Posted by Steve Gillispie on Thursday, 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 fre...
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Posted by Steve Gillispie on Wednesday, 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
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Posted by Steve Gillispie on Wednesday, 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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Posted by Steve Gillispie on Wednesday, 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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Posted by Steve Gillispie on Wednesday, 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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Posted by Steve Gillispie on Wednesday, August 11, 2010,
Posted by Steve Gillispie on Tuesday, August 10, 2010,
