Painting services in Sydney

House and commercial painting in Sydney

Our painters cover interior, exterior, wall, driveway and commercial work for homes and businesses across the greater Sydney area.

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Preparation 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.

Inside and outside are two different jobs

Same trade, different products, different preparation and a different kind of week.

Feature	InteriorRooms, ceilings and trim	ExteriorEverything the weather touches
Surfaces	Plasterboard, cornice, timber trim and doors	Render, brick, weatherboard, fibre cement and fascia
Preparation	Sugar soap, fill, sand, caulk, spot prime	Wash, scrape, treat mould, sand, prime the bare areas
Usual paint	Low sheen acrylic on walls, enamel on trim	Exterior grade acrylic over a masonry or timber primer
What sets the timing	When the rooms can be cleared	The weather window, the temperature and the humidity
Access	Furniture to the middle, floors covered, doors off where needed	Ladders, planks or scaffold, and clear ground to stand on
What ruins it	Painting over filler that was never sealed	Painting a damp wall, or painting in full afternoon sun

Coats and coverage

2

coats over a sealed undercoat

One coat over a strong colour does not cover it, it tints it. A deep red or a navy reads as a pink or a grey haze through a single coat of white, and it keeps reading that way in raking light. The undercoat blocks the old colour, and the two topcoats build the even film that gives a finish its depth.

Which finish belongs where

The default for interior walls. It throws back little light, so it hides the small waves and patched spots every plastered wall has, and it takes a wipe without polishing up a shiny patch. A ceiling usually goes flatter again, because it shows every roller mark a sheen would catch.

Work that sits either side of a paint job

Three jobs booked with painting more often than not, each one its own trade.

A painter working on a rendered apartment exterior from a lift.

Before the exterior coat

The wash comes first

An exterior surface carries dirt, chalked old paint, mould and, closer to the coast, salt. Paint laid over any of that bonds to the grime and not to the wall, and it lets go in sheets a couple of summers later.

Lifts chalk, mould, salt and grime
Shows up the timber and render that needs repair
Needs drying time before priming

Pressure cleaning

A sealer being spread across a concrete surface.

Instead of a coating

Sealing, where the concrete is worth keeping

A driveway that is sound and already the colour you want does not need paint. A sealer soaks in, keeps water and oil out of the surface and deepens the colour that is there. Paint is the answer when the slab is stained, patched, or a colour you cannot live with.

Keeps water, oil and stains out of the slab
Deepens the existing colour rather than covering it
Suits driveways, patios, paths and floors

Concrete sealing

A concrete driveway running up to a house.

Where the ground falls away

Grip on a sloped drive

Sydney blocks slope, and a smooth coating on a steep drive is slippery the moment it rains. A slip resistant finish carries texture in the coat itself so it keeps its grip wet, which is why it also goes on pool surrounds and entrances.

Texture worked into the coat, not a mat laid on top
For sloped drives, pool surrounds and entrances
Goes over new or existing concrete

Slip-resistant finish

How your painting project gets done

1

Request a quote

Send us the job details through the quote form and our team will review the scope and come back to you.

2

Surface preparation

Every surface is cleaned, sanded and primed before a single drop of paint is applied, so the finish bonds properly and lasts.

3

Paint application

Our painters lay down clean, even coats on walls, trims, ceilings or driveways, using paint suited to the surface.

4

Final inspection

Once the job is finished we walk through the work with you, so every edge, corner and surface is checked before we pack up.

Local conditions

What a Sydney property adds to the job

Salt air closer to the coast
Salt settles on render and timber and works its way under a coating. Those exteriors want a thorough wash and an exterior grade acrylic that stays flexible.
Summer heat and humidity
Paint that dries too fast in direct sun leaves lap marks and a weak film, so the work follows the shade around the house and the western wall waits for the afternoon.
The weather window
An exterior coat needs a dry surface and a dry night after it. A wet week moves an exterior job, and there is no way around that which does not cost you the finish.
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.