Painting services in Sydney
House and commercial painting in Sydney
Interior, exterior, wall, driveway and commercial painting for homes and businesses across greater Sydney. Every surface is washed, filled, sanded and primed before a topcoat goes near it.
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Painting work
Six painting services, and what each one is for
Interior painting
Walls, ceilings, doors and trims, one room or the whole house. Holes filled and cracks patched before the first coat goes on.
See interior paintingExterior painting
Weatherboard, render, brick and fibre cement, plus fascias, soffits, window frames, decks and fences.
See exterior paintingRepainting
An existing finish brought back. Flaking and chalking dealt with, the old colour sealed, then recoated.
See repaintingWall painting
A wall surface on its own. Nail holes filled, cracks patched, uneven areas sanded and primed, then low VOC paint.
See wall paintingCommercial painting
Offices, retail, warehouses and industrial sites, with anti graffiti and durable floor coatings where the site needs them.
See commercial paintingDriveway painting
A coating for concrete or asphalt that takes UV, oil and tyre marks, instead of replacing the slab.
See driveway paintingPreparation is most of a paint job
Before anything
Wash the surface
Paint sticks to a clean surface and to nothing else. Outside that means lifting dirt, chalk, mould and salt, then letting it dry right through. Inside, kitchens and bathrooms get a sugar soap wash, because cooking grease and soap film reject a topcoat.
Then
Sand back and feather the edges
Gloss and enamel are sanded so the new coat has something to key into. Where old paint has flaked, the broken edge is sanded until you cannot feel the step with your hand.
Next
Fill and patch
Nail holes, dents, cracks and chipped corners are filled, left to dry, then sanded flush. Wider cracks are cut open first so the filler has something to hold instead of sitting in a hairline.
Then
Caulk the gaps
The joins between skirting, architrave and wall take a bead of flexible sealant. It is the difference between a room that looks painted and a room that looks finished.
Before any colour
Seal and prime
Bare plaster, fresh filler, raw timber and any water stain get a sealer or a primer. Without it the porous patches drink the topcoat and dry to a different sheen, so the wall ends up patchy in raking light.
First coat
Cut in, then roll
Edges, corners and trim lines are cut in with a brush, then the field is rolled into the wet edge so the two blend. Cutting in is slow, and it is the part you see from the doorway.
Interior, exterior and commercial painting
Same trade, three different weeks. What changes is the preparation, the product and what sets the timing.
Plasterboard walls, set cornice, ceilings, doors, skirting, architraves and window reveals. The week is set by when the rooms can be cleared, not by the weather, so an interior job can run straight through a wet fortnight without losing a day.
Preparation. Sugar soap through kitchens, bathrooms and laundries first, because cooking grease and soap film will reject a topcoat. Nail holes, dents and cracks are filled and sanded flush, gloss and enamel are sanded to a key, the joins at skirting and architrave take a bead of flexible sealant, and bare plaster, fresh filler and any water stain get spot primed.
Finish. Low sheen acrylic on walls, because it throws back little light and hides the small waves every plastered wall has. Flatter again on ceilings, where a sheen catches every roller mark. Semi gloss on skirting, architraves, doors and wet area walls, where it takes knocks and cleaning. Gloss only on trim that has been prepared for it, and only where the shine is wanted.
What ruins it. Painting over filler nobody sealed. The patch drinks the topcoat, dries to a different sheen, and shows up in raking light for the life of the wall.
Local conditions
What a Sydney property adds to the job
Closer to the water
Near the coast the preparation decides how long an exterior coat lasts, more than the product does. What that means wall by wall is set out on the exterior painting page.
Summer heat and humidity
Heat and humidity change the order of a day rather than the price of it. Inside, coats need longer between them in humid weather; outside, the sun decides which wall gets painted when.
The weather window
A wet run of days stops an outside job and never stops an inside one. Where a quote covers both, that is usually what decides which half happens first.
Terraces and semis
A shared wall, a narrow side path and no room to swing a ladder change how the job is staged. Access gets worked out before the quote, not on the morning.
Strata blocks
Common property, an agreed colour scheme and access to balconies usually need the committee to sign off, and the lift or loading bay has to be booked.
Working to somebody else's date
An end of lease repaint or a pre sale refresh runs to a calendar you did not set. Tell us the date and the scope gets built backwards from it.
What painting work looks like
Work that sits either side of a paint job
Three jobs booked alongside painting more often than not, each one its own trade.
Before the exterior coat
The wash comes first
- A separate trade, booked before a coat or on its own
- Shows up the timber and render that needs repair
- Needs drying time before priming
Instead of a coating
Sealing, where the concrete is worth keeping
- Keeps water, oil and stains out of the slab
- Deepens the existing colour rather than covering it
- Suits driveways, patios, paths and floors
Where the ground falls away
Grip on a sloped drive
- Texture worked into the coat, not a mat laid on top
- For sloped drives, pool surrounds and entrances
- Goes over new or existing concrete
Questions people ask before booking a painter
The ones that come up before a painting job is booked.
Get your painting quote
Tell us roughly how many rooms or how much wall, whether it is inside, outside or both, and whether ceilings and trim are included. That is enough to quote from.