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Decorative paint ideas for your business brand wall
Our painting project consulting team is here to help small business owners trying to run an establishment, keep up with employees, and fill orders for their clients. Our team helps by developing ideas and designing important, high-impact spaces like your brand wall. For as little as $1,500, you can completely revamp your focal wall with texture and color in a way that will set your brand apart. In this post, I will explore a few cost-effective and high-impact options to draw your client's...
How to paint your concrete floors?
Concrete floor painting is often left to the professionals due to the intensive prep requirements that are required in order to do the project to the best standards. There are some DIY products that do an admirable job, but fall short if you are going for a long lasting coating that won't easily scratch or peel off the concrete in time. I will leave the DIY methods up to the product manufacturers since they all make extensive videos and PDF instructions for their unique products. Preparing the...
Transform Your Space with Professional Commercial Painting Services
There are many benefits to having your commercial space professionally painted. In this post, I will discuss several of those advantages to your business both in the painting contractor you choose and in the painting project you are thinking about. Your Brand Depends on a Professional Paint Job Next to your product, your business depends on how people perceive your brand. Whether you are in the hospitality industry or in the automotive industry, the colors you choose, the layout of those...
Should I use commercial vinyl wallcovering in my business?
I meet a fair number of people who have very strong opinions about commercial vinyl wallcovering. Most of their opinions are very negative. After seeing some of the failures I have seen over the years, I don't blame them. But, for the most part, these opinions are not very well informed and stem from bad experiences with wallcovering. First, let's walk through the failures that are common and how to best avoid these. Peeling This is probably the most common one and one of the most irritating...
New Years Resolutions
One of the most significant dates of every year has always been January 1st - well, it is to most of us. To those of you that don't see it this way, I am sorry for you. There are not many greater gifts that God has given us than a new year. I do mean this in so many ways! One year comes to a close, history is written and the game is over. Hopefully, you have thought ahead and cleaned up all your messes from the years. There is little worse than starting...
Do scuff resistant paints really work?
As your partner in commercial painting, we always do our best to find the best products for your interior painting projects. We have products from the four major manufacturers in the Indianapolis market that we recommend for different needs and budgets. Today, we will look at Behr Scuff Defense, Sherwin Williams Scuff Tough, PPG Ultralast, and Benjamin Moore Scuff X as a solution for your high traffic walls. First we should note that, if you are a commercial property manager, you should be on...
The Meaning of Christmas
Today's post is a little off topic for a painting blog, but every winter we begin that long season of shorter days and longer nights. It all begins with the world around us getting more stark - the grass goes brown, the leaves begin to fall off the trees, and the birds start heading out. It can be foreboding to many as the signs of winter creep into our everyday lives. But if you have the eyes to see it, you have been given hope too. So many fall festival begin to spring up with people having...
What makes a good painting subcontractor?
In this post, I am talking to general contractors about what makes a good painting subcontractor. It takes a lot of tools and skillsets to perform well in the commercial painting market. Our twenty years in business has been spent in the direct to owner and subcontractor world, so we know a thing or two about working for general contractors and how to be a good subcontractor for them. You won’t catch us talking down the gig as a subcontractor, we have a lot of respect for...
Why is my exterior paint fading or peeling?
Many property owners ask us why there last paint job didn't last as long as they had expected. The answer to this question is not a simple one and not because the causes aren't know, but because there are quite a few factors that involve paint longevity. In the following post, we will explore the various reasons for fading paint and how we, the painting contractor, can help extend the life of your paint job. Preparation All good paint jobs begin with preparing the substrate. In the industry we...
How much does it cost to paint my exterior?
The point of this post is not to tell you how much it costs to paint your exterior, but to give you a good idea of what goes into painting the exterior of a home and how much it costs. First, we would discuss our process. Our team begins with pressure washing your home’s exterior. All the painted and unpainted surfaces should be cleaned thoroughly so the your home looks freshly painted and clean at the end of the job! Plus, we want to make sure all the faded paint and...
Why do painting prices vary so much?
We get quite a few clients ask why painting prices vary so much? This is always a question I am happy to field because the answer is pretty simple and revealing of a company’s core commitments. Our two main expenses are labor and materials so let’s talk about those to categories first. First, let’s examine a company’s materials costs. What is their baseline materials? Many companies with lower cost quotes use an entry level material. We often call these top...