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Painting Exterior Siding Saves Money

Cal Phillips — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:42:16 +0000

Exterior House Painting Saves Thousands

Ever hear that cliche “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”? Well, from a painting contractor’s standpoint, “A gallon of paint, is worth thousands of dollars”. And what I can tell you, not painting an exterior will cost you much more in the long run. Yes, we may be in tough economic times, but instead of buying that

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new flat screen TV, or new iPhones for the whole family, you may want to take a close look at your exterior siding. Investing in the maintenance of your home will save your family thousands down the road.

Yea, I can hear it; “This guy is in business to paint exteriors, so naturally he’s going to say “Paint it”. Absolutely not! What I will tell you is, I’m hear to help my local community with one service many do not like doing themselves, applying paint coatings professionally, seeing many exteriors not getting painted, being way overdue, thereby deteriorating beyond restoration, needing replacement, costing much more than keeping up with a fresh quality paint coating for one’s trim and exterior siding.

Helping Local Residents, Painting Exterior Homes

Helping local residents with painting one’s exterior or interior for that matter, we gain a tremendous degree of satisfaction helping our community, transforming a dried, faded, and sometimes flaking paint, to better than new condition. Starting back right out of High School, partnering up with a H.S buddy I’ll name Carl, we remodeled a local Disco, named J. Raggs in Dallas back in late 76 after graduating. This was the start of something that has inspired me doing ever since, over 30 years. Painting countless homes over the years, also seeing many areas of wood, and exterior sheathing or siding deteriorated, we’ve also replaced this, as an added feature of our painting services, again helping our local residents, having this knowledge of home improvement. Not only do we paint, but we make recommendations, as this is our area of expertise. Never feeling like I know too much, always like to be on the cutting edge, eager to learn more. Knowledge gained is free, and helping our local community in house painting, siding repairs or replacements, or information I can relay, trying to work with everyone’s budget, is what we do best, getting the most enjoyment.

Painting Exterior Sheathing vs. New Wood Siding

Painting New Exterior Cedar Siding or Sheathing

Painting exterior siding on a regular 10-15 year basis, opposed to never painting siding until it is so dilapidated it must be replaced will cost much more in the long run. Many who never paint siding, have also not thought that once siding is replaced, it must be immediately painted, costing even more than replacing siding alone. What many do not understand is the exterior sheathing is the outer layer which keeps and protects the contents and occupants inside. This outer layer receives the brunt of all weather conditions your area dishes out, rain or shine. Most new siding comes pre-primed, ready to receive exterior paint coating. If the new siding never receives coating over primer, it’s set up for disaster. This is why most decide painting new siding, over primer; To protect the new siding for many years to come.

Re-painting older siding is a real plus, extending the life of that current siding you already have in place. Let me repeat; If you do not re-paint current siding, your siding will deteriorate, sometimes beyond restoration, requiring replacing with new siding, thereby costing much more in the long run. Having a quality painting contractor apply a professional exterior paint coating is much cheaper, that the alternative, removing old, replacing with brand new siding, saving thousands in the long run. Yea, most would conclude, some saying this is profound, but I wanted to put some actual numbers to this philosophy, showing in black and white, in a clinical blog table, if everything is the same. Same siding, same exterior paint, same contractor, same everything, only expanding the size of home, as naturally a larger home will cost more than a smaller one.

Changing Motor Oil Similar to Painting Home’s Exterior

Cannot stress enough, where ever you live in the country, painting your exterior should be top priority, instead of thinking of new siding whenever that may be. I know there are some who never change motor oil in their cars, as I have met only a very few. Those same people never give another thought of painting the exterior sheathing or siding of their homes either, getting back to the infamous cliche mentioned above.

New Vinyl Siding is Cost Prohibitive

Right, vinyl siding can be painted, lasting years, having a fresh new exterior house color, as we have painted many. However, installing vinyl siding, the cost is so prohibitive, one would need to live in their home 35-40 years in order to pay for it’s self, not having to ever paint the exterior again. Well, this calculation will be in the next chart I plan writing. But for now, this chart below does not include vinyl, only original quality wood siding that came on your home when it was built. And yes I’ve outlined in my table a comparison using 45 years from an exterior paint standpoint, knowing the fact every home must have some sort of siding, and protecting to last this long or longer, fresh new paint is key, and not installing vinyl siding to cover-up the initial problem, knowing at some point, your vinyl siding Will be painted, either by you, or the next owner of your property. As you can probably guess, I’m against vinyl siding, as it is flimsy, moves with the wind, cheap plastic that hardens and cracks as it ages over time. Furthermore, wood is much more durable than vinyl when it comes to hail storms.

Cheap Vinyl Siding After Hail Storm

A.) Not Painting Exterior Siding

Never painting exterior siding, there is zero painting costs associated with this, including scraping, caulking, priming, and weatherizing your exterior. However, you will be replacing, or having us or someone else replace your siding if you elect not ever painting it, becoming deteriorated that no paint will magically improve. Matter of fact, when we paint an exterior, our first SOP (standard operating procedure) is to power wash. With siding crumbling off in one’s hand, a light power rinse would tear this type of siding up to smithereens.

√ Paint is not smart. Paint is only as good as the substrate it is covering. Therefore, if someone asked us to paint this siding above, sure we could do it, for a price. Only difference is, if we were to paint this siding, no warranty would be issued, not even a week, no matter what type of exterior paint we would use. Life-time paint will crack, peel, and flake off just as quick as 15 year paint, knowing the siding has that Apple Pie Crumble on bottom.

B.) Siding Replacement Costs-Highlighted in Red

Siding replacement costs are a direct result of not painting exterior siding or sheathing on a regular basis. National average wood siding costs per liner feet to remove, dispose, and replace new siding, which includes fasteners, vapor barrier under-lament, trim boards, labor, proper siding equipment and tools. Average home is considered 2000 sq. ft. of floor space. Calculating siding costs all the way up to 3000 sq. ft. as most homes fall within these living space averages. Sure there are much larger homes, and siding costs goes up proportionally for painting and or siding replacements.

C.) Required External Painting Cost

This is where I mentioned above, any new siding replaced is required to receive new exterior paint immediately after replacement, adding to the initial cost of replacing the siding. You just can’t get around it. All exterior siding is required to have a fresh pliable paint coating to protect the wood fibers underneath. Once new siding is replaced, the next important step is painting it, so you don’t have to replace this expensive feature of a home again! So, this required external painting cost for new siding replacement must be considered.

D.) Siding Repair Costs, if Maintained-Highlighted in Blue

Best Scenario

If siding is maintained properly, there rarely would ever be cost involved for replacements. Maintaining this external sheathing is best achieved by you guessed it, keeping it freshly painted. As paint ages, it dries out, usually fades first, becoming brittle. Any movement of siding caused by winds, temperature changes, will cause this aged paint to crack, peel, chip, and flake off, exposing the wood underneath. Once this happens, moisture is allowed into wood, thereby causing swelling like a sponge, deteriorating beyond repair. If siding is painted on a regular interval, this deterioration will never happen, and subsequently never having cost associated with repairs, being zero.

E.) Normal Exterior Painting Costs, over 45 years

Best Scenario

Generally speaking, a good quality exterior paint coating should last 10-15 years. With the advancement of paint’s chemistry by Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Glidden and Valspar, exterior paints are lasting much longer today. So only needing 3 exterior paint jobs from today, fast forwarding to 2056, your exterior siding should not need replacing any time between now and then. Initial external paint costs may seem to hurt the pocketbook in the beginning, but your pocketbook will look much more handsomely 45 years later.

Saving Customers Thousands in Home Improvement Costs

In business painting homes and offices in Denver and Colorado, also providing siding contractor services for an affordable paint and siding cost estimates, enjoying this type of home improvement as a career, and even more so a passion, feeling Eco Paint is your number 1 choice for exterior painting and siding repairs in Colorado.

Saving our customers thousands in home improvement costs is a real pleasure, just like a Doctor can make recommendations saving one’s health, or a mechanic can make recommendations extending the life of one’s car. Knowing the term “Saving” is money not spent otherwise that would eventually cost you much more. Being proactive in your home improvement protection is key to saving real money in this day and age, and professionally painting one’s exterior does just that. Saving over 400% of your money, I can’t think of a better way of preserving one’s home, saving thousands in the process.

