Professional House Painter

[PostmanPat]

Right now have quite a big job renovating the paintwork on the outside of my ( fairly new!) house. When they build here, the finish at first looks perfect, but the speed the paint peels off on the outside tells me that they must water the paint down significantly to go further, but of course it doesnt last.

Can anyone recommend a good proper professional painter to redo large parts of the outside of my house? Am happy to pay proper professional price for a proper professional job! Any recommendations gratefully welcomed, thanks a lot !

[kaptainrob]

We were fortunate to happen upon Chiang Mai's most professional crew. Khun Neung is not only a good english speaker but runs a tight ship with quietly spoken professional workers. They are currently finishing a major Govt. contract on Suthep road. We have 4 days work for them after Songkran but happy to pass on contact details via PM.

Neung will only use quality paints and guarantees his work.

[JLT]

Kaptain Rob,

I'd be grateful if you could PM me the details too.

Thanks,

JL-T

[neilrob]

I can strongly recommend Khun Song. I have known him for years and I have seen several examples of the work he has done. He speaks good English. He recently did an excellent job on my house. I will PM info to Postman and to JLT

[worgeordie]

I find its best just to get a quote for the labour only,and supply

your own paint,as you can make sure you buy a good quality

paint, and the painters are less likely to water down the paint,

so as to increase their profits.

regards worgeordie

[jeffandgop]

I've sent to you Kaptain Rob a PM asking for K. Neung contact details....and if neilrob can send me K. Song's contact details I'd appreciate that.

As to the comment supplying your own paint to the painter prevents watering down the paint that was not my case I suspect. My house is new and was completed 6 months ago and we had the Home Pro paint specialist survey my structure and made the recommendations of how much paint I needed to prime one coat & paint two coats. Still I had to back to Home Pro again and again to buy more paint and there is much flaking and peeling that I am currently fixing. I suspect my painter diverted my paint for his personal use & added too much water to cover the theft.

[worgeordie]

Hi Jeff,bit confused, first you say that supplying the paint oneself to prevent

the watering down,did not happen in your case, then at the end you say you suspect

the painter did water the paint too much and took the excess,so you had to buy more

paint.?

If i supplied the painters 6 buckets of paint,I would mark the buckets,and expect to have

6 empty marked buckets,or 5 empty and one full if they only used 5,paint is not cheap

best not give anyone the opportunity to help themselves.

regards Worgeordie

[Greenside]

I have some small areas of external paint wearing badly after only a year despite being the right spec and high quality. Also, the paint was exactly as supplied by me and not over diluted or misapplied in any way that I could see and one area has peeled again after being scraped, sanded and repainted about 6 months after the original job was completed. I'm wondering if there is some other factor involved.

While I'm sure that some painters left to their own devices will use the cheapest possible materials, I doubt that many actually steal the paint supplied by the customer and substitute their own as long as the customer or his representative is on site. The effort needed to go and find cheap paint of the right colour and conceal the fraud coupled with the loss of face if discovered seems like it would be too much for all but the most determined cowboy.

[worgeordie]

I have some small areas of external paint wearing badly after only a year despite being the right spec and high quality. Also, the paint was exactly as supplied by me and not over diluted or misapplied in any way that I could see and one area has peeled again after being scraped, sanded and repainted about 6 months after the original job was completed. I'm wondering if there is some other factor involved.

While I'm sure that some painters left to their own devices will use the cheapest possible materials, I doubt that many actually steal the paint supplied by the customer and substitute their own as long as the customer or his representative is on site. The effort needed to go and find cheap paint of the right colour and conceal the fraud coupled with the loss of face if discovered seems like it would be too much for all but the most determined cowboy.

When the paint peels from the wall ,its most likely due to alkali from the cement or damp,but this would

mostly happen on fairly new builds, you can buy a waterproofing paint by TOA,that could be better

than just primer,for the peeling patches.

If you get a quote for labour and paint make sure ,you specify the paint you want them to use,thats

a must and you also need to be on site as much as possible,as if you just leave it up to the painters

corners could be cut,

regards Worgeordie

[Dante99]

I have some small areas of external paint wearing badly after only a year despite being the right spec and high quality. Also, the paint was exactly as supplied by me and not over diluted or misapplied in any way that I could see and one area has peeled again after being scraped, sanded and repainted about 6 months after the original job was completed. I'm wondering if there is some other factor involved.

Concrete wall or wood surface? Or other?

Wood of some types is tricky and difficult to get paint to adhere well. Some I have had only held paint after weathering for a year or so, then preping, priming and painting.

If concrete, a small water leak might cause it, are there pipes in the wall where the bad spots are?

[eyecatcher]

I have some small areas of external paint wearing badly after only a year despite being the right spec and high quality. Also, the paint was exactly as supplied by me and not over diluted or misapplied in any way that I could see and one area has peeled again after being scraped, sanded and repainted about 6 months after the original job was completed. I'm wondering if there is some other factor involved.

While I'm sure that some painters left to their own devices will use the cheapest possible materials, I doubt that many actually steal the paint supplied by the customer and substitute their own as long as the customer or his representative is on site. The effort needed to go and find cheap paint of the right colour and conceal the fraud coupled with the loss of face if discovered seems like it would be too much for all but the most determined cowboy.

When the paint peels from the wall ,its most likely due to alkali from the cement or damp,but this would

mostly happen on fairly new builds, you can buy a waterproofing paint by TOA,that could be better

than just primer,for the peeling patches.

If you get a quote for labour and paint make sure ,you specify the paint you want them to use,thats

a must and you also need to be on site as much as possible,as if you just leave it up to the painters

corners could be cut,

regards Worgeordie

Thats the reason the paint doesnt stay on. They want to get the paint rolled on two days after rendering. There is so much moisture in the render the painter traps it in.

Exactly the reason you shoukdnt do your internal decorating for 12 month.

The sun then draws the moisture out and has no alternative than to break the paint film into a flakey mess.

Should be leaving ext painting a good month in this weather or find a microporous paint one designed for external use.

[northernjohn]

Not properly preparing the surface is a big reason for paint to flake.

Makes no difference how good your paint is if the surface is not properly

prepared you will have problems.