These examples of our work help demonstrate how we as professional painters use various gloss levels to achieve a particular effect and to enhance certain features (and hide others….).
Gloss levels in high light levels
In these two pictures the deck balustrades and, importantly, the top rail, were painted with a semi-gloss paint while the roof beams were painted with a matt finish paint.
The semi-gloss paint on the top rail was selected in order to reflect the sunlight up into the roof in order to provide a bright cheery outdoor feel.
The top rail is planed timber and was carefully sanded several times to remove any surface defects as a semi-gloss paint is unforgiving and will make any scratches stand out – especially in bright sunlight.
We avoided using a full gloss paint as this was a north facing wall and the mid-day sun reflecting off a full gloss would have been too dazzling.
The matt paint on the roof beams was selected as these are ‘run-of-the-mill’ construction grade timbers and the surfaces are rough-sawn - typical of the period. The matt paint finish helps to hide the rough surfaces as, by definition, matt paint doesn’t reflect the light.
Gloss levels in low light areas In this next example the existing paintwork was all the same cream colour - which was slightly boring and did little to enhance any of the character or design features of this old villa’s verandah.
This particular porch was south facing so we were able to use a full gloss on the top rail to reflect what limited sunlight reached it, up on to the soffits where we used a semi gloss paint to provide a warm glow in the soffit recesses.
This effect can be seen more clearly in the picture (below).
We then used a matt finish paint on the deck ‘ceiling’ as this was a large area and using a matt finish means it remains easy on the eye even in bright sunshine.
We used three coats of Resene Lustacryl ‘Alabaster’ semi gloss paint for balustrades and top rails and two coats Resene Lumbersider ‘Double Alabaster’ low sheen paint for the roof beams on the deck project with the addition of Resene Enamacryl gloss for the top rail in the villa porch.
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Experience counts in a professional painting job for your home. Graham Willers at Thames House Painting, who will recommend the right gloss levels for paint on your home, to bring out its best features. We prepare the surface with immense care and paint professionally with top quality Resene paints.
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