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Signs Knowing When to Paint an Exterior Home

Several areas to look at determining if your exterior siding or sheathing needs painting. First, knowing how exterior paint reacts to the outside, and different weather conditions from intense Sun, to Rain and Snow is very helpful. The first sign exterior paint will show needing re-painted is fade. Yes, all paints have a tendency to fade, and exterior coatings fade much more quickly than interior ones, because of the extreme temperature changes, and UVA, UVB rays.

First Signs of Paint Failure

No Paint Company, Warrants Paint Fade

This is a very important painting tip to be aware of. I don’t care if you have just purchased the most expensive, double life time exterior paint made, if you carefully read the back of the can, limited manufacture’s warranty does not include paint fade. And again, paint fade is the first sign of a paint’s deterioration and chemical breakdown. What many top paint manufactures do warrant is the paint’s ability to adhere properly, as long as substrate is cleaned and sound. Most people can name these as chipping, cracking, peeling, and blistering. However, no paint in this world is not above, not fading. Therefore, keeping a fresh elastic weather-proof coating prohibits moisture from penetrating siding underneath. In the picture above, moisture did just that, through nail shafts, as the exterior paint first faded, then broke down, becoming flat, loosing it’s sheen and luster. Moisture staying inside, not drying out, Masonite™ siding opening up like a sponge, becoming brittle all within a few years, with nothing to do but replace it. Once exterior paint shows fade, you had better start thinking of having your home painted!

Prices in Table below, are only Examples, and may Vary to Different parts of the Country.

A	B	C	D	E
No Exterior Paint Costs	Siding Replacement Costs, based on a 2000 sq. ft. home	Required External Paint Job, Cost for New Siding	Siding Repair Costs if Maintained	Normal Exterior House Painting, Upkeep Costs over 45 years Paint Jobs Lasting Approx. 15 yrs.
$0	$35,100	$3000	$0	$9000
Sub Total Costs		$35,100		$0
Total Costs over 45 years		$38,100		$9000

No Exterior Paint Costs	Siding Replacement Costs, based on a 2200 sq. ft. home	Required External Paint Job, Cost for New Siding	Siding Repair Costs if Maintained	Normal Exterior House Painting, Upkeep Costs over 45 years Paint Jobs Lasting Approx. 15 yrs.
$0	$38,610	$3300	$0	$9900
Sub Total Costs		$38,610		$0
Total Costs over 45 years		$41,910		$9900

No Exterior Paint Costs	Siding Replacement Costs, based on a 2400 sq. ft. home	Required External Paint Job, Cost for New Siding	Siding Repair Costs if Maintained	Normal Exterior Painting, Upkeep Costs over 45 years Paint Jobs Lasting Approx. 15 yrs.
$0	$42,120	$3600	$0	$10,800
Sub Total Costs		$42,120		$0
Total Costs over 45 years		$45,720		$10,800

No Exterior Paint Costs	Siding Replacement Costs, based on a 2600 sq. ft. home	Required External Paint Job, Cost for New Siding	Siding Repair Costs if Maintained	Normal Exterior Painting, Upkeep Costs over 45 years Paint Jobs Lasting Approx. 15 yrs.
$0	$45,630	$3900	$0	$11,700
Sub Total Costs		$45,630		$0
Total Costs over 45 years		$49,530		$11,700

No Exterior Paint Costs	Siding Replacement Costs, based on a 2800 sq. ft. home	Required External Paint Job, Cost for New Siding	Siding Repair Costs if Maintained	Normal Exterior Painting, Upkeep Costs over 45 years Paint Jobs Lasting Approx. 15 yrs.
$0	$49,140	$4200	$0	$12,600
Sub Total Costs		$49,140		$0
Total Costs over 45 years		$53,340		$12,600

No Exterior Paint Costs	Siding Replacement Costs, based on a 3000 sq. ft. home	Required External Paint Job, Cost for New Siding	Siding Repair Costs if Maintained	Normal Exterior Painting, Upkeep Costs over 45 years Paint Jobs Lasting Approx. 15 yrs.
$0	$52,650	$4500	$0	$13,500
Sub Total Costs		$52,650		$0
Total Costs over 45 years		$57,150		$13,500

Painting the Home, Saving Time and Money

Getting off my soapbox, I look forward to any comments you may have below, and if in the Denver and Colorado area, look no further than Cal Phillips and Eco Paint Inc. for all of your house painting, siding repairs and replacements, serving Denver metro area and Colorado.

Hope you enjoyed reading how important it is painting one’s exterior siding, saving thousands of dollars in the process. Whether we paint your home or office is not near as important to me, as you having the knowledge knowing how important exterior painting is to one’s siding. In business to save you time and money, hope this does just that, anywhere you may be in our Great country.

If interested in a Free Exterior Paint Price, and Siding Repair Cost Estimate for Colorado, Eco Paint, your leading exterior painting contractor for Denver and Colorado. Call Today (303) 591-4978

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Exterior Painting, Color Choices and Painting Ideas

Cal Phillips — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:17:47 +0000

Exterior Paint Colors, and Painting Ideas

Choosing exterior house colors, exterior paint colors, paint for your exterior home, painting idea trends and possible paint color combination’s change every so often by major paint manufactures. Upgrading paint colors for a home’s exterior, renews the exterior giving that fresh new look and curb appeal of those newer ones. Choosing exterior paint colors may be cumbersome task and overwhelming at first, but your Denver painting contractor wanting to help those who are thinking about it, with a few tips and thoughts from a

painting contractor’s viewpoint and experiences, from Denver CO. Just as car manufactures change paint colors for autos on a almost a yearly basis, so do house paint manufactures. House paint manufactures bring new paint colors to the home’s exterior for fresh and newer painting ideas every 5-10 years. Having a current exterior house paint color improves the appearance of the home, making like new, but most importantly having the proper paint protection to your valuable exterior siding and trim. Knowing one does not repaint, changing the color of the external paint scheme on a drop of a hat, choosing a paint combination you will enjoy for years to come is vitally important. Exterior paint colors come in a limitless variety of colors with their tints and hues, a few tips here will provide some painting ideas when choosing paint colors for your home’s exterior new paint colors.

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Ideas When Determining Exterior Paint Colors

When choosing exterior paint colors for your home, several considerations and ideas should given.

First, if you live in a covenant community, certain exterior paint colors may be the only ones approved for those homes in that particular community. Consult with your HOA if not sure, knowing they are happy to assist providing you with approved paint color matches and ideas.
If your not in a controlled HOA community, you still may want to sample exterior paint colors on your home, as small paint chips do not give the full picture of a larger paint sample next to your brick or other colors near your home. Lighting also plays an important role when looking at paint colors, and this can be different in a store or on a piece of paper, rather than actually on siding or trim. If you are changing colors drastically, best to sample paint colors on your home before telling your paint contractor or paint store to mix the full amount, as this cannot be returned, and very difficult changing to another paint color match.
When choosing exterior paint colors, getting samples from other similar painted homes you like is a good idea. If you see a home’s paint color combination that is appealing to you, ask home owner if they know of the paint color names or numbers. Most of the time homeowners will go out of their way helping you with numbers, as this is a compliment to their exterior paint color choice. Have seen once in my life where this happened, not as explained. Our painting customer liked a paint color combination of a home 1.5 miles away, with 300 homes in between them. Our paint customer went up to the door, asking if they could have the paint color numbers or names, and this individual was reluctant providing, as they thought these 2-3 paint colors were their very own. Hard to imagine paint colors having a patent.
One more thing to think about, when choosing exterior paint colors for your home, is looking around at the colors of your natural surroundings. Trees, soil, grasses, landscape all lend their natural Earth tone colors to the pallet of colors to pick from. Take a look at your roof and brick or stone. These areas can be major portions of your exterior, that offer nice possibilities of color family choices. Remembering painting a home several years ago outside Castle Rock, nearest the foothills. The owner of the home, Jim, was also the owner of Fairfield Homes, for which we previously painted many homes and multi-family projects for them. Well, the owner decided to go with colors of Green for the body, and a burnt Red, closely matching the natural sandstone in the area. Jim’s home is situated closest to the foothills, near lots of outcropping sandstone, which the paint color combination made perfect sense. So, looking at your natural surroundings is ideal, especially not confined to an HOA’s paint color combination.
Many brochures have paint color combination choices. When opening these various brochures up, the 2-3-4-5 paint swatches grouped together is suggested by the paint manufacture as being like in nature, going well with one another. This does not mean your not able to pick from one group, adding to another. These are only suggestions.
Last, If you are planning on other exterior home improvements besides painting your exterior, such as replacing garage doors, gutters, siding or trim, best having these completed before painting. Inspecting trim and siding before painting exterior for possible deterioration is key, keeping everything running in the natural order of construction and exterior painting, saving time and money. Doing things in the proper order allows the most time saving means of completing everything as scheduled. Including wood repairs and siding replacements as a part of our specialty, adds to the convenience of only having to deal with one contractor for siding, wood trim, and exterior painting.

