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Interior Painting
Preparing and Painting the Interior
Acoustic Ceilings
•        Patch as required areas such as scrapes, nicks and holes.
•        Shellac seal water stains to prevent bleed-through.
•        Mask all surfaces and items not to be covered.
•        Apply top quality acoustic ceiling paint in flat white as required for complete coverage.
Walls, Painted Ceilings and Woodwork
•        Doors, Casings, Baseboard, Cabinets, Vanities, Mantles, Etc.
•        Wash as required any surfaces needing cleaning.
•        Sand all wood surfaces presently finished in enamel to break gloss.
•        Apply acrylic under coater to all surfaces to provide a bond coat for finish material.
•        Patch cracks and holes as required and re-prime the patching material to 'sandwich' this material and create a uniform
bonding surface for the application of finish material.
•        Shellac seal stains to prevent bleed-through.
•        Apply finish as required for complete coverage.
Previously Stained and Finished Surfaces
•        Cabinets, Vanities, Linens, Etc.
•        Wash as required to remove grease and foreign matter.
•        Sand lightly to break gloss.
•        Re-stain as required to blend scratches, etc.
•        Apply finish as required for complete coverage.
Exterior Painting
Preparing and Painting the Exterior
Wood Trim Surfaces and Metal
•        Power wash to remove soil, oxidation and some loose paint.
•        Wire brush and hand scrape to remove remaining loose paint.
•        Apply acrylic under coater to all surfaces to be coated.
•        Apply specialized acrylic under coater to all exposed flashing, roof cap and miscellaneous metal to assure bond.
•        Fill voids and cracks in wood trim, except eaves, with exterior grade spackle, fixall, putty or caulking.
•        Apply a second coat of primer over surfaces patched to 'sandwich' patching material and create uniform bonding
Surface for the application of finish materials.
•        Re-glaze window and door sash as required.
•        Pull together wood joints with nails or screws, if possible.
•        Caulk remaining open joints at casings, fascia, siding and elsewhere as required.
•        Prime all surfaces after glazing and caulking.
•        Shellac seal any bleed-through areas apparent after priming.
•        Apply finish as required for complete coverage.
Stucco Surfaces
•        Power wash to remove soil, oxidation and loose stucco material.
•        Remove loose stucco material not removed by washing.
•        V-groove cracks over 1/16" wide to give more lateral surface for bonding.
•        Wet all areas to be patched to allow proper cure time for patch.
•        Apply stucco patch and float to match existing texture as close as we can.
•        Trench around foundation where possible.
•        Apply finish as required for complete coverage in masonry quality flat.