When choosing to paint the house, it must have a beautiful color and enhance luck.

Today we open beautiful house paint shades that bring good luck and auspice as well as attract positive energy into the house making all members be in peace and happiness by referring to Feng Shui science, which is popular among Thai people of Chinese descent believing in balance in nature and paying attention to the various colors around us. The balance principle is divided into 5 elements, which are water, wood, fire, earth, and gold, along with the belief in colors according to Feng Shui principles.

Which color is auspicious for your element? First of all, you go to the website to check your zodiac year with different elements for accuracy according to the science of Chinese Feng Shui at

Home paint color shades for people in the water element

For those who belong to the water element that conveys movement and adaptation to the environment, most of them are creative people, who like trying new things, and can easily adapt to the environment.

The colors hitting you are cool colors, including black, blue, turquoise, and emerald green. When these colors, according to the principles of psychology, are used to paint the house, whether for the interior or exterior, they give a feeling of calm and relaxation and help make that room instantly look more luxurious.

Home paint color shades for people in the wood element

The wood element, according to Feng Shui, represents growth like branches that grow above in sunlight. People in the wood element have good human relations, are easy to get along with, and like to go out to various social events.

The color matching your element is green in every shade regardless of light green, dark green, and light brown. These colors help us relax and reduce stress. They look comfortable on the eyes and are very suitable for a bedroom and living room.

Home paint color shades for people in the fire element

According to the principles of Feng Shui, the fire element conveys a fiery energy and has the ability to spread throughout the area. Therefore, the characteristics of those who are in the fire element are they like to do things in a hurry and are greatly praised.

The colors suitable for this element arebright colors representing brilliance and assertiveness, which include red, pink, purple, and other bright colors. The advantage of bright colors is to make the room look grand and more spacious. At the same time, it also enhances the socializing atmosphere as well.

Home paint color shades for people in the earth element

Those who are in the earth element, according to the principles of Feng Shui, are calm, reliable and have leadership abilities.

The colors hitting people in the earth element are brown color shades and includes colors that are similar like orange, yellow, and cream. In addition, the psychological principles say that these colors help stimulate enthusiasm and energy to do various tasks very well.

Home paint color shades for people in the gold element

Let’s come to the gold element. The principle of Feng Shui conveys the meaning of the gold element that it is a strong element and has a hidden mystery. Those who belong to this element are rational people and have high justice.

The color shades indicating strength and good durability are gold, silver, white, bronze, and smoke gray. These colors also give the inhabitants a sense of luxury, power and wealth.

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In addition to the auspicious colors according to the Feng Shui principle, there are things that homeowners should know to make the house painting more efficient as follows:

Before choosing house paint colors, we must look at the surface of the material to be applied.

Whether it is cement, wood, or steel, because the surface of each material has different adhesion values. Most of the houses are made of 3 main materials.

• A concrete cement houseuses building paint, which is water-based acrylic paint.
• A wooden house ses wood paint, which can be divided into real wood and artificial wood. The paint used has both showing wood grain and closing wood grain (also known as solid wood grain)
• A steel partuses enamel paint for metal

Then, answer the question … Where do you want to paint the house? Inside or outside?

Cement house painting

Once you know that the house or building that needs to be painted is a cement house and then can answer that the area to be painted is inside or outside of the house, it allows us to choose the right type of house paint.

In general, the paint for cement houses can be broadly divided into 2 groups including

• Exterior house paint
• Interior house paint

Then, what about the house paint that can be applied both inside and outside?

The exterior house paint can be applied to the interior. This is the meaning of “paint both inside and outside”. However, the application of interior paint to the exterior is considered inappropriate and is not recommended because the house paint for the interior is not designed to withstand the sun, rain, and extreme weather conditions as much as the exterior paint.

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Wooden house painting

The wooden house paint can be divided into 2 demand characteristics, they are

• A demand to show wood grain:

  The wooden house painting can be made on both real wood and artificial wood, but it is mostly painted with a wood grain show style on real wood because of the beauty of that wood grain. It also helps protect the surface of the wood as well, such as TOA Wood Stain for wooden walls or TOA Polyurethane, which has both 2-part system and single part for varnishing wood floors, etc.

• A demand to close wood grain:

  The wood grain-closed painting is commonly used on artificial wood-plank wood, including real wood that the homeowner does not want to focus on showing the wood grain, for example, paint for wooden walls, SuperShield Timber Shield, TOA WoodShield, etc.

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Steel painting

Steel and various metals are regarded as part of the house, such as a house door, window sill, etc.

The paint used to apply to steel is broadly divided into 2 groups including

• Steel paint, also known as enamel paint

  An oil-based steel paint that must be diluted with thinner before painting. When applying, the gained color film looks beautifully glossy, helps protect the steel surface and can be cleaned easily. For homeowners who like other trends of steel paint colors, TOA also offers steel paint products with a matte and semi-gloss color film to choose from as well.

• Water-based steel paint

  It is the paint that uses water as a diluent. It has the properties of being easy to apply, and fast drying. It is generally used in large projects or buildings that need to pass the green building standard (Green Building). It is also durable.