Exterior Paint Scheme

Exterior paint scheme are the colors that make up the paint color combination. Typically you have a 2-3 paint colors that make up the exterior paint scheme for a home.

First color found in the body or main portion of the exterior, where the siding is painted. Other portions of the home’s exterior could be the garage doors, most soffits, porch ceilings, awnings, trellises, side entry doors.
Trim paint colors tend to be found on the facia and gutters, as both of these should match exactly, as you do not want to bring attention to gutters, but camouflage them, making them blend in. Other areas of trim paint colors could be found with window and door trim, columns, posts, flashing, decorative dental work for a complete exterior home design and paint decoration. A third exterior paint color may be found at the front door, wood side vents, or an ornament decoration near the peak. Fascia diamonds that cover the seam at the top of some gables, as these can be painted a third paint color we call accent paint color.
Accent paint colors can be vastly different from the color wheel, and the main or body and trim color, which brings attention to these areas. Need to be careful, not overdoing the accent color of any exterior, as the exterior paint scheme may look too busy.

Top Paint Manufactures and Painting Contractors across the Nation

Top Paint Manufactures

Top paint manufactures and painting contractors are a great source receiving possible paint color matches for your next exterior painting decoration, we will be referring to Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Behr, Glidden, Valspar, Sikken’s, Kwal-Howell, Kelly-Moore, Comex, Olymipic paint manufactures.

Top Painting Contractors

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Eco Paint Inc. Painting exteriors in the following areas;

Arvada CO, Aurora CO, Boulder CO, Broomfield CO, Centennial CO, Castle Pines CO, Castle Rock CO, Colorado Springs CO, Denver CO, Highlands Ranch CO, Ken Caryl CO, Littleton CO, Lakewood CO, Golden CO, Parker CO, Englewood CO, Evergreen CO, Greenwood Village CO, Sheridan CO, Thornton CO, Westminster CO, and Wheat Ridge CO, and across the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Helping you with any painting questions you may have, your Denver painting contractor, Eco Paint welcomes hearing from you.

Call us today at (303) 591-4978 for a Free In Home Exterior Paint Estimate, and Color Ideas

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Denver Painters, Going Green, Painting Homes

Cal Phillips — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:20:14 +0000

Denver Painters, Painting Homes Using,

Green Earth Friendly, Paint and Materials

Denver painters, painting homes using, Green Earth Friendly, sustainable paints and materials even more today, than since it’s inception back in 1999-2000. This is Great News, Thanks to many Denver painters and painting contractors getting the word, as well as local paint stores, informing the public of the advantages of Going Green when painting homes across Colorado. What used to be a trademark of a typical

liberal Green environmentalist, is now including most, liberals and conservatives alike, being politically by-partisan, painting homes today, with these purchases of these Low to Zero V.O.C (Volatile Odor Content) Green Earth Friendly paints. Therefore there are no stereotypes of a particular race, religion, gender, and politically motivated group, now including all folks today, of all walks of life, painting more and more homes in Denver using Green Earth Friendly paints and materials. Knowing the advantages of using these newer formulated, interior painting products, it is easy to see, Going Green is a wiser choice, painting homes, no matter where you stand on other political issues.

Top Reasons Denver Painters Using More Green Earth Friendly Paints

Reasons Denver painters are now using more Green Earth Friendly Eco Paints vary from one household to another. Whether the reasons being paint costs, air quality, breathing concerns, family additions, or advocacy groups, or just informing the public.

Denver painters are painting more and more homes, than ever before, using Green Earth Friendly Eco Paints, as the Green Earth Friendly paints are now starting to catch on, as Denver homes realizing the benefits using Green Earth Friendly paints.

Green Earth Friendly Paint Costs

From my perspective, as a local painting contractor here in Denver, knowing painting costs is the primary question of most, I can put that question to rest. Green Earth Friendly paints cost the same as premium quality interior paints still on the market today. Typically a high quality interior paint from Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Glidden, Valspar, Behr, Kwal-Howell, Devoe all range from $30 to $50 dollars per gallon. With that being said, so does your high quality paints having higher V.O.Cs, if all other paint concerns are met, using Green Earth Friendly Eco Paint makes perfect sense. Having same or better paint coverage, uniformity, and paint color retention, your Green Earth Friendly Eco Paints are by far superior.

Using Green Earth Friendly Paints Improves Air Quality

Using Green Earth Friendly paints improve air qualities if considering painting interior walls and ceilings. Of course they do nothing if no interior painting is being considered. However, getting ready to paint an interior, this type of paint should be considered, as it does nothing to lower the air quality in the home or office. Air quality is one important consideration for many, and that “Fresh Paint” smell can have major allergic reactions to one’s bronchial passages. The conventional interior paints give off ammonia and formaldehyde releases for up to 3 years inside a home. When a home is freshly painted with conventional interior paints, our noses get used to those “Fresh paint” smells within a week or so, not noticing the chemicals still being released into the home, unless of course having allergic implications to these chemicals being released. So, when painting an interior, using Green Earth Friendly Eco Paints, improves air qualities inside the home.

Breathing Concerns are Important When Painting an Interior

Breathing concerns are important when painting an interior. This can include people with asthma, increasing symptoms related. This can be a part of occupational asthma and or Allergy-induced asthma. Keeping the air quality at it’s highest, reducing any chemicals, fumes or gases is always suggested. Remembering these interior paints having higher V.O.Cs, although may smell good, do nothing, and will actually reduce the air quality within the home. Other breathing concerns important when painting an interior could include bronchitis, hay fever, obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Other breathing problems may also stem from other serious problems such as lung cancer, tuberculosis, pneumonia, and lung disease related to HIV/AIDS. Being able to enjoy a freshly painted interior, non of these breathing concerns will be compromised or affected using Green Earth Friendly Eco Paint.

Painting Interiors for New Family Members

In Denver, painting interior homes for new family members has been the leading reason using Green Earth Friendly Eco Paints. Getting ready for new arrivals, 5 of the last 6 interiors we painted were for just this reason alone. Wanting to bring fresh new paint colors into one’s home for the infant here in Denver, is always a positive attribute as a parent. Painting a child’s room with paint colors children love the most is an added benefit, learning their colors, while using Green Earth Friendly paints. Other interior painting for new family members can include a mother or father coming for an extended stay, say for a summer or winter, or providing family care. We all tend to clean, dust, putting our home’s best conveniences forward when entertaining. Having a fresh new look for either one of these examples, is very popular. Looking out for the very best with new family members in your home, painting interiors for new family members, using Green Environmentally Friendly, Eco Paint is your best course of action, Denver Colorado being no different than the rest of the country.

Advocacy Groups Promote Green Earth Friendly Interior Paints

Advocacy groups promote everything being Green, as Green Earth Friendly Interior Paints being 14% of the total Green Movement for sustainable Green Living. Solar, Wind, Food, and other home products make up the rest of Green Earth Friendly products. Typically when someone hears an advocacy group speak of “Going Green”, many jump to the impression this will cost much more, like twice as much. Well, Great News in the house painting industry, as described. These Green products do not cost any more than premium quality interior paints you would ordinarily pay and use anyway. Allowing yourself to contribute to this Green Earth Friendly Movement, right along side many advocacy groups promoting the same Green Earth Friendly interior paints, doing your fair share. Seems like everyone who uses these newer formulated interior paining products, mentions this to a neighbor or friend at some point within the coming year, stating how please they were with these newer paints and Denver painters. Thereby adding to the long list of advocacy groups promoting Green Earth Friendly interior paints.

