Revitalize Your Home's Look with Exterior Painting in Mooresville, IN In looking to get your home exterior to look nicer, you have a lot of options available to you including the landscaping that surrounds your home as well as adding structure to the existing structure -- but you can do quite a lot by painting your home. Indeed, with a good paint job your home can go from looking like it has not been renovated in many years to looking like a house that was recently built -- a little paint can...
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Weatherproofing Your Home with Exterior Painting in Plainfield, IN
Oct 15, 2023 | Education
Weatherproofing Your Home with Exterior Painting in Plainfield, IN The act of weatherproofing your house is not just a matter of the kinds of materials that you use for the building of your home but sometimes the paint that we use in painting as well as the techniques that are used in painting can be helpful as well. The important thing is that you should make the time to learn about how you can make your home more weatherproof through your painting. With that being the case, let's have a look...
Revamp Your Outdoor Space: Exterior Painting Ideas in Mooresville, IN
Oct 8, 2023 | Education
Revamp Your Outdoor Space: Exterior Painting Ideas in Mooresville, IN The exterior of your home can look quite good but there are things that you can do to improve upon the look of it and exterior painting is one such thing -- and this is even more the case when you are careful in how you paint your home exterior. The thing that you should realize is that when you are painting the exterior of your home you can make use of some pretty straightforward tricks to enhance the overall painting...
Eco-Friendly Exterior Painting Solutions in Plainfield, IN
Oct 1, 2023 | Education
Eco-Friendly Exterior Painting Solutions in Plainfield, IN In painting the exterior of your home, you have to think about how the painting process is going to have an impact on the environment -- which is just about impossible to reduce to zero -- but you can get it down too close to it. There are things that you can do that are going to help you make your painting process to be more environmentally friendly while at the same time keeping up the quality of the painting project -- what good is...
Choosing Exterior Paint Colors for Homes in Mooresville, IN
Sep 22, 2023 | Education
Choosing Exterior Paint Colors for Homes in Mooresville, IN In the course of enhancing the look of your home, many elements are considerable in importance, but the element of color can be one that people are drawn to almost immediately upon seeing it. The question really becomes how you are going to choose a color or two for the exterior of your home, given that it’s something you’re committing to for at least a few years. With that being the case, let's have a look at some tips for choosing...
Enhancing Curb Appeal: Exterior Painting Ideas in Mooresville, IN
Sep 15, 2023 | Education
Enhancing Curb Appeal: Exterior Painting Ideas in Mooresville, IN When you're looking to make your home look nicer on the outside (and thus enhance your curb appeal, the perceived value of your home by an onlooker standing at the curb) one thing you might want to do is to paint -- but there are so many things you can do in terms of exterior painting. You will find in today's article some helpful ideas when it comes to painting the exterior of your home that will help make for a better painting...
Safer Exterior Painting Tricks In Plainfield, IN
Sep 8, 2023 | Product Spotlights
Will you be painting the exterior of your home? Here are some safer exterior painting tricks to learn in Plainfield, IN
Tips For Preparing For Exterior Painting In Mooresville, IN
Sep 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Tips For Preparing For Exterior Painting In Mooresville, IN When you want the exterior of your home to look better, there are quite a lot of things that you can do -- and painting is one of them, but it's fundamental to properly prepare for the paintwork that is going to be done. The thing to bear in mind is that without preparing for any painting project (even an exterior painting project) you will have a much more difficult time with the painting project. With this being the case, let's have...
How to Remove Old Wallpaper
Aug 10, 2023 | Education
As we meet more residential clients, one question we always get is ho do you remove old wallpaper without damaging the drywall. I should start off this post with a few caveats. First, it is always possible. It depends on the type of wallpaper and the type of glue used. The best scenario is that you have vinyl faced wall paper and the glue is a simple starch based glue. The worst case is you have paper faced wall paper and the glue is not a water soluble glue. Here is the reasoning. Vinyl faced...
Should I Prime before caulking?
Aug 3, 2023 | Education
From time to time, we get asked a question that shows how thoughtful our clientele can be. One such question is do you caulk or prime first. This is a great question to ask your painter! Not only do we have an answer, but we have an explanation and are happy to tell you all about it. In fact, there are a few different ways to approach this question. First, is the siding and trim painted or is it raw wood or other substrate. Second, what kind of caulk are we using on the project. The assumption...
What we love about painting: Part 1
Jul 6, 2023 | Education
People are always amused when we tell them that we love to paint. Most people hate to paint. So what is it that we love about painting? First, it takes a ton of manpower and trades to transform a kitchen, but it only takes one painter. Okay, you’re right, it isn’t the same thing. But think about bang for the buck. You can’t find a lower cost way to reinvigorate a room or a bunch of rooms quite like paint. A thorough sanding, some extensive patching and caulk, and a few gallons of paint and a...
Paint Failures: Deck Coating Failures
Jun 1, 2023 | Education, Paint Failures
Perhaps the most helpful article on why deck coating failure is so common is one found at this link https://thepaintpeople.com/painting-101/why-is-my-deck-stain-failing/. We get a lot of calls to stain decks and, honestly, it used to be one of our least favorite surfaces to paint. The ugly truth is that decks are one of the most difficult things to paint or stain. Combine that with the fact that most customers want the deck coating to last for five to ten years, every painting contractor...