The process of painting, the easy method that you can do it yourself

Paint a cement house

Step 1: Prepare the surface

New cement surface

• Leave the wall to dry for at least 1 month before painting the house
• If there are cracks, make repairs. Small cracks (width less than 1 millimeter and not breaking continuously) must be filled with TOA Acrylic Filler.The cracks that are wider than 1 millimeter or break continuously must be filled withTOA 302 Acrylic Sealant
• Clean to be free of dust, cement scraps, and grease stains

Old cement surface

• Scrub off the deteriorated original paint completely (do not use a wire brush).
• For areas with mold or moss, scrub and wash it with fungicide solutionTOA 113 MicrokillWash, clean, and leave to dry 1–2 days
• If there are cracks, make repairs. Small cracks (width less than 1 millimeter and not breaking continuously) must be filled with TOA Acrylic Filler. The cracks that are wider than 1 millimeter or break continuously must be filled with TOA 302 Acrylic Sealant
• For houses having problems with peeling and blistering, solve them by usingTOA Moisture Guard water-based moisture resistance solution

Step 2: Paint the primer

Choose a primer color suitable for the condition of the cement surface

• New cement surface uses a new alkali-resistant cement primer
• Old cement surface uses old cement primer
• Urgent work uses a multipurpose primer

In most cases, the primer is applied before painting the topcoat 1 time and then left to dry as specified on the package.

Step 3: Paint the topcoat

Choose to use a topcoat in the same model as the primer; for example, if you want to paint a new house and choose SuperShield Aikali Resisting Primer. You should use the topcoat SuperShield, which has both Semi-gloss, Sheen and Gloss to choose from.

Mostly the topcoats are applied approximately 2–3 times, leaving time as specified on the package between each coat.

Painting a wooden house with an opaque wood grain style

Step 1: Prepare the surface

New surface

• Use sandpaper to smooth the surface
• Clean all dust, paint powder, and grease stains

Old wooden surface that had been painted

• Use sandpaper to rub the original paint film to strengthen the adhesion. If the original film deteriorates, scrub down to the wood. In the case of mold or algae, wash it with water and apply a fungicide solution TOA 113 Microkill leave it dry before painting
• Clean all dust, paint, and grease stains

Step 2: Primer

• In the case of general wood or use of dark shades, paint it with TOA Universal Undercoat G-1600 1 time
• In the case of wood with gum or selection of light shades paint with TOA Aluminum Wood Primer1 time lightly (after painting, do not polish it) then paint over it with TOA Universal Undercoat G-1600 1 time

Step 3: Topcoat

• Paint it with SuperShield TimberShield, acrylic paint for wood 1–2 times

Paint a wooden house showing patterns

The wood stain painting system and wood stain paint showing patterns have a similar process and can be used with both new and old wood as follows:

Step 1

Polish new or old wood with TOA DSC, dry sandpaper (polyurethane)

• If you want to scrub roughly, use the dry sandpaper no. 100–150
• For fine polishing, choose to use the sandpaper no. 180–320

Step 2

• Prime with wood preservative TOA Wood Preservative Plus 1 time to prevent wood destruction by wood-eating insects

Step 3

Paint with TOA Wood Stain or TOA Decking Stain 2–3 times

• For the application of TOA Wood Stain, there are 3 types including gloss type semi-gloss type and matte type
• For wooden floor stain, TOA Decking Stain is a matte color film type

For the use of wood stain and wooden floor stain, dilute it with TOA Thinner no. 21

• TOA Wood Stain is diluted with TOA Thinner no. 21 in the volume of 10–20%
• TOA Decking Stain is diluted TOA Thinner no. 21 in the volume of 5–10%

TOA’s Tip

In the case of the desired color shade, after painting the wood stain or wooden floor stain 1–2 times, apply the wood stain or translucent wooden floor stain over the surface 1–2 times to complete 3 times.

Painting the steel parts of the house

Step 1: Surface Preparation

New steel surface

• Clean the surfaces to remove dust, powder, rust and grease stains

Old steel surface

• Scrub off the original paint that has begun to deteriorate
• Polish, finish, clean the surface

Step 2: Primer

• Paint TOA Red Oxide Primer or TOA Grey Primer 1–2 times. For glossy metal, aluminum, galvanized metal, or similar materials, paint TOA Wash Primer (G1168) 1 time before painting the rust-proof red primer or rust-proof grey primer

TOA’s Tip

TOA has primer products to stop rusting immediately, “TOA Rust Tech”, which is a 2-part epoxy steel primer. It can paint over the old rust and the surfaces which are not very clean. Moreover, this product is superbly resistant for coastal metals that are affected by the sea and sea steam.

Step 3: Topcoat

Paint the surface with the high-quality lacquer, TOA Glipton 2 times. Its paint film is available in both High-gloss type, Semi-gloss type and matte coating paint each are left to dry approximately 8–10 hours each time.

We hope this article gives you some ideas and methods for choosing home paints, including painting methods on many surfaces, whether it is cement or wood, for you to consult a specialist to best meet your needs and to make your dream home become true. You can see a variety of shades along with other articles at  https://toagroup.com/home-owner/

FAQ

Q: How can I choose a house paint?
A: You must look at the cement surface of the house primarily to prepare the surface for painting the primer before the topcoat. It consists of

• The new cement which is plastered completely and left for the cement walls dry for approximately 3–4 weeks (or about 1 month) and use a new cement primer to prevent alkali.
• The old cement which was painted before or is older than 3–4 weeks, including that having a chalk dust condition when rubbed by hand and leaving white dust on the hand. Use the old cement primer or multipurpose primer to apply as a primer first. When this is done, you can choose the topcoat as you like.

Q : How do I choose a color tone for my house?
A: In addition to choosing the color you like, the direction of sunlight and color temperature at different times are important. Click to read direction of sunlight and color temperature at different times

Q : What are the auspicious house colors?
A :

• The auspicious house color for people in the earth element is brown shades.
• The auspicious house color for people in the water element is cool shades.
• The auspicious house color for people in the fire element is bright shades.
• The auspicious house color for people in the wood element is green color in every shade.
• The auspicious house colorfor people in the gold element is gold, silver, white, bronze, smoking grey.

Q : How can I wash the house paint that is stained on the floor?
A : Soak a cloth with thinner or turpentine oil and wipe it clean