Denver Painters and Painting Contractors Informing the Public

Denver painters and painting contractors alike, now informing the public, as this is the hottest thing Going Green in Denver. Denver painting contractors and painters both are always looking out for the public’s best interest, suggesting these Green Earth Friendly paints as a choice, not costing any more, than conventional brands and types. These Eco Friendly types of paints cover much better than the others, while retaining vivid colors much longer. Building public awareness using these types of Eco Paints makes it perfect for many reasons mentioned above. Still needing to spread the word, many interior painting customers either do not know benefits, or have not heard of interior painting choices. This is where Denver painting contractors and painters alike are helping spread the word, informing the public, saving our environment, one home at a time, with little or no increased cost painting interiors in Denver and Colorado.

Painting a Home in Denver Colorado

Painting a home in Denver and Colorado, your local painting contractor, Eco Paint Inc., provides top quality interior painting techniques and Green Earth Friendly painting materials and supplies across Colorado. Specializing in complete interior painting and exterior painting for homes and offices, having over 30 years experience. The originator of the term “Eco Paint”, back in 1993. Eco back then meant economical as well as ecological, as it’s largely part of our company philosophy today.

Needing a home painted in Denver? Look no further than Eco Paint, for a Free In Home Paint Color Consultation for all your interior and exterior painting needs. Contact us Today! Would like to hear from you with your Earth Friendly Paint experiences, with a comment below~

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Exterior House Painting and Siding

Cal Phillips — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:49:06 +0000

Free Exterior House Painting

Siding repairs and replacements normally does not include free exterior house painting in Aurora Colorado from any painting contractor, but this week we were able to combine the two home improvement projects for one of our Service Magic painting customers, discounting the exterior painting of new Masonite™ siding, being free. Having your attention, your painting contractor, Eco Paint will go into the utmost importance, keeping a fresh external paint on your home’s siding, no matter what type siding you may have. Having written several articles in the past, this one exemplifies exactly what I have been preaching all along, saving you time and of course money. Knowing we all like saving money,

spending it on things we enjoy, exterior house painting not being one of them. Getting a free house painting job is not your typical or ordinary cost estimation for home improvements, so having this exterior knowledge below will save you thousands of dollars in the long run. Always working with one’s budget, we were able to come to an agreed price doing both, adding a second painting of an exterior home at regular price to boot. Both of us feeling like we are winners with the work and custom home improvement painting costs.

As a painting contractor here in Denver/Aurora, one cannot read any materials found here on this blog or web site, without reading the phrase “House painting adds value and paint protection”. With this most recent exterior painting job in Aurora Colorado, it is a testament to my zeal and aspirations of Exterior Paint Protection. Below, we will be focusing on one of the most common exterior painting surfaces in Colorado, which kept up and maintained, will last a life-time. Just like changing oil in a car, keeping oil changed on a regular basis, you will get tons more miles and life out of it, than never changing it. Same goes with paint, and your exterior house painting and siding in Aurora, gaining many additional years of home protection of the outer layer which protects the most valuable contents inside, being You!

Maintaining Your Home’s Exterior Siding

Maintaining your home’s exterior siding is an area that usually requires painting to some degree or another. The largest portion of a home’s exterior is normally referred to in a house painter’s language is body. The body of a home is the exterior portion where a typical siding material is found. Other portions of a home’s exterior can include exterior doors, windows, trim, vents, and shutters. Maintaining and painting all exterior surfaces, especially the body is mandatory for lasting quality and sound substrate.

Painting Masonite™ Siding

Painting Masonite™ siding makes up the majority of a home’s exterior painting, which this man-made product derived from natural wood fibers, most common siding in Colorado. These fibers are compressed, molded and shaped into a strong and durable sheathing, protecting the contents within the home. Normally this siding can be found at your local home improvement stores, Lowe’s and Home Depot. Various sizes and widths may need to be special ordered, as individual locations may only stock certain sizes. Most Masonite™ siding comes primed, having a gray tint paint color, allowing for a quality exterior painting.

Understanding Exterior Paint

Understanding exterior paint and how it ages over time will make perfect sense to the necessity of painting Masonite™ siding for a fresh, new, protective paint coat on your home’s exterior siding. Any exterior paint, no matter what quality and warranty it may have, ages over time. This aging process occurs over different climate temperatures, UVA/UVB rays of our Sun, and moisture, drying back out. All major paint companies spend millions of dollars each year on Research and Development (R&D) testing their paint products, making sure they live up to the qualities and warranties provided. The longer an exterior paint keeps it’s elasticity and tensile strength, the longer paint protection it gives the siding and exterior surfaces or substrates. Once this elasticity is gone, the paint becomes hard and brittle, which is when it can crack and chip. An exterior paint does not have to crack or chip before it looses it’s protection characteristics. Once this paint hardens, moisture can get through it, through tiny pores, like your skin, and through any fasteners used to attach siding to the wall of your exterior. A good clue determining if this exterior paint is in need of repainting, one could see paint fade. Before going any further, I’d like to stop right here, and mention something very important from a paint warranty standpoint. If you read any back of any paint can, no matter what quality it may have, you will see, there is no paint manufacture who warrants paint fade. Knowing there is no way they possibly can warrant a paint fading, because of the colorants used, and where the siding is located to various climate, weather exposures, and directions they face, this portion of a paints quality is not covered from a warranty standpoint, although a very good determination it’s too old. This is where so many exteriors get left in the dust, not maintaining, because not understanding exterior paint’s attributes and characteristics, “Well, it’s not peeling, so ok”

NOT!

New Siding Replacements

New siding replacements are prescribed when this exterior paint has “Seen it’s last days” as well as the siding it was protecting. Once the paint protection is gone, leaving the Masonite™ siding compromised and exposed, this type of siding swells out like a sponge. The more “Swelled out” it becomes from it’s original thickness, the more deterioration and less cohesiveness it has, crumbling with the least amount of resistance, just like a rotten termite infested piece of wood. If not replaced, no paint will last it’s recommended length of time, none. Repeating, paint is only as good as the substrate it is covering. Sure, from a distance a new exterior paint job will look fine, but just don’t walk up close to the exterior, hoping a young neighborhood kid does not hit a baseball over on this surface. With the structure of material compromised, this baseball would leave a dent, just as would marble-size hail. This deteriorated siding must be replaced with new if your planning on keeping it, or even if your not. Selling a property with this siding replacement still needed, would short sale your value immensely, not retaining full value of a home. Keeping home value and protection at it’s highest, on occasions, new siding replacements may be necessary, or at least repairs.

Siding Repairs

Siding repairs on occasion will properly maintain what is already damaged if some swelling has occurred, nails sinking in, but certainly not bring it back to it’s original condition. The best house painting technique repairing siding is filling in nail holes that have sunk in using Crawford’s Exterior Spackle. This comes in a quart can, and is easily applied using fingers and a damp/wet rag, wiping off excess, drying to a flat finish. Filling in nail holes with anything else, like latex caulk does not permanently cure the problem, and from an aesthetic point of view, making it much worse over the duration. As paint ages and dries over time, the satin paint sheen flattens out to a dry flat paint finish. If caulk was used say 10 years prior, filling nail holes, that portion will continue to stay shinny, giving the appearance of a ••• Polka-Dotted ••• siding, as the paint ages and flattens out over time.

Free Exterior Paint Job in Aurora

Getting a Free exterior house painting job in Aurora Colorado is rarely unheard of, especially in today’s market. Both my customer and self were both trilled we were able to combine the two. Exterior siding is much more expensive to remove, replace, and dispose of old, we were able to comp. out the exterior painting of this home on Pagosa Way, charging normal exterior siding installation, having a brand new substrate to work with, and honoring the paint’s warranty. Keeping the exterior paint fresh and new, will add many additional years of siding protection as previously described above. If new siding was not used, and only paint, this paint coating would not have any warranty whats-so-ever, being only a temporary fix to an on-going concern. Exterior painting along with new siding can add up very quickly, and trying to work with everyone’s budget, my heart goes out to everyone, helping all those who need this siding and painting service, protecting one of their largest investments, a home. Certainly not charity, giving away a free exterior paint job in Aurora, but also not charging a premium price when allowed.

In Summary:

Exterior Painting and Siding

If your in need of exterior painting, cannot guarantee you’ll be offered a free exterior painting job, but what I can guarantee is if siding is repairable, we can fix it., If siding needs to be replaced, we can also help in this area of expertise as well. Not having to find multiple contractors is a plus for both siding and painting in Denver, Aurora, Boulder, and Colorado Springs. Keeping a fresh coat of paint to your exterior siding is so important, saving time and money in the long run, you’ll be hitting a home-run being proactive with your exterior paint protection, painting your Masonite™siding correctly.

