Painting the exterior of your home is big decision: curb appeal is a key factor in re-selling a home, and even if you aren’t looking to sell, the color, quality, and style of your exterior house painting job says a lot about you. Your home is an extension of you, and just like with people, your home only gets one chance to make a first impression.

One of the first things that people will notice when they first see your home is the exterior paint color. Because of this, painting the exterior of your home is a big decision. For such an investment of time and resources, you want to be sure that you do everything to maximize value without compromising quality. You’ll make a lot of decisions to accomplish this: from the type of paint you use to the team you choose to do the job. There’s another important consideration: what time of the year to paint.

There are several considerations when choosing the best time of year to have your home painted. Looking strictly at ideal temperatures, it’s best to paint exterior walls on days that are between 60-85 degrees fahrenheit. In Turlock, Modesto, and most of the Central Valley, this means that you will find the most paint-friendly temperatures in the fall and the spring (based on their average high and low temperatures, October, November, February, March, April, and May will provide you with the most paintable days). Keep in mind, these are averages. In a mild December or a cooler-than-expected June, you may find plenty of days where the weather is amenable to exterior house painting. However, for long term planning, you may have better luck aiming to have big paint jobs completed in the fall or spring.

Also, rain, sun, and wind conditions make an impact, and not just for your painting contractor’s comfort. As long as the surface of the house is not visibly wet, your team can use latex paint 30 minutes after the rain passes. Oil paints require that you wait until the surface is entirely dry, but that may take less time than you think, so don’t let a brief storm cast too much of a cloud over your plans. Wind may cause the paint to dry faster than intended, meaning that it won’t bond and dry to the surface in the way that it should, but a good painting team will always know how to handle this.

Of course, you don’t need to be the one worrying about getting rained on, choosing which wall to paint when, and how to make sure that proper film formation is occurring. The most important decision you can make when you decide to paint the exterior of your home is hiring the professional painters at  Lancaster Painting . Once that decision is made, the rest of it is easy: kick back, relax, and watch your home transform. Rain or shine, Lancaster is here with all of your exterior siding and painting needs. Call today.