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Painting Winter

Winter is the Time for Interior Painting

With winter rapidly approaching, many tend to put home remodeling projects on hold.  The assumption is that because we spend more time indoors, then pursuing household projects becomes conjested and subsequently more difficult.  Contrary to this notion, however, is the fact that winter is an ideal time to paint your home's interior.

 

In invisioning interior painting, most people conjure-up the sense of a poorly-ventillated odor and the need to open all windows within the home.  With the emergence of "Low" and "No VOC" paints, however, much of the obnoxious odor can be limited. 

 

Furthermore, paint tends to dry more quickly with the windows closed, the home's heat on, and proper circulation.  One of the reasons paint takes time to dry is because of high humidity.  Yet winter tends to bring much arid home environments, thus aiding in the drying process. Painting your home's interior, then, can easily be accomplished in the winter time.

 

There's also the added benefit of brightening your home's interior in the midst of the shortest days of the year.  Choosing a lighter color for an interior room can dramatically refresh the visual appeal of the room.  Soft colors reflect light back into the interior—a much needed process in winter.  By painting your home's interior, you radically transform the space which can alter your thoughts and drive away any winter blues.

 

Adding decorative paint elements to your home's interior is also a wonderful idea to do in winter because it adds much needed aesthetics during a time where you're more likely to notice the detail.  During the winter months, we become much more insular and detail-oriented in terms of our personal space.  Take advantage of this natural instinct and consider what interior painting projects you can pursue that will add some spice to your home's style.

 

Best of all, by having your home's interior painted during the winter, you free up time and money to pursue other household projects in the spring.  Additionally, when warm weather returns, you can pop open your windows and enjoy the outdoors with your newly painted interiors.

 

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I want to paint my Kawasaki Ninja. How do i prepare the plastic body for painting?

I have a purple ninja 500. I have some downtime during the winter and i want to paint my bike black, and have a simple yellow design on the tank. I have the basics on painting the tank. But I have no idea how to prep the plastic body.

Like Jancie said, Krylon makes a spray paint called Fusion that is just for painting plastics. It guarantees it will bond to all types of plastic and fiberglass. It is sold in all Walmart, Kmart, home improvement centers etc. About $3.50/can and comes in a good variety of basic colors. I just painted my Suzuki with it and it looks great but a word of advice. Make sure you paint in atleast 73 degrees weather or higher other wise the paint will cloud up making your paint job look like a flat black instead of glossy and shinny. Oh yeah no clear needed with Krylon. The more coats the shinyer it gets. I just did mine a week ago and im actually liking it.

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