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 …
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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 …
Painting over powder coating in Yucaipa Ca
After completing the adhesion test I posted in my previous article, we continued to do the necessary preparation that included, degreasing the complete surface, power washing and grinding the complete surface. The rust areas we ground to the bare steel. We applied 1 heavy coat of Vista Paint Metal Prime, then applied 2 coats of …
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Vista Paint Protec Metal Primer Adhesion Test Over Powder Coating
We were contracted to repaint the steel on a amphitheater at the Yucaipa Community Park. The steel structure was originally coated with a powder coating. Many have questioned if it is possible if a paint can adhere to the slick tough powder coating surface. The Video bellow shows a adhesion test with Vista Paint Protec …
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Vista Paint Carefree Prime-ZALL
“Carefree Prime-ZALL is an innovative universal primer created using breakthrough technology to offer unparalled stain blocking for use in both interior and exterior applications. This unique formulation provides superior performance when compared with traditional solvent-based primers. Carefree Prime-ZALL adheres to a variety of substrates including previously painted alkyds with a gloss finish. Carefree Prime-ZALL is …
United Way Day of Caring Project
This was our 4th year to participate in the United Way Day of Caring. This year project was to apply 8 small areas with chalkboard paint at San Gorgonio Child Care Consortium located in Banning California. Like every year the project had to be completed in 4 hours, thanks to our volunteers we were completed …