Hello all experienced sifus. I am new at this & would appreciate all your expert advise. I plan to my paint my small flat. My questions are

1. The house wall is grated & not the smooth type. If I were to paint the place (or touch up), should I apply paint over or clean the wall first with water & soap with sponge then wait for it to dry and paint over?

The wall is white & I plan to apply white paint with blue tint

2. Are there any tools that I can use to expedite the paint work other than the traditional roller?

Thank you.

Hi guys, the paint developer use to paint my house is Nippon Eco Matek. IS it advisable to repaint the whole house using better paint? Any paint recommened? Thanks.

Up to your budget.

And if you don't like the color.

What is the purpose you want to repaint a newly painted wall?

Hmm, I not sure if the paint can be easily clean or tahan. Because during the time I checking defect and use the masking tape to mark on the wall, when i try to remove the masking tape, some of the paint peel off also.

In term of durability, all internal emulsion paint is more or less the same. It is normal that masking tape can peel off the paint if leave it there after some time.
In term of easiness to clean, then you might want to look at those "easy clean paint" such as Nippon Easy Wash.

Thanks for your reply. But the masking tape was put like less than 5 minutes... is it normal?

Peel off to what extend? Can see the wall become patchy?

Hmm.. I not sure how to explain, this is the picture. I want to adjust the position i paste the masking tape and and when i remove it it become like this.

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Does anybody has the Matex color chart?

This seems a bit bad to me. Probably they have mixed cc powder to the paint they use.

You can find at hardware shop.

Ok thanks. Looks like is better for me to repaint now before i moving in.

You try to use hand to swipe the wall and see whether it is powdery? If yes, then confirm mix with cc powder already.

Is there any difference between ICI dulux and Nippon paint? My contractor say i can choose any one and the cost is similar. I have no idea which one to choose.

Same here. Would like to know as well.

Also asking the rest. Any specific recommended paint for white for painting? Would like to have my condo to be bright. and of course a few single colour painted wall as well.

Ici and Nippon they are about the same range. Let's worry not about the Paint for internally used. It is less problems compare to external use. If you preferred white, there are a wide range of white.

Thanks for the comment.
I have checked the Nippon website, they have so many types of paint for interior and exterior
Interior: VirusGuard, Odour~less AirCare, Vinilex EasyWash, ...
Exterior: Weatherbond Solareflect, Weatherbond Advance, Weatherbond Flex, ...

I think i will just choose the premium one will do? Since my contractor say i can choose any one.
Do you know which one is the premium for each Interior and Exterior category?
Does the type of paint also limit the color selection?
Thank you

All can consider premium. Colours and price not much difference. Only difference are the sheen and some property of each product. Previously had been discussed if your wall plastering works are good then you can choose more sheen product and Matt colours for poor wall plastering works. So this can make your walls less exposure of its poor workmanship. It is good to seek recommendation of contractors and sellers.

Exterior, I would recommend solarflect, but sealer are important as basecoat before applying finishing coats on exterior.

I only used odorless and easy wash. Easy wash have better hiding compare with odourless. It means I can save on quantity if you have tight budget.

Note: Avoid using grey colour.

Why avoid using grey colour?

Grey is not a stable colour for exterior.