When Do You Need Sealer For Painting
Sealer or primer is primarily used when you are living in a new home (meaning you are the first owner), or when you have a wall that is prone to moisture, will you need sealer or primer for wall or ceiling painting services.
From our painting experiences, most of the Singapore homes will not really require sealer, but we do have some customers insisting on using sealant for their walls. Here are our advise when you need to use sealant:
1) New Homes or House. Why new homes or houses need to use sealer is because sealer will neutralise the alkali on the walls before painting.
2) Moist Walls or Ceilings. Have you ever had your walls paint and after few months later, there are stains on your newly painted walls or ceilings? It’s a common sight and we had this experience before. When this happens then you will need to use the sealant to prevent the moisture from attacking the new paint over again.
3) Old Homes or Houses. This is when the homes or houses are over 20 years old then use the sealer.
There are two types of sealer, oil based sealer and water based sealer. Click on the links to find out which is more suitable for you.
Here are our price list for using sealer in HDB homes:
3 Room HDB: $250 (water based), $300 (oil based)
4 Room HDB: $350 (water based), $400 (oil based)
5 Room HDB: $450 (water based), $500 (oil based)
If you need painting contractors to paint your house, contact us for a no-obligation quotation.
What’s Included When I Used Your Painting Services?
A few times, the customers inquire what are the things included when they use our painting services Singapore. So here are the list of things to note:
1) Paint. Depending on the type of paint you want, and we will purchase them. Usually we will bring Nippon and ICI paint brochures for you to choose from. Do note that labor only painting services is no longer available, as we mostly find it too difficult to quote a fair price.
2) Moving of Furniture. This service is FREE when using our painting services. Just for your info, there are others out there charging additional of $100 to $200 for moving the furniture.
3) Protecting of Furniture. This is a MUST for all painting services in Singapore, and it’s part of the deal. If you find that some bad painting contractors are actually charging you for the furniture protection, you better get rid of him or her fast. By the way, we use the plastic drop cloth to protect your furniture while painting. It cost around $1.20 to $1.50.
4) Painting of All Ceilings. All the ceilings in your house will be painted in Nippon Matex (white). This include the bathrooms and the kitchen as well (As both are usually tiled). If you need to use a better paint for the ceiling, there will be an additional charges.
5) Painting of All Walls. This is the basics of the painting services in Singapore. Unless owner do not need to paint a particular wall, we will not do according as request.
6) Painting Of Piles. This is usually FREE to the home owners. It’s usually done in HDB houses not in condo, as condos walls cover the piles.
7) House Keeping. Lastly, once complete, we will do a house keeping, cleaning mopping the floors of your house. Owners usually do not need to clean again, unless they want to.
Once the above 7 items are done, we will let the owners inspect the house, once owner is satisfied with our service, we will hand over the home back to owner. It is then that the owners will have to make payment on the agreed price for the painting services.
