Question from Angelique
The exterior of our house badly needs painting. We live in Arizona. This is the “open window” time of year. Summer is the “everything offgasses fast in the heat and keep your windows closed” time of year. I was thinking that summer would be a good time to paint because everything would dry very fast and the sun would really bake everything, but then I wonder what kinds of problems I might have with paint fumes getting inside the house and getting trapped there. Also, I’ll be going away for a week in June. I don’t know if it’s better for the painting to happen when I’m gone, or if I should be here to supervise. (They don’t just have to use my products, but also they have to use brand-new equipment for our jobs.) I haven’t started researching paints yet. Any ideas would be welcome!
Debra’s Answer
Must be time to start painting, because I got this question from two people this week!
I’ve had mixed experiences painting the exterior of my house. Logic tells us that because the paint is outdoors, it would smell less than when painting indoors. But that is NOT true.
I once painted the exterior of my house with a natural paint that had strong natural odors and I had to leave my house for three days.
So in response to your question, my suggestion would be to
As for paints, readers, what exterior paints have you used and liked?
