By repainting the walls, you will radically change the wholethe atmosphere of the room. To help you avoid mistakes in choosing colors and paints, we turned to a specialist and compiled the most useful tips. Deciding to repaint the walls in the room, many are faced with the problem of choosing paints and materials. Today we will reveal to you all the professional secrets that will help you avoid mistakes and remain satisfied with the chosen color and the paints themselves. 1. How to test the paint Have you already chosen or, on the contrary, cannot decide in any way? In any case, if possible, it is better to test the paint first. Usually, they suggest testing on a small section of the wall, but here there are some nuances. The editors turned to the most experienced paint specialists in Russia, and this is what we learned ... Aleksey Eliseev, Manders English paint stores: - Paint is most often bought at the last moment, and the main mistakes arise already at the first painting. The color must be looked at on the object. Not in a store, not on the street, but on site. However, if you are going to “try on” a shade after finishing putty for painting, then you are in vain trying to do it. In this situation, even a probe will not help you. Color perception will be distorted. The finishing putty is a boiling white color. And whatever color you try against this background, it will be perceived by you distorted. For example, if you try milky white on boiling white, the latter will seem dull and dirty to you, although in fact it is just gorgeous. And then the question arises: why should we look at color in the interior if it distorts our perception? For several years of working with paints, in close cooperation with English specialists, we have developed a clear scheme: you have to go to the object with paintwork before finishing the walls. For example, when the walls are not prepared for painting and concrete is visible. But here, too, there are some peculiarities. Since concrete itself is dark, you may even want, from a purely psychological point of view, to see the paint on the concrete darker than the concrete itself. Therefore, we believe that the ideal option is to take a meter-long piece of drywall, paint it in the desired shade and move from room to room with it. This will help you understand how color works in different lighting and environments. manders.ru 
2.Color scheme Feel free to experiment. You don't have to paint the walls in "standard" colors. If you want to live in an apartment with gray, pale pink or milky walls - everything is in your hands! Fear not, they add depth to the room. A room without natural light is ideal for light shades. 
3.The choice is yours You can leave the walls matte or, conversely, give them a shine. Remember, shiny surfaces are durable and easier to clean. But unlike matte ones, they emphasize all the flaws of the walls. Matte finishes are much more susceptible to damage. Alexey Eliseev, Manders English paint shops: - In my practice there was a curious case. One woman took four colors for her apartment ten years ago. They were all close to cream. And we save all the color formulas that the clients choose, that is, we put the sheets with embellishments in an envelope and put them in the archive. And we have it very large - there are over 100,000 colors of our clients. After a while, the client returned with a request to show her an envelope with adornments for her apartment. It was provided to her, and the next day she returned with assurances that none of the colors in the envelope matched. In the evening after work, I came to her and saw that where she wanted to update the color, the tone is much darker. And the paint itself does not darken. It doesn't work that way. And then I figured out what to do. There was a picture on the wall, and I decided to take it off. Beneath the painting was the same original color that matched the markings in the envelope. At that moment, the client solved the riddle, saying: "My son constantly smokes here with his companies - he has tarred everything." So keep in mind, the tobacco smoke settles on the walls and changes color, making it both darker and darker. manders.ru 
4.Do not be afraid of change A bright color seemed like the perfect solution for your apartment, but after painting it turned out that this is not at all the case? No problem. Unlike other wall coating options, paint is not the most expensive. Don't be afraid to start over and repaint the walls. If you do not want to completely abandon the original color, paint only one wall with it or make a small bright accent. Alexey Eliseev, English paint shops Manders: - Painting the walls is actually a very convenient type of decor. After all, you can change the color of the walls, if not every season, then every year for sure. And your interior will look completely different. In this case, it is not at all necessary to repaint all the walls. You can highlight one wall in each room with a different color and, for example, change the color of the hall. manders.ru 
five.Calculate everything It may turn out that in the process of work there is not enough paint or, conversely, extra cans remain. To prevent this from happening, before going to the store, you must know exactly what the footage of the room and the height of the ceilings are and how many layers of paint you plan to apply. If the walls are primed - one layer may be enough, if not - most likely it will be necessary to paint over the walls twice. However, if the store in which you choose paints is really good, then the specialists will make the calculation of the paint themselves. Our opinion: - An interesting fact: English paints are more "covering" than ordinary ones. On average, their consumption is 30% less than that of conventional paints. 
6.To prime or not A primer is the base for paint, it strengthens and levels the surface. First, by priming the walls, you will significantly reduce paint consumption. Secondly, it will protect the walls from mold and mildew. Our opinion: - The editors recommend choosing a primer of the same brand as the paint. It's like the recommendation of cosmetologists - to take day and night cream of the same brand, so that the active substances do not come into conflict with each other, but, on the contrary, support each other and enhance their beneficial properties. 
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