Painting Maintenance Advantages

6/18/2018

Protect Your Investment With Painting Maintenance

Painting maintenance is the act of keeping your painting or painted surfaces in good condition. Due to exposure to the elements and the human factor like touching and scarring, painting can start to lose its shine and aesthetics properties. To protect the painting from total damage, painting maintenance is essential. Both the interior and exterior painting needs to be maintained to prevent early damage and restore their allure.

Just like washing your car and covering up light scratches with suitable paint to prevent defacing of the car; also there is a need to maintain the paint finishes on your structure. Painting maintenance can serve both preventive and restoration purposes. It is believed that a well-maintained paint job span can be extended by at least six years.

Painting maintenance is very crucial to the durability and perfect state of the painting and painted structure. As a result, it should be a part of the maintenance routine of any home or commercial building. Here are the advantages of painting maintenance.

1. Property Maintenance
As part of the processes of maintaining your property either a commercial or residential building, painting maintenance can be a short-term and long-term procedure to protect the painting from fading and chalking. “A stitch in time saves nine.” Leaving the damaged part of the painted surface unattended could cause the entire painting to be damaged. Painting maintenance helps to restore the painting before it fails altogether.

2. Aesthetics
Painting makes a building or facility beautiful. So, painting maintenance helps to make a building or facility retain its aesthetics. Areas that are fading or chalking can be treated and retouched to restore their aesthetics. Such areas may require just one coat of paint to restore them and look beautiful again.

3. Cost Savings
Allowing the painting on a building or facility to deteriorate completely can also expose the building or facility to further damage, especially corrosion. The financial implication of restoring or repairing the property to a functional state and re-painting is enormous when compared to the cost of maintaining the paint on such facility or building.

4. Protection of the Painted Structure
Besides aesthetics, painting is also used to protect a structure or facility. Being exposed to the elements all the time, the integrity of the wall may be affected, but when it is painted, the painting will serve as a protection for the structure. So, maintaining the painting is equivalent to protecting the painted surface, and the surface can last longer.

Protect Your Investment With Painting Maintenance

10 Comments

Power Washing link

7/6/2018 10:29:20 pm

Great read. Even power washing every 12-18 months can give your finishes years of extra life.

Taylor Hicken link

12/14/2020 12:27:05 am

You made a good point when you shared that painting maintenance is great to retain the aesthetic of a building. My mother just mentioned the other day that she is planning to repaint the exterior of our house to give it a new look since the old paint has faded for quite some time. I will advise her to hire a reliable service to help do that for her.

Commercial Painting link

12/16/2020 04:50:05 am

Yes, even in the commercial painting realm the painting maintenance aspect saves time, money and headaches.

Adam Golightly link

4/2/2021 05:47:45 pm

My brother has been thinking about painting the exterior of his home because he would really like the area to look nicer. He would really like to get it painted by a professional in order to be more effective. It was interesting to learn about how it can make the area look a lot better because they can get rid of fading, and chalking areas.

Kristofer Van Wagner link

6/11/2021 03:14:01 pm

You made an excellent point that when looking to have our home repainted, it is important for us to consider the cos as well as the maintenance. It makes sense as in doing so, we will be able to determine the budget and funds allocation. I will definitely plan with my wife since we are looking to have our home repainted for a makeover.

Joanne Hummel link

8/18/2022 01:00:41 am

This is really an informative article and it is really beneficial for many people, keep up the good work.

Victoria Addington link

10/26/2022 11:39:52 am

Thank you for explaining that painting makes a building or facility attractive. My friend wants to paint their old home. I should advise him to hire an expert in residential painting to achieve his desired look.

Braden Bills link

10/27/2022 09:04:49 am

I'm planning on remodeling my home, but I want to make sure that my home stays in good condition. I didn't know that there were paint maintenance steps that I could take to ensure that it ends up being durable. It would be a good idea for me to work with a professional to maintain things for me.

Iris Smith link

11/7/2022 10:55:39 pm

I'm grateful that you mentioned that the sections that are chalking or fading can be restored to restore their attractiveness. My grandmother claimed that her home's exterior painting has faded. I'll track down an exterior commercial painting contractor to improve the appearance of my grandmother's home.

Iris Smith link

11/23/2022 03:20:01 am

Thank you for expressing that painting maintenance helps a structure or facility retain its attractiveness. My sister just opened a bar. She observes that the wall's paint has cracks in it. I'll advise her to hire a professional painter to keep her bar looking nice.