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Residential Painting

Cal Phillips — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:21:34 +0000

Residential Painting for Denver and Colorado

Residential Painting Services for Denver and Colorado, using the most economical and ecological means painting your home or office. Complete house painting services for all residential interiors and exteriors across Denver Front Range and Colorful Colorado. Eco Paint, Inc. Welcomes You! Painting just a room or walls to an entire interior, Eco Paint can provide just that. Needing trim or siding replaced due to Colorado’s harsh climate, Eco Paint specializes in complete exterior paint protection. Adding beauty, value, and up to date paint color decoration is your best and most economical home improvement choice. Our residential painting services include a vast experience with drywall, popcorn and wallpaper removals, textures and repairs, deck finishes, siding repairs and replacements, as well as Lead Paint Abatement for Colorado. Looking to have your residence painted? You’ve come to the Right Place!

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Residential House Painting

Residential house painting for homes interior or exterior is one of the most beneficial home improvement areas that can be done upgrading one’s decor, while giving lasting paint protection. Eco Paint, Inc. is Denver’s premier painting contractors providing such paint protection. A residential home’s decor may change from one time to another, adding furniture, draperies, counter tops, or carpet. Updating one’s paint colors to coordinate with those new additions may be just what’s needed to complete your interior color decoration. Eco Paint’s staff are experts keeping up with the newest interior paint color trends for one’s home or office. Having over 30 years expertise painting local residential homes, large or small, Eco Paint is your right choice for residential house painting.

In residential painting, there are many areas of expertise, other than actually painting walls and ceilings. Having a vast knowledge with residential house painting, and all it’s specialties, assures you a professional house painting job done right. Below are the house painting areas we specialize the most.

Interior Painting

Interior painting is by far one of the most inexpensive ways of upgrading one’s decor to a more personalized look, setting the particular ambiance for every room. Using neutral tones for open areas, creating light and brightness, to deep tone bases generally used as accents, bringing out highlights, or creating a warm and cozy setting, interior painting is the most economical way of achieving such decorating goals. Eco Paint provides the most economical and ecological ways providing interior painting today in Denver and Colorado.

Drywall Textures and Repairs

Drywall textures and repairs are a very common task when painting interiors. Knowing how to proper match drywall textures is a must, or “Spots” will stand out, not looking the same. Having the skill and know how to properly repair drywall holes and textures will be as uniform as the day it was originally applied. Thus giving added consistency and uniformity to the final paint coats. Eco Paint are masters of drywall textures and repairs for all interior painting jobs.

Wallpaper and Popcorn Ceiling Removals

Wallpaper and Popcorn removals is another interior painting requirement when updating for a brand new look for a home. Many homes built prior to 1998 have Popcorn or acoustic ceiling. Homes prior to 1960, many have glitter mixed in the Popcorn. Removing or applying Popcorn, matching ceiling textures, Eco Paint is your interior painting contractor for a superb Popcorn or acoustic removal or application. Removing wallpaper go hand in hand with drywall textures and repairs. When removing wallpaper, most walls are not textured, for a flat smooth wallpaper feel and look. When wallpaper is removed, an unfinished sheet-rock is visible and present, thereby needing additional work matching drywall textures that are present throughout the rest of the home. Saving countless dollars with our wallpaper removal techniques, having the knowledge, skill and expertise, matching drywall textures, we can make one of the most dreaded interior painting areas a breeze, removing wallpaper, and Popcorn ceiling removals, saving money in the long run.

Exterior Painting

Exterior painting residential homes throughout Denver and Colorado, providing a home’s paint protection one house at a time, while updating one’s exterior to current paint color trends normally found in newer homes. Eco Paint is your local family owned and operated exterior painting company, having over 30 years exterior painting experience. Eco Paint provides a long term Workmanship Warranty, never asking for a penny until the exterior painting is completed, and approved, safe-guarding the home owner once again, which also tells you how confident we are with our superior craftsmanship and exterior painting practices.Taking the utmost care around the home, policing the area each day during the painting process, and before leaving, taking great pride painting, not rushing through any exterior painting steps so vital. Power washing, hand scraping, caulking, priming, scheduling a pre-walk through of paint preparations. Masking off all areas not to receive paint, applying two coats, wet on dry paint application, ensures a superior quality exterior painting job for your residence. A final walk-through will be scheduled after Paint Superintendent has walked with Denver painters and crewmen when performing exterior painting.

Deck Cleaning and Staining

Deck cleaning and staining is vital preserving one’s wood deck surfaces, for every home. Eco Paint uses State of the Art, cleaning processes, with environmentally friendly cleaning agents removing weathered Gray and ugly Black mold out of wood for wood looking as new as the day it was first installed. Power washing first, allowing to dry over 24-48 hours before any wood stain is applied, ensures proper stain penetration into the wood grain. Eco Paint uses the Best wood stains available today, from Cabots, Sikkens, Super Deck, Penofin, Behr, and Olympic stains. Generally most decks require a maintenance application every two to three years, and Eco Paint has in place a maintenance program in place scheduling a re-application of stain on a regular basis. Call us Today to inquire more about our deck cleaning and deck staining restorations, and possibly this regular deck maintenance program many choose to take, not having to worry about the wood deck cleaning and staining again.

Siding Repairs and Siding Replacements

Siding repairs and siding replacements is another added feature Eco Paint offers their exterior painting clients. Having over 30 years siding repairing experience, replacing most wood sidings from Masonite™, Hardie Plank™, Cedar, Textured, and T-111, in all shapes and sizes. Having 3 generations of carpentry skills in Cal’s family, siding repairs, siding replacements, and minor wood trim repairs and replacements are second nature with Eco Paint, allowing a solid and sound exterior painting job is obtained. Many times small portions of wood trim or siding has decayed beyond the point exterior paint alone will not help. Always remembering “Paint is only as good as the substrate it is covering”. If wood siding or trim has deteriorated, grain becoming weak or rotten, exterior painting is not held up, waiting on someone else, as Eco Paint can take repairing or replacing siding or wood trim in Denver, as a part of the total exterior painting services.

Lead Paint Testing / Lead Paint Abatement

Lead paint abatement is another area being qualified by the State of Colorado having Restoration, Remodel, and Paint Certificate, as well as holding National Certificate approved by EPA, the Lead Abatement Certificate for Contractors and Supervisors. If your home is built prior to 1978, chances are favorable, there is Lead present. The first order of business is scheduling Eco Paint to come out, testing for Lead Paint. This is a nominal fee, and sometimes can be incorporated into the cost of Lead Paint Abatement and or Encapsulations. However, this is a very small price to pay, especially if children are present, as Lead paint chips from the smallest sizes, can have life-long impacts to a child’s central nervous, immune systems and brain. Only one case in history where a child has died resulting from high levels of Lead in the body, however Lead Paint at much lower volumes can and will have life-long devastating impacts if ingested. Smaller amounts can be from Lead Paint dust, to smaller chips in and around the home. Do not take Lead Paint lightly, as it is a silent killer of brain and immune cells within the body. No cancer has been reported from Lead Paint ingestion, but the consequences are just as serious, of a debilitating nature to small children.

Having dealt with many Lead removal projects, Eco Paint is your Lead Paint Abatement Leader for Colorado. Keeping lead paint removal costs down, and paint safety standards at it’s highest, Eco Paint uses the best removal techniques available. Just as serious as we are with our interior and exterior painting, going the extra mile providing safety for home owners, and Denver painters when removing Lead Paint, protecting a child’s home is our utmost concern, and should be yours too. Call us Today to schedule a Lead Paint Test at your home or business.

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Helping you with all of your residential painting you may have, your local Denver painting contractor, Eco Paint welcomes hearing from you. Painting residences, offices, and businesses for over 30 years, painting one home in Colorado at a time.

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Painting Masonite Siding Correctly

Cal Phillips — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:05:25 +0000

Painting Masonite™ Siding for Lasting Beauty and

Paint Protection

Painting Masonite™ Siding

Painting Masonite™ siding, several steps are involved to ensure lasting beauty and exterior paint protection dependent from your paints adhesion characteristics and local weather conditions. Depending upon where in the country you live, and what the normal humidity ratings may be, applying exterior paint under the lowest humidity ratings is always recommended. Every city in our country has a normal humidity rating, and if not sure where you live, check with your local weather forecaster. Some areas of our country may never see humidity ratings lower than 70%, such as in Houston or the Southern coast line. Relative humidity is probably the first factor people should take into consideration when painting exterior siding, as well as others listed below.

