Gillispie & Son Painting

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Kansas Cities Finest Painter Kansas City Mo. 64105

gillispiepaint@yahoo.com

Kansas City, Mo. 64105

816-935-0122

Eliminate Frustration

August 12, 2010

1. Protect Your Home

Chipping and peeling exterior paint allows water to penetrate into your walls, causing significant damage. Properly applied, contractor grade primer and paint shields your house from corrosive weather elements and guards against structural problems.

2. Raise Curb Appeal

Damaged paint and improper color combinations make your home look unappealing and in need of fixing. Repainting a house gives it a fresh, new look that is bound to turn heads.

3. Renew Surfaces

A freshly painted exterior will make your home stand out in the neighborhood. A new coat of properly chosen paint on the inside of your house will brighten up your living space and give it a new, just-painted look.

4. Increase Property Value

How do you ensure you’ll get the selling price you want for your home without breaking the bank on home improvements? Paint is the tried and true budget method most realtors recommend to increase your home’s value.

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Top-Notch Work

August 11, 2010

Closely supervised, experienced painters will always deliver a better job than unsupervised, inexperienced workers. is an easy gauge of the level of professionalism. An agreement that eliminates assumptions about the type of work to be done and a supervisor that clearly communicates with his crew and the homeowner will ensure that all expectations are met.
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Apples to Apples How to Compare Painting Bids.

August 11, 2010

A low-cost paint job will look fine for a short period - but it will be obvious within months that you didn’t get quality work or materials. Cover these points with each painter you interview – you’ll soon have a good idea who will provide the work you’re after.

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Oil or Latex?

August 11, 2010

Short answer - latex. Improvements in paint technology are all directed at latex as oil paint is gradually being phased out (it's not environmentally friendly). Latex is more durable, flexible and won't fade or chalk. While there will always be adherents to the Oil-Primer-Latex-Top-Coat school of thought, advances in latex primers have made that argument less convincing. We favor latex, but will use oil where conditions require it.
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The case for inexpensive paint.

August 11, 2010

There is none. As with almost any product, you usually get what you pay for. Purchasing paint strictly on the basis of price will end up costing you more in the long run. Here's why. As long as you're comparing two similar types of paint (i.e. interior wall paint, exterior trim paint), price differences usually reflect a difference in the quality and/or the amount of the key ingredients. Since it's the ingredients that affect such important qualities as durability, flow, hide and level...
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