
 Sure, home improvement TV shows are fun to watch!
The problem, however, starts when homeowners forget that all those shows are designed for entertainment and inspiration only, and not to teach you how to paint.
The primary purpose of paint is to beautify the house and even raise its value, but the truth is, it can do its job only in the hands of a professional painter, and quite the opposite happens when it gets in the hands of an amateur.
We shudder to think of all the disasters we had to correct as a result of a homeowner who underestimated the difficulty of the job and decided to do it himself.
Here are just a few that come to mind:
 - water based paint applied over oil based paint
(which always results in peeling and blistering)
- painting over bare wood
(such a job lasts only a couple of months at best)
- painting over stains and water leaks
(they reappear within days)
- not using special primer when applying dark colors
(even after 7 coats the paint job still looks blotchy and messy)
 - using the wrong type of caulk
(not all caulks can be painted over)
- not removing old failing paint properly
(the new paint falls off with the old one)
- ... and many, many more!
 But when homeowners then try to correct the problem, it gets even worse, because with each additional coat of paint the damage accumulates and eventually gets to the point where surfaces cannot be repaired and must be replaced.
It's impossible to do a long lasting, quality paint job without specialized tools and equipment, right materials and proper skills that come from years of experience. And most of the time, homeowners have none of those.
 So instead of saving some money by doing the job themselves, homeowners unknowingly damage their property and contribute to its aging and decreased value. And what's ironic is that they still end up hiring a professional NJ painting contractor, only this time they have to pay several times as much just to correct the condition they caused themselves.
Many people say they believe in the philosophy: "Do what you do best and leave the rest to professionals". We just wonder why, then, they act as if house painting is an exception to the rule...?
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