Masonite™ siding is a man-made product using wood fibers grown in the United States and abroad, going through an extensive milling and manufacturing process. Very high quality, and dense in nature, this exterior siding product comes to home improvement stores ready to be painted, having a grayish tinted primer painted on exposed surfaces. The following steps listed will insure proper care when painting Masonite™ siding.

Exterior House Painting Tips

Cleaning Masonite™ siding

Cleaning Masonite™ siding is done normally by using a high pressure power washer having anywhere from 1500-3500 psi. Careful not to get too close with spray nozzle, as this can damage the siding. A good rule of thumb is staying away at least 6 feet with spray tip. Most of the time no ladders are needed, for higher points of the home, a “Red” solid stream tip can be used, rinsing from the top down, dirt and debris. Using a mild Eco friendly soap or detergent scrubbing on to surfaces, rinsing off using high pressure washers is recommended. Cleaning Masonite™ siding allows proper paint

adhesion once dried, and cleaning siding is like having a clean painter’s canvas to start a new oil painting. Art paintings and a home’s exterior siding are existentially the same, only on a much larger scale, and having a clean canvas or siding allows to work with a clean slate, giving way for the final painting having much more appeal, quality and integrity.

Caulking Masonite™ siding

Caulking Masonite siding should be done 24-48 hours after any cleaning has taken place. Water from power washing can get in ends of boards next to trim or at bottom edges of siding, not wishing to trap moisture, as this will diminish the life of the caulk. Once caulking opens up, the siding is subject to potential harm and deterioration, so caulking on a dry surface is at the up-most importance. As the picture below shows, nail heads appear to have “Sunken in” possibly by the pneumatic nail guns having too high of air pressure. This is certainly not the case. What is going on is the exterior paint coating has lost it’s protection, allowing moisture to seep into nail shafts, causing Masonite™ siding to expand. Sunken nail heads is one of the first tale-tailed signs it’s time to repaint your exterior Masonite™ siding. If left unattended, these nail heads will continue to sink in because the siding is expanding like a sponge in water.

To properly fix these nail polyps or indention s, caulking is the last thing you will want to use filling them. Although the quickest, as a caulking gun dispenses caulk rather quickly, a can of exterior Spackle should be used. Spackle dries to a flat finish, and when painted, will never flash once paint ages, as caulk continues to be shinny. I’ve personally been an advocate and spokesperson having painting over 30 years, I’ve painted 1000′s and seen countless other homes having a poka-dotted look as exterior paint has aged, and caulk was used several years before filling in nail heads. Another good rule of thumb is caulk only at 90 degree angles, and not where to pieces of siding meet one another. As siding joints are staggered, no water can penetrate the wall surfaces underneath. Instead of caulking these joints, a metal sleeve can be installed during construction, never seeing these joints and edges again, allowing the ends to breath. Proper caulking of Masonite™ siding is the up-most importance, and your professional painting contractors know best.

Priming Masonite™ siding

Priming Masonite™ siding usually never needs this paint product, as it comes from the lumber mills sealed and primed. I have seen some extreme cases where the siding left unattended for many years, will need a primer coat before the final exterior paint coating. If Masonite™ siding has been neglected and nail heads appear sinking as mentioned above, the bottom edges of this siding normally appears that of a sponge, and should be sealed and primed before painting. This will also help the appearance of it from a aesthetic point of view, not to mention proper paint protection. This is why you may have seen a house getting painted, during the preparation process, looking like a scalded striped Zebra, priming Masonite siding is what is going on and needed.

Painting Masonite™ siding

Painting Masonite™ siding is the last most important thing protecting this high quality exterior sheathing lasting many years, normally the life of the home, if properly cared for. Applying the proper paint thickness paint coatings is key for the life of the paint itself. New construction normally has no requirements to the thickness of the paint, only applying enough to get by and home sold and occupied. Most paint manufactures recommend exterior paint coatings consisting of at least 9 mills dry, which wet paint coats would need 13-16 mills. This type of siding can be either brushed rolled or sprayed, knowing spraying with a cross hatch spray method, two coats wet on dry is the best for consistency and uniformity. Spraying is also more effective way keeping painting cost estimates down, not requiring near as long painting. Rolling and brushing methods take a considerable amount of time longer accomplishing, thereby costing more, as time is money, and money is time. Working from top down, side to side, if needing to stop for some reason, best to complete the entire section or side.

Exterior Painting

Exterior painting can be a daunting task, and hope this helps you painting Masonite™ siding the correct way, making all the difference in the world for your siding’s protection and lasting beauty. Proper painting techniques will insure your Masonite™ siding will stand the test of time, protecting the contents within the home, mainly You~ as Masonite™ siding is a very high quality exterior sheathing.

Hiring a professional house painting contractor in your area can save you time and money, many assist with Free in Home Paint Color Consultation. Saving time and money with professional house painters also adds value and sense of personal exterior paint decorating, while getting the job done right the first time. Hiring an exterior painting contractor also provides the least amount of inconvenience while weatherizing and painting your home’s siding and trim, which is always a plus.

In Denver Colorado, Eco Paint, Inc., provides some of the best Denver painters, Colorado has to offer, along with these above attributes mentioned. Any painting questions can be asked and answered by some of the most informed paint contractors in the painting industry at the Painting Forum, one of the newest National Painting Forums on the Web.

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Cal Phillips — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:22:15 +0000

Interior Painting Goals in the Real Estate Market

Listing a home in today’s market, many things to consider insuring a quick sell. While painting a home’s interior is one of the inexpensive and most popular home improvement tasks for homeowners in the United States, there are several common goals of interior painting in the Real Estate market. Using a professional interior painting contractor is one of the most important ways having a home look fresh, clean, and

new when the job is completed. This procedure is quite simple. Choose a professional painting contractor with a solid history and track record is your best choice. Pick which areas need painting. Choose paint colors, and let your painting contractor do the rest. Listed below are several goals to obtain when painting an interior of a home.

Paint Costs

Paint costs is one of the most inexpensive home improvements one can make, buying or selling a home when putting it on the real estate market. Today’s market is extremely competitive with so many properties to choose. Sellers need to get a jump on whatever edge they can, to make a home look beautiful and well maintained. Sellers may even be reluctant to list a home because of the inconveniences that come with getting it ready for showings and open houses. The fact is, a freshly painted home helps a house to look inviting and move-in ready. If everything else is equal, buyers will choose the property that needs the least amount of work, making it an easier to sale. When figuring the cost of paint, as to the extra time not selling a property, or missing the first potential buyer, paint costs can be immeasurable.

First Impression

The first thing one should look at is the front door. This is the first thing anyone visually sees before stepping in to look at a home on the market. If the front door is faded and worn, this gives a negative first impression, and we all know how important “First impressions” have become to many. Adding a fresh new coat of paint to the front door should be first on your agenda, along with painting the interior and exterior of your home. If the paint has become dried, faded, and areas are peeling, it’s certainly time to consider investing in an exterior painting job before putting a home on the market. Just as the front door is the first thing one sees before stepping into a home, the full exterior visually seen from a distance, and should give a fresh new appearance, and a pleasant visual appeal.

Color Change

Many people paint rooms to personalize their individual decors, with a color change, matching existing decorations, or to change color being tired of plain White walls and ceilings. Others change colors of a room because it has become inappropriate like a child leaving home off to college. If this home is the place you plan to reside for the next five years, a more custom paint color scheme is recommended. However, if your planning on putting the home on the market, a uniform 2-3 paint color scheme is recommended, using Whites, naturals, and beige colors, as this is most appealing to the masses. Custom decorating colors are for individual tastes, as new home owners like doing they’re own thing once purchased. So don’t try guessing what someone else would like when it comes to paint colors. Also remembering the lighter the paint color, the larger the room appears, and visa-versa to darker colors the room appears to be smaller. Most Denver homeowners paint interiors every 5-7 years, so the paint colors should be something you can live with for that length and period of time.

