1. Not Allowing Enough Time – don’t do this. This is #1 for a very good reason: WE ALL DO THIS! (including budding professionals). Also # 1 because it causes other mistakes, in fact it is the #1 cause for other mistakes! Not allowing enough time will directly result in any or all of items […]
Are you thinking of painting your walls and are unsure whether you should do it yourself or hire a paint contractor? If you’re into DIYs, then painting your walls yourself is definitely a thought that has crossed your mind. But if you’re not one of those people, then painting your walls yourself is definitely something […]
Cabinet painting – without equal, this is the most challenging of all painting projects around the house, it’s a job worthy of respect and research, not to be undertaken lightly except in the case where scores of coats of paint have already been slathered across the doors and drawer fronts – and the good ship […]
I’m not going to say it depends, that’s punting. I’m going to say every 2 years – for horizontal surfaces anyway. Verticals can go longer, maybe 4-5 years if they’re not south facing, full exposure. What’s happening on the horizontals is UV damage, rain, snow, foot traffic from people, dogs, and miscellaneous abuse. Between all […]
The Case for Painting Exterior Brick in Denver – Denver is a brick town, always has been. Our cup hath run over with clay, and the clay doth begot brick, and the brick begot hearth, and hearth begot home, etc. etc. And then it rained… Let’s be frank, there’s a lot of really ugly brick […]
This is really pedestrian level material, but everyone’s a painter now so why not? Besides, I admire those who stand athwart the degradation of language; I gladly count myself among them. Especially when it comes to holding bandito painting contractors to account for the drubbing they’ve caused the reputation of my time-honored craft, not to […]
This question comes up all the time, the ensuing conversation has become second nature to me it happens so often. What’s the answer to that question? The answer is simple: price differences come from 2 sources: the company structure, and the quality assumed in the proposal. Since the quality assumed within the proposal is unknown […]
The Top 10 Pressure Washing mistakes- Exterior Home Painting All paint manufacturers say about the same thing when it comes to surface prep, more or less – Clean, Dry, Dull. That means in addition to all your scraping, sanding and prepping and filling and caulking, you need to clean the surfaces, that’s usually pressure washing. […]
Speed, Quality, Price; Pick any 2 you like. In my cartoon bubble, you can’t have it all, you only get 2 of these 3; like Vegas – one of them goes to the house. I want to contract a fence so I get 3 bids: the first salesman pitches his fence as fast & cheap, […]
