Painting Your Garden House: Instruction

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Ideas for painting garden sheds from the MissPompadour Painting Community

Preparation: How to choose the right colour for the garden shed

Our large colour scheme leaves no colour wish unfulfilled. If you need help deciding, our colour cards will certainly help you. For outdoor use, you should always choose varnishes, as they are more resistant and weatherproof than wall paints. A special weather protection paint is not necessary. Whether wood or metal, with our colours your garden house will become a jewel in your garden in no time.

Is your garden shed new or old?

Whether your garden shed is new or old makes almost no difference to the procedure. Nevertheless, we have a few tips for you in advance:

• If your garden shed is made of untreated wood, you should definitely use a primer.
  

• With older garden sheds that have already been painted, it is possible that the old varnish is coming off. If this is the case, it must be removed before repainting. Removing the old paint ensures that the new varnish adheres well to the substrate and thus forms a good protection against moisture.

What material is the garden shed made of?

No matter what material it is, painting is easy with our paints. Many of our paints are equally suitable for several materials. Whether the garden shed is made of metal, wood or plastic is especially important for the primer - you can find tips on this further down in the text.

We recommend our MissPompadour Eggshell Varnishes. With them you have a wide colour scheme with many modern and bright colour shades to choose from. The products are ecological, water-based, easy to clean and hard-wearing and are ideally suited for garden sheds made of wood, metal and plastic.

What should the surface of your garden shed look like?

The gloss level of our products ranges from matt and semi-gloss/eggshell to glossy. Depending on which product you choose, the surface will therefore appear matt or very glossy - depending on how the incident light is reflected by the painted surface. If the wood of your garden shed has a strong grain, this will still be visible after painting. For outdoor use, we recommend using semi-gloss varnishes, such as our MissPompadour Eggshell Varnish, as they are more resistant and easier to apply. You will be happy with the result. But of course, there are no limits to your wishes and you can also paint in matt or gloss.

Painting a garden shed properly: Instructions from MissPompadour

In the following steps, we will give you instructions on how to properly paint your wooden or metal garden shed:

Step 1: Rough cleaning of the summer house

Step 2: Preparing the garden shed

• Especially with wooden garden sheds that have already been painted, for example with a glaze, you should definitely sand the garden shed if the old paint is coming off. It is important to remove flaking paint - otherwise the new paint cannot adhere well and for long. You may need a sander for rough preparation. For removing the last varnish residue, the environmentally friendly and low-odour Painting the Past Remover is suitable, which you can also use for removing moss. The To Clean - MissPompadour Cleaner is also suitable for creating a grease-free and clean surface.
• Damage and unevenness should also be repaired in this step, sanded down or filled with a compound: You can easily conceal dents or holes with To Fill - MissPompadour Filler.
• Then clean the summer house thoroughly with clean water.
• Finally, we recommend that you also mask the window frames and other openings, as well as the area around the summer house, so that it is not damaged by paint.

Step 3: Primer

The primer is the first thin coat of paint and ensures that the colour bonds well with the material and therefore lasts longer on the surface

Our MissPompadour To Bond & Block primer is a great 2in1 product. Use it:

• For wood: the barrier layer prevents tannins in the wood from bleeding and leaving unsightly stains in the fresh paint
• On laminated doors and plastic veneer, it ensures a surface that is easy to paint. Apply a thick coat of primer and allow it to dry thoroughly.

Pro tip: You should apply the primer really thickly and with good coverage so that it can fulfil its potential as a barrier and primer perfectly. The primer must dry thoroughly before you continue working. This takes 3 to 8 hours, depending on the surface.

Step 4: Paint the summer house

Now the time has come to apply the layers of paint to the dry material. To achieve a perfect result, you need enough time. How many coats of paint you apply depends on the desired result. However, it should be at least two coats. With our products, you can paint as often as you like, without sanding in between. A few tips:

• Always paint from top to bottom to avoid so-called runners (paint drops).
• Use little paint on the brush, otherwise excess paint will also cause runners.
• Let each coat dry very well. Usually 4 to 5 hours are sufficient, but depending on the environmental conditions, it may take longer.
• The surfaces harden more and more with each day and have reached a very good stability after 10 to 14 days.

Professionaltip: If it is too wet, too cold, too warm or the sunlight is too high, the application of the paint can become more difficult and the paint may not hold well. You should therefore wait for a stable period of good weather in which the temperatures remain in the double-digit degree range (even overnight). In midsummer, be sure to set the alarm clock and start painting in the cooler morning hours.

Painting the garden house - Jeanette paints her COMPLETE garden house! (with paint from MissPompadour)

Garden shed in shabby chic or vintage look

There are no limits to your creativity when painting your summer house. It doesn't matter whether you want to paint your garden shed in classic grey and white, or conjure up a real highlight in your garden with bright colours. In addition to the ideas from our community, you can also browse through magazines or platforms for inspiration. In this way, the boring garden shed can quickly become a trendy shabby chic house, or painted in Scandinavian country house style to become an eye-catcher. With our different brands and collections, you have a huge colour scheme to choose from.

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions To Paint Garden Sheds

These are the accessories you need for painting the garden shed

• Brush, broom, wire brush: For rough cleaning before you start the actual work.

• Sandpaper or Sanding Pad : For all areas where old varnish has flaked off or for other superficial damage to the garden shed that should be sanded smooth before painting, you can use our To Sand - MissPompadour Sanding Pad.

• Cleaning cloth and bucket: To Clean - MissPompadour Cleaner can be used to thoroughly clean the garden shed, as the surfaces need to be free of dust and grease for your paint to last well.

• plastic drop cloth or newspaper: To protect the floor from paint splashes.

• Tape: To protect window frames or handles.

• Brush, paint roller or paint spray system: For large areas, our varnish roller is suitable for water-based varnishes and paint spray systems are also good for this.

• For precise painting, e. g. around window frames, our bevelled and environmentally friendly brush To Paint - MissPompadour brush are perfect. With a steady hand, you can even save on masking the surfaces.