Desired Paint Colors

Paint comes in paint bases, and colorant is added to achieve desired paint colors, tints and hues. The first thing to remember is paint colorant does not cover, the paint base allows paint coverage. Let me repeat, paint base covers in 2 complete coats wet on dry application method. The more paint colorant is added to the base, the less the paint coat will cover. Some paint colors are notorious for not covering even with multiple paint coats. The reason for this is so much paint colorant is needed, the paint base will need to be poured off, allowing room in the can for colorant to be added, therefore will achieve the proper paint color desired when dried, but certainly not the paint coverage in a standard 2 coat application. Some paint colors to watch out for are bright yellows, dark purples, and deep blues, as using these paint colors, you can find yourself painting multiple 5-6 coats for proper paint coverage.

If you are in the Colorado Real Estate market for interior or exterior painting, the house painters of Aurora and Denver painting contractors, Eco Paint, Inc. is your Best choice performing an exquisite house or office painting job. So, call today for a painting estimate, which includes a Free in home paint color consultation. (303) 591-4978

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Cal Phillips — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:25:31 +0000

Saving Time and Money with Professional Painters

Saving Time:

Many owners may not know the saving time efforts with the complexity of painting the interior or exterior of a home or building. Several paint related factors to consider when painting these structures, which can be massive to the do-it-yourselfer. Professional painters saves you time and money when considering these projects at hand. Saving time and money with professional painters and paint contractors will not only give way for you to concentrate on other matters, but will make this home improvement process effortless as possible on your part. Many professional house painters can provide a thorough interior and exterior painting

services saving you time and effort having to do these jobs yourself. You may have more important things you would enjoy doing, whether it be spending time with family, friends, sporting events, or just plain relaxing. So hiring a professional painting contractor is your best choice.

Saving Money:

The larger painting projects such as commercial ones, saving money is especially important hiring professional painting contractors. A commercial painting is one of a large scale, and normally business to business related. However, many smaller business to business and commercial painting jobs become available such as painting walls or ceilings for a particular office or room. Either way, the larger painting project compounds saving money with any problems that could arise is that much more magnified.

When employing a professional painting service, you not only save yourself the time and hassle of having to paint your home, but you also ensure that you are having the job done right. For example, if you currently have wallpaper on your walls, wishing to update, then wallpaper removal, drywall texture and painting services must both be done. Removing wallpaper is a very lengthy and frustrating process, if it is not done by a seasoned professional. A professional painting contractor’s team can come in, quickly remove the wallpaper, prepare the walls for paint, and then quickly and efficiently paint your home.

Free in Home Paint Color Decorating:

Having windows, hardware, cabinets, and wood trim is a tedious task if not done properly. Eco Paint, Inc. IE. Eco Paint, makes a standard practice removing doorknobs, wall plates, reinstalling after the painting process for a complete uniform paint finish. A professional painting contractor such as Eco Paint takes care to properly mask all flooring and areas not to receive paint, to make the entire painting process run as smooth as possible. Eco Paint, also offers Free in home paint color decorating consultation with each interior painting or exterior painting job, which ensures you find the perfect paint colors to fit your unique lifestyle and and individual decorating preferences, again saving time and money.

Standard Operating Procedures:

Season painting professionals use their knowledge and previous work experience to develop detailed S.O.P (standard operating procedures) designed to complete any painting project as quickly and efficiently as possible. Painting contractor’s paint foremen and paint crews work to complete your painting project on schedule set by both you and the paint contractor. For example, if you are looking to have a room painted in the preparation of a new family member such as a baby arriving, the paint contractor can guarantee that all work will be finished well before the baby is arrives. If you attempt to do the work yourself, there is no guarantee that it will be done in time. And this is where Green Earth Friendly interior paints come into the painting estimate. Using Low V.O.C (volatile odor content) water borne paints protect the air quality especially for a new born and small infants. Fragrance free interior paints are the way to go, especially for infants, elderly, and anyone with breathing concerns. Employing Eco Paint’s Professional Painters of Denver Colorado, you know your interior or exterior will be handled with the up most care and professional painting standards.

Hiring a professional painting contractor for all of your interior and exterior painting needs is the Green Way to go, saving time, energy, and money, getting the job done right the first time.

Go Green, Paint Today, Entertain Tonight!

Eco Paint painting contractor, Cal Phillips, offers a wide range of painting services ranging from full interior and exterior painting to deck cleaning, deck restorations, and commercial painting projects large or small, being family owned and locally operated painting service second to none.

So contact us today for a Free Paint Estimate! (303) 591-4978

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Home Interior, Exterior Painting

Cal Phillips — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:51:26 +0000

Professional Painting Contractor is Your Best Choice

Hiring a professional painting contractor is your best choice when considering a top quality home interior, exterior painting job. No better time than now redecorating your home, having fresh new colors in or on your home. Bringing new paint colors into your home will give a fresh new sense of ownership, if you have just moved in, or plan to stay in your home a while longer, offers reasons to paint. Painting interior and exterior surfaces will also give a new curb appeal if considering putting it on the market to sell. I have personally witnessed a contract being made on the last day we finished our exterior painting job in Centennial Colorado. This is not normal, but indeed a added bonus to both buyers and sellers, not to mention a great feeling of accomplishment, from us, the exterior painting company. Painting is by far the most inexpensive and cheapest way of redecorating the inside or outside of your home. When considering repainting your home, hire a full service professional painting contractor. Painting

professionals are up on the latest paint color trends, as these new color schemes change for new homes by major paint manufactures. Hiring a professional painting contractor will insure a fresh new look, interior or exterior, and can tackle any wall or ceiling surfaces that may come into play. Drywall repairs, and Wallpaper removals are a few interior items a full service painting contractor can handle. From an exterior point of view, deck cleaning, staining, siding repairs and replacements are a few areas of concern from an exterior point of view, that a seasoned professional painting company can also handle.

Very Best House Painters

Professional painting contractors employ the very best house painters who can make sure the job is done right the first time. These painting professionals can offer opinions as to styles, decor accents and color combination as to a professional painting job. Knowing which type of paint goes where, making your home a center-piece for entertainment and show piece for your neighborhood. Hiring a professional painting contractor, many other benefits can prove your money is used the wisest, not having to repaint for many years to come. A professional painting contractor and crew will normally use the very best painting products and supplies which will last the duration, without cracking, peeling, or fading. Knowing which types hold up and withstand Colorado’s harsh climate temperatures.

In Denver, house painting jobs normally last 10-25 years for your exterior surfaces, depending on weather conditions. Professional painting contractors and painters will make sure that painting project will make your home new once again.

No better time to repaint, than right now

Which areas of your home needs painting?

Exterior Painting:

If you plan for exterior painting, you will want to make sure gutters, roof, garage doors, windows are in good shape. If in need of replacing either one of these, these need to be done first. Allowing a clean tight exterior painting job afterward. There are many types of house paints, sheen, and schemes available. Having your local professional painting contractor guide you through is your best choice. We know exactly what to do, and where to do it, as expert paint color coordinating professionals, with Eco Paint, Inc. your leading Denver House Painting Professionals, with exteriors in every since of the word.

Interior Painting:

If you plan having your interior painted, you will want to consider if your in the market for new carpet, window treatments, cabinets or any other interior home improvements and decorations. Interior painting can be done in between several of these home upgrades, sometimes making the interior painting job costing much less, like replacing the carpet. Carpet can be removed, interior painting accomplished, while not having to mask off the floor. This also allows priming the sub-floor if necessary. Reasons to prime sub-floor would be animal, or tobacco smells.

Having only an exterior painting job accomplished, this will not give the aesthetic and ambiance to the interior, so many do both at the same time. Good idea is choosing a painting contractor who has a vast experience with both areas of the home. Giving a full home update, remodeling, and decorating paint color change.

Painting Estimates:

Decorating the interior or exterior with multiple color choices will bring your home into a new living accommodations, surrounding yourself with the paint colors you enjoy the most. We know which paint colors and sheen are best suited for kitchens, younger children bedrooms, bathrooms, living areas for walls and ceilings, from soft Whites, to pastels Reds and Greens. Separate painting quotes should be given, as to see where your remodeling dollars are going, and at Eco Paint, Inc. we do just that. An itemized painting form having full list of information and color choices at your disposal, for all of your interior and exterior painting needs. So Look no Further for a Professional Painting Contractor, and Contact Us Today, For a Free In Home Color Decorating Painting Estimate. Figuring paint costs has never been so easy using Cal Phillips and Eco Paint, Inc. (303) 591-4978

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Exterior Painting in Denver Colorado

Cal Phillips — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:42:49 +0000

Exterior Painting in Denver Colorado Springs

There is much to be said for exterior painting in Denver Colorado Springs, covering the Colorful State of Colorado. Colorado offers a picturesque setting painting many home’s siding and trim either up in Colorado’s High Country, or down in Denver and Colorado’s Front Range. The Spring, Summer, and Fall months offer premium weather conditions above Denver in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. However down at the Mile High City, Denver and the Front Range offers superb exterior painting year round.

