On day 5 we finished painting the eaves. We started priming the fascia board, we do so since they get beat up by the sun more. Priming helps prolong color retention, maximizes adhesion and protection. We also started the accent color around the windows.
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Day 4 Exterior Painting in Yucaipa California, Wildwood area
We were able to to prime the front walls on day 3. Today we applied the finish coat on the front house walls. Here we have started painting the eaves. It great when all the colors start to come together.
Day 3 Exterior Painting in Yucaipa California, Wildwood area
We started the application of Vista Paint Weathwrmaster, a hybrid elastomeric today. This will get 2 coats, first coat we backroll (one sprays while another pushes the paint with a roller). The homeowner asked if she could try spraying as we were putting on the 2 coat. Here is Frederico teaching her how to spray. …
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Day 2 Exterior Painting in Yucaipa California, Wildwood area
Here we have started priming with Vista Paint Uniprime II. We are completing the walls in the back yard first, so we will be applying finnish on the backyard walls on day 3 and hope to start priming the front.
Painting Beaumont High School
We’re just about finished with the Beaumont High School Athletic Complex project. We painted all the exterior industrial steal with Sherwin Williams Pro Cryl primer and Pro Industrial top coat. I was very impressived with this product for the industrial steel. It has great build, great hide and outstanding tensile strength. A true waterborne full …
Exterior Painting in Yucaipa California, Wildwood area.
We just started this home in Yucaipa California Wildwood Canyon area. We just finished power washing, now we are starting the preparation like sanding, scrapping, caulking with a 55 year caulk and patching stucco cracks. We will be applying Vista Paints Weathermaster, a hybrid elastomeric paint. Keep checking in to see the updates of this …
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Sanding Freash Start vrs PrimeZall
My last article on the Stain Blocker Primers – Benjamin Moore Fresh Start or Vista Paint PrimeZall gave me the opportunity to test the sanding characteristics of the two products. The temperature high was 72 degrees with a low of 55, giving over 18 hours of cure time (specifications 3 hour re-coat time) with Benjamin …
Stain Blocker Primers – Benjamin Moore Fresh Start or Vista Paint PrimeZall
One of my recent projects was to prime and paint some cabinetry for a break room at The Bank Of Hemet. I removed the doors and drawers to paint them in my shop. The primer I intended to use was Vista Paint PrimeZall, unfortunately I had left behind the primer on the job. Remembering I …
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I am a Paint Geek
I’m back to my blog! I have been busy with a lot of things lately, home projects, holidays, family and yes I must admit mostly business. Between a few hard punches and a tight schedule to follow it has been difficult to maintain the blog. That nagging voice in my head tells me to get …
Elastomeric – The Rubber Band
Armed with a rubber band, as kids, you and a friend may have chased each other engaging in combat. Placing it on your index finger, you draw it back and just as you are ready to fire, snap it breaks. Like a gun jamming, your only weapon of defense has left you vulnerable. The rubber …