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exterior painting tips

What Causes Exterior Paint Failure?

Few things are more frustrating than investing time, money, and sweat in your home’s exterior paint, and then watching your work begin to chip, peel, and flake just a few years later. Or maybe even sooner… The truth is, applying paint my seem fairly easy, but applying it well is a whole different scenario. Professional…

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Tips for Cleaning and Maintaining Your Interior Paint

After you’ve invested time and energy in transforming your interior paint, the next step is to protect and preserve those carefully-chosen colors. Life happens, bringing along scuffs, dings, and scratches as little mementos along the way. With the right preparation and proactive TLC, however, you can successfully keep your fresh paint looking fresh. Your Interior…

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exterior painting and maintenance in NY

Ever Considered a Painting Maintenance Program for Your Home?

If you follow our blogs, you know by now that we are major proponents of quality work, ongoing maintenance, and finding a trustworthy professional to meet your needs. Today, let’s focus on maintenance. Some homeowners feel that it’s best to wait until the very last possible moment to care for your home’s surfaces, interior or…

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exterior house painting

How Many Coats of Exterior Paint Do You Need?

As you plan your exterior painting update, you have a lot to consider. Color, brand (invest in high-quality paint!), quantity, and, of course, how many coats to apply. You don’t want to overdo it, but you also certainly don’t want to apply too thin a coating either. Exterior paint provides too much essential protection and…

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How Do You Find a Good Contractor? Look for These 6 Attributes

If you’re planning a home improvement project this spring, whether it’s a kitchen remodel, fresh exterior paint, or a gorgeous new deck, you likely are focusing on the finished product. That’s the fun part, right? Imagining what a new space or surface could be like after all is said and done. The first step, however,…

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why hire a professional painter

7 Benefits of Hiring a Professional to Meet Your Exterior House Painting Needs

Over the years, we’ve observed that homeowners typically fall into one of two camps when it comes to exterior house painting. One camp says, “There’s no way I would try to paint my own house. I don’t have the time, equipment, tools, or any desire to get sunburned for half a summer on a stepladder.”…

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