Exterior House Painting Basic Steps

We will go in chronological order with basic steps one needs to take, providing excellent paint protection for a home’s exterior siding and trim. Before getting started, this can be an overwhelming task for the DIY (do-it-yourself-er), so don’t say I didn’t warn you. Exterior painting should be left up to the Professional Paint Contractor if homeowner has no previous home improvement and painting experience. Normally most house painting services companies will charge more

having to go back over fixing what has already been done, if the lines are not straight, and paint coatings are not consistent and uniform. I have seen some loo-loos in my time, mostly resulting from inexperienced homeowners, always leaving the door wide open with the suggestion as to the previous owner or neighborhood school painter on Summer break. Below, are the basic steps one should take, painting the exterior

of a home in Colorado, as there is no deviation to these steps from most Professional Denver painting contractors.

Power Washing:

Before picking up a spray gun or paint brush, one must clean the siding, normally done by power washing. Using a high pressure washer having anywhere from 2000-3300 psi. Great care needs to be given, never touching tip when dispensing high pressure spray. This can inject water into the skin, causing water in the blood, and this can be very serious. So keep hands, arms, and legs away from spray tip when power washing the house. This safety measure also applies to airless spray guns, getting skin too close to spray tip, paint can be injected into skin and bloodstream as well. Now power washing is not intended to peel the old paint off, however if flaking paint is present, a high pressure wash will remove a lot of this old paint. This procedure normally takes approximately 30-45 minutes going around the home, from ground level. You do not need to get up close and using a ladder, as this can harm the wood getting spray too close. Also using a Red Tip for second stories, and a Yellow or Green Tip for closer surfaces. Power washing is meant to clean the dirt and grime off the surfaces, sometimes using a chemical wash additive. Power washing is important, like having a clean canvas to paint on, or a clean exterior siding to repaint.

Now the exterior siding and trim is clean, you should wait 24-36 hours before you do anything else. I know you may want to do something else, but relax and forget it. Wait 24-36, as everything else will adhere and have much stronger adhesion capabilities if you wait, letting surfaces to dry back out.

Scraping:

Now the substrate has dried, it is time to go over all surfaces scraping all wood surfaces where exterior paint has “Lifted up” but not actually peeling up, commonly referred to as “Blistering”. Old aged paint has a tendency to pull away from the wood surface, especially not having a bonding primer applied first on wood surfaces. This is the first sign, hard to see, paint deterioration, that must be removed before any new paint coating is applied. If old lifting paint is not scraped off, new paint will lift be lifted off with older in a very short period. So trick is getting all old, aged, lifted paint up, cleaning substrate below, using sandpaper and or wire brush. This will insure the surface will accept exterior primer and bond properly.

Haha, you thought that was all for scraping? Not quite. All old caulk that has separated from one substrate or another, normally found in corners of the home’s siding, or at 90 degree angles where trim boards are present, this caulk needs to be removed. Caulking over old separated caulk with new caulk is like putting a band-aid on a broken arm. The reason is caulk tends to follow separation, and as the old caulk continues to pull away, so does the new caulk in record time. Caulking over old separated caulk can look good at first, but worthless as tits on a boar hog, not lasting a flipping year before you see cracks in your caulk. Therefore, take that extra time involved, and scrape all old caulk that has separated, replacing with new.

Caulking:

After all scraping has been completed, caulking all 90 degree angle wood joints is next on the list. Caulking around windows and door frames is a must. This seals out moisture, and drafts, making all interior crevices protected from the outside elements. One of a professional house painters tricks when caulking is taking a damp or wet rag and wiping caulk to a smooth uniform finish. This also applies to caulking interior trim surfaces as well. Wiping off any excess caulk that may have found it’s way on other outside surfaces using same wet rag is best before any outdoor painting begins. Caulking is to exterior painting, as an artisan prepares for the first paint colors to be applied, making sure the canvas is all prepared. A good or bad caulking job can make or break the final outcome of an exterior paint job, so pay close attention to the smallest of details when caulking.

A good caulk we like using is either Sherwin-Williams 950A Pro Select or Comex 45 year, both a flexible acrylic caulking compound, specifically formulated with silicone with the latest research and development of waterborne sealants. These silicone improvements offer added paint-ability, durability and adhesion in all applications. These caulks are also treated with a mildew-cide having a negative effect to mildew growth. Caulks are generally easy to work with, having very little solvent odor, and cleans easily with water before it has time to set up and dry. Caulk dry times increase the cooler the outside temperature is, and shorter times the warmer the ambient temperature is, normally 45 minutes on a 60 degree day. Noting, you should never attempt to caulk during high humidity, rain, or freezing temperatures. Caulking during these times can and will impede the lasting qualities these exterior caulks will have. Not wearing dentures yet, I don’t think freezing my Fix-O-Dent before using, would last the normal time-frame either.

Priming:

This is where the meat and potatoes for quality painting preparation. Normally most exteriors do not need a complete exterior priming job, although we have required some to meet our workmanship warranties. A good rule of thumb we use is, if more than 25% of the exterior needs priming because of bare wood, oil spots coming through siding, the whole exterior shall receive bonding primer. When using Life-Time-Warranty paints, priming is not required, as the Duration, and Legacy paints from Sherwin-Williams and Kwal Howell has primer built right in. Either way, priming the whole exterior or using Life-Time-Warranty paints is not cheap by no means. Exterior trim is normally the first area to require painting, as is from dimensional raw bare wood, normally never primed before. Priming bottom of siding edges is very important as well, sealing those opened edges before the exterior finish coats are applied. Most of the time spot priming is needed where paint has been scraped off. Loading up liberally, priming over caulk as well, helps seal caulk for paint-ablity and durability, helping keep the caulk’s elasticity.

Masking:

Masking off areas not to receive paint is very important, cleaning off paint is very time consuming, eating away the time it take to complete the exterior painting job. I have seen novice painters mask windows using 12″ paper, leaving big squares of opened exposed glass and window frames open. This exterior tip not to do, is very easy falling victim, opening up, exposing large areas of clean-up. It is always a company requirement with Eco Paint, masking off windows 100%. Masking off roofing where exterior siding meets the roof usually on upper stories is also a requirement. Also masking off concrete, walkways, flagstone, patios, decks, and vegetation growing close to the home are other areas to mask off, protecting from paint splatters and over-spray, goes without saying. Automobiles not able to be moved is also a concern to mask over, normally using large plastic drop film.

Exterior Painting:

Knowing this, when painting exterior home’s siding, we like upgrading our customers to a Life-Time-Warranty paint for the trim. Never scrimping on exterior paint quality, we use Sherwin-Williams, Kwal Paint, or Benjamin Moore. Although there are other very high quality paints available such as Valspar, Glidden, Behr, and Devoe, all have their Low, Mid, and High Quality grades, similar to stopping at the gas pump. Remembering driving up to the filling station, meeting the “Man Who Wears the Star”, wiping off your windshield before asking what grade of gasoline you would like” Texaco and Eco Paint have very similar characteristics.

Once all steps of preparation is finished, it’s time to break out the paint brushes, paint rollers, and spray guns. Normally the main body is sprayed, using a “Cross-Hatch” spray pattern, laying a consistent, uniform and even paint coating, working from one side of the home to the other. On warm days, once you get to the end of the final side, you can go around once again, applying the second coat. Latex, Acrylic paints dry by touch within a matter of minutes the warmer the temperature is, which in this case, a 50-60 degree F., day Latex paint should dry within 30-45 minutes.

After two coats have been applied to the main portion or body we call it, it’s time to remove the masking tape, paper and plastic covering any trim. Brushing and or rolling all trim, gutters, facia, flashing, doors is next on the list. This area of exterior painting is by far the most time consuming, and thus exterior trim painting costs are more than actually spraying the body. I could talk your ears off painting the exterior, but will leave some left for another day and another article. I must conclude, if this seems more than you wish tackling yourself, by all means contact a professional exterior painting service and painting contractor today!

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