Tips for choosing paint sheens for your remodel
When you remodel your home or parts of your home you will look at different wall treatments that you may want to use. Paint is a very good choice. Painting can be very easy and you can make different details with paint. It is most cost efficient then wallpaper. There are many different types of paint that you will need to look at and decide what color you want. You will also need to choose a paint sheen.
The sheen of any paint is the shine or gloss it will have on your walls. Here are the different types of paint sheens to choose from and some tips of where to use them that may help you choose.
- Flat paint has no shine at all and seems to have a chalky appearance when painted onto your walls. The most common uses for flat paint are your ceilings or walls. The advantage of flat paint is that it helps hide the appearance of flaws that you may have on the walls or ceilings. Such as drywall tape lines, dips and bulges. Ceilings are where flaws can be easily noticed. Flat paint is not very washable and tends to trap dirt. If you use flat paint on your ceilings then this would not be a problem. Scrubbing flat paint can give it a slight sheen. This can make it stand out from surrounding areas. Flat paint is the easiest to touch-up though because there is no sheen to highlight the new paint.
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