Typical cost in Austin
Austin Limewash Painting hand-brushes lime onto the inside walls and ceilings of Austin condos, townhomes and houses, whether that means a single wall or a whole floor. It dries to a matte mineral surface with soft tonal movement, which holds up well in rooms full of strong window light, where a flat paint color looks the same from every angle.
Indoors, the heat does not limit the schedule, so rooms can be done in any month. Drywall and painted walls take the primer system the chosen product names before two or more coats. Interior work covers Austin and West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Sunset Valley, Bee Cave, Pflugerville and Round Rock.
Limewash bonds by soaking into porous mineral surfaces, so it will not grip drywall paper or latex paint on its own. New drywall usually takes a drywall primer and then the product’s mineral or bonding coat; sound painted walls often need only the bonding coat. A primer tinted toward the finish color keeps any thin spot from showing white.
Before priming, walls are cleaned of dust and kitchen grease, nail pops and dents are filled, and glossy paint is dulled. Peeling paint is scraped back to a firm edge, since a coating that lets go takes the limewash with it. Masonry-only limewash ranges are not used on drywall; a lime paint made for interiors goes there instead.
One light coat over a tinted primer, uneven on purpose, for an airy, worn look.
Two or three coats with the stroke direction changing each time. Up close it looks cloudy; from across the room it reads as calm color.
Clay, ochre and olive dry much lighter than they look wet, so deep shades take more coats and more sampling than pale ones.
Tell us which rooms or walls, whether they are drywall, plaster or masonry, any ceiling or tall stair wall, and whether it is a house, townhome or condo, plus the address. We'll get back to you soon with an estimate or any questions we have. Estimates are free and there's no obligation.