Rio Verde wood paint goes up to the attic
Today we’re taking our water-based wood paint cans up to the attic to see how to paint wooden beams. To everyone—especially those with exposed wooden trusses and pitched roofs—we’d like to suggest a few simple steps to keep the wood healthy while renewing and transforming the look of your rooms through color.
Now that the habit of seeing wooden structures only in rustic homes has been left behind, exposed wooden beams and roofs are featured as premium elements in many urban building projects. All the warmth of wood and the character of color can enrich a space and become the backbone of striking design concepts.
Let’s first review the maintenance steps we should never skip to ensure the health and beauty of our wooden structures.
With the help of Rio Verde wood paints—our precious allies for a wide variety of projects on furniture, décor elements, and wooden surfaces in general—we can work simply and practically, yet always very effectively. The professional quality of the Rio Verde line puts at the disposal of DIYers all the resources of advanced technology found in Renner Italia formulations.
How to paint beams for wood maintenance
To make sure the wooden structure in your attic is in good condition, it’s advisable to perform periodic maintenance on beams and roof. The greatest care should be taken in checking for any mold that may form and in spotting any woodworm or xylophagous insect attacks.
For this purpose, in the Rio Verde range we can effectively use the Woodworm and termite preservative by Rio Verde, a product specifically developed to act decisively against woodworm, termites, and fungi. It contains a blend of fungicides that penetrates deeply into the wood, increasing its stability and acting on the fiber’s tendency to swell and shrink.
To complete the job, we recommend a coat of Water-based gel wood preservative by Rio Verde, expressly formulated for vertical surfaces. It doesn’t drip, can be applied with a sponge or brush, delivers all the protection of Rio Verde impregnating products, and guarantees the safety of water-based formulations that safeguard health and the environment. In this way, the beams and roof of our attic will be protected and refreshed in appearance.
How to paint wooden beams to transform your attic
Once you’ve completed the necessary maintenance and thoroughly inspected the wood, it’s time to decide whether you want to refresh or change your rooms, opening up to a completely new look. If you lean toward the second option, it’s time to work with color. Here are a few thoughts.
If you have a fairly large space—for example, an open-plan area with wooden beams and roof—you might opt for a light shade (white tones are perfect), covering the wood almost like a soft blanket of snow. We especially recommend this solution if your rooms feature very modern lines: a minimalist style that, for instance, pairs white wooden beams with some metal elements.
If, on the other hand, your rooms are smaller, you could play with uniformity to create continuity, as if there were no real separation between wall and ceiling. In this scenario, the shade is the same for both: beams, roof, and walls join in a single visual stroke. In our view, it’s also worth considering adding horizontal stone sections on the walls.
Finally, when the structure and timber framework are particularly dynamic, it can be interesting to highlight this characteristic by choosing a light color for the ceiling and leaving the beams in their natural hue.
For projects where color becomes the protagonist and changes the face of the attic, our best allies are the interior finishes from the Rio Verde line: water-based, formaldehyde-free formulations made with non-yellowing acrylic resins that enhance and ennoble the wood, protecting it longer. For white, we especially recommend the Water-based satin-effect primer-finish.
Also excellent for these projects are Rio Verde enamels, particularly the satin version, with a wide choice of shades.
The protective film of Rio Verde paints, in both solutions, shields and fully coats the surface, covering the natural wood grain. It doesn’t crack and ensures uniform color that remains stable and intense over time.
Lastly, worth trying—whether you want to enhance the wood’s natural look or are tempted by color—is Rio Verde Decorative Oil 2-in-1, offering softness to the touch and incomparable aesthetic quality to the wood.
Ready to take care of our attic? All that’s left is to choose the right brush and the most suitable Rio Verde paint can!
