Spring season is the time for general home maintenance, including exterior painting. Spring also happens to be the pollen season, which is a concern for many homeowners because it might mess up tasks, such as exterior painting.
Exterior Painting
A new coat of paint can revitalize the look of a home’s exterior — that is, when the painters put the time and effort into their work to do it right. Unfortunately, there are many subpar home painting contractors out there who overpromise and underdeliver on quality. Identifying these businesses can be tricky, but there […]
Complete Custom Painting closed out the exterior painting season in 2016 with several projects. 1 in the Liberty Neighborhood in Stillwater, 1 in the Dancing Water Neighborhood in Woodbury and 1 in Eagan. The projects consisted of wood prep/staining (Eagan), Sealing Hardie Plant and top coating with 2 coats as well as sealing brick (Woodbury) […]
To maintain the warranty on white vinyl roofs they need to be maintained. They all collect dirt, mildew, suite and various other types of debris. They need patching occasionally and washing also. An important aspect for cleaning them is to avoid using a harsh chemical that would potentially etch or modify the composition or the surface. […]
When you need the exterior of your Hardie Plank house painted, your deck stained, your front door re-finished and a few interior walls painted, No need to call multiple vendors. An experienced painting company should be able to manage and handle it all. At this house in the Woodbury/ Lake Elmo area that started out […]
Wood doors that face the sun are improperly cared for in large part. My advice has always been to treat them like a wood boat. One or two coats of Spar Varnish every other year (or sometimes every year will protect it. If you wait too long the door will need to be fully re-finished. […]
Exterior paint will fade in the sun. In order to keep it from fading quickly, you need to do the following: Always remove any debris, chalking or efflorescence. This can be done by detergent washing the house with the correct cleaner. Always use the correct primer. On concrete composite hard board, you need to use […]
The sun, excessive moisture and cold weather are harsh on exterior surfaces. One clear instance of this is when you see a dark color begin to fade, oxidize, chalk or show lines. This happens because deeper base colors have more colorant in it and the colorant in paint tends to be less resistant to paint fading than the other ingredients in […]
When one of our fellow citizens runs around at night and decides to paint all over your business, home, commercial building, parking ramp, retaining wall etc etc it causes you a headache. Their is a new product that we used recently that can remove the graffiti coating and leave the under coat safe from marring, […]