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Monsoon downpours, blistering heat, punishing winds, the exterior paint on your house gets a real work out here in Sedona and Cottonwood Arizona.

Here are 5 steps to ensuring that your Sedona or Cottonwood house can stand up to whatever our northern Arizona weather can throw at it.

1) Buy Quality Proven Paint

The big box store, buy in bulk paint just doesn’t cut it. Not only is name brand paint a worthwhile investment but it should also be name brand paint that has proven that it can hold up to our extreme weather for several years.

2) Keep Your Residential Exterior Paint Clean

Power washing the exterior paint is something most folks forget all about. Dirt and dust that becomes trapped in the voids and cracks of your stucco can, when combined with moisture slowly eat away at your exterior paint finish. Power washing every couple of years can make a huge difference in how long your exterior paint finish hold up. By the way, be careful with high power washers. It’s not the high pressure but technique that yields the results.

3) Seal Any Cracks and Paint Promptly

A Stucco exterior is durable but only if you keep up the regular maintenance. Any cracks you discover should be filled, primer applied and then that area painted, if not, then rain moisture can seep in and attack your stucco and walls from the inside out.

4) Like Water Off a Duck’s Back

Your exterior paint should not just protect your house but it can be taken up a notch to literally shed the water right off! Brand name waterproofing paint additives make a night and day difference. Have you have ever treated your windshield and then watched in amazement when the rain turns into little spheres and rolls right off? Well, adding the proper water repellent additive to your residential exterior paint can have similar results. Remember, your house is at war with the elements so giving it every advantage makes sense, right?

5) Do Your Homework and Hire a Licensed and Insured Residential Exterior House Painting Company

If all of this this seems a bit overwhelming consider hiring a professional residential house painting company. Do your homework and make sure that they are licensed and insured and have a solid local reputation.

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Sooner or later our harsh Arizona weather will take its toll on the exterior paint of your home, leaving it faded and tired looking. Stucco is the exterior of choice here in Sedona and Cottonwood Arizona and although it is durable it still requires regular maintenance.

Take a close look at the exterior Stucco on your home and you will see myriads of voids, cracks and raised rough patches. Why is this important? Simply put, the surface area of your stucco is far greater than if your home was clad in smooth wood planking.

The rough nature of stucco also allows rain, snow and dust to settle into these crack and voids attacking and wearing down your homes exterior paint. If ignored, the moisture can penetrate the cement causing it to swell and crack leading to even greater problems. Depending on how your house is situated for sun exposure you can expect to need to renew your exterior house paint every five to seven years.

When you have concerns about your homes exterior paint be sure to have a licensed and insured house painting contractor assess the exterior paints condition. This is your home so before you choose a painting company confirm that they are licensed and insured, check with the state to make sure they are in good standing, visit their web site to see if they have testimonials from both home owners and local contractors.

Do they use high quality exterior paint proven to be durable in our climate?

Do they first spray and then manually back roll to force the paint down into the voids and cracks?

Do they carefully cover, tape and wrap not just the windows and doors but anything you have outside such as; patio furniture and how about your barbecue?

Your home is a major investment and no doubt you want it to reflect your pride of ownership therefore, carefully selecting your residential exterior house painters is time well spent!

Preparation is everything and although it takes time and effort the final results speak for themselves!