There are lots of times that you will need to update the look and the feel of your house. The house is something that you live in and over time it can start to lose some of the magic. The more you use the house and live in it the more worn out it will be. There are parts of the house that will need your attention and one of them are the walls in the house. The paint that you use on your walls is supposed to look good and be in a finish that you can wash them when they are dirty. The problem is that after washing them so many times and trying to keep them looking perfect always comes to an end. The paint is not made to last forever and that is why you need to know when to touch up the and when you need to repaint the room. Mckay’s Painting outlines what you need to know about touching up as opposed to repainting a room in your house.

Can You Touch Up Paint Chips

There are some problems that can occur to your homes interior paint that are okay to do a touch up for. One of the problems that you will start to see in your house is that the paint can and will chip. The chips are from a plethora of reasons that include moving furniture. The hard piece of furniture can hit the corner of a wall and that can lead to the paint being chipped of. The chips can exist anywhere on the wall but often are found on the corners and the edges. These chips are something that if they are not large can be touched up with paint. It is best to allow a professional to come out and do the touch up for you so that it will match the rest of the room.

Can You Paint Over Water Stains on Ceiling & Other Water Damage?

Another problem that you may come across as a homeowner is the potential for water damage. The water can damage a wall when there is a leak behind the wall. The leak can be a pipe that has been damaged or it can be a faucet that has be damaged and it could be a leak in the roof that has come down a wall. The water damage means that many times the drywall has to be removed and replaced. The problem is that the new patch can be quite large and these larger areas are not best to when touched up. The better option is to have these area painted along with the rest of the room.

Can You Paint Touch Up Marker on Walls?

If you have kids you know that they can end up adding some artwork to your walls. This might be a fresh marker drawing in your living room that can be hard to cover up. The great thing is that many of the materials that kids use to draw with can be cleaned off the wall and then touched up with some matching paint.

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McKay’s Painting can come out to determine if you need to have your walls touched up or repainted. Call us today!