The Bathroom Paint Is Going Down The Toilet Why is it that bathroom walls tend to be the ones that need repainting the most? Streaks on the walls and spots on the ceilings were causing major discolorations, the walls were losing their sheen, and the paint was starting to show wear and tear. It’s as [...]
Which Sheen Of Paint Is Best? The type of sheen paint you use on your walls can make or break your home. Let’s say you use a high-sheen paint in the bathroom or other high traffic areas of the house. You’ll be trying to clean the stains off of those walls until your whole arm [...]
Getting Your House Painted Correctly Can Be An Expensive Proposition An Open Letter From Dan Sherwood, Owner Of Sherwood Painting Services It’s not uncommon for us to witness jaws dropping when we quote a project. So that begs the question: Why is it so damned expensive to get your house exterior painted these days? I’ll [...]
Common Issues Within The Exterior Painting Industry What's Wrong With This Picture? The painting industry as a whole gets a bad reputation for some of the stuff that we do. Unfortunately, what this does is put a bad taste in homeowner's mouths so they're reluctant to call us painting companies when something needs to [...]
Can You Paint Over Paint? You can paint over paint like you can paint light fixtures- easily. Specifically, you can use acrylic paint to cover oil paint without much of a hassle. Many houses built before the 90's have oil paint on the walls because it was the popular paint of choice then. [...]
What A Feeling, Water Damage On The Ceiling It looks like a tea or coffee stain somehow ended up on the ceiling. This isn’t a beverage spill, but water damage. If it’s in the shape of a celebrity, cut it out and sell it on eBay and use the money for repairs. If it instead [...]
Where Is The Perfect Paint? Finding the right paint for a job is a daunting task, like trying to survive a stampede. Brands, colors, labels, quantity, quality, and a thousand other factors come hurling at you as if they were MLB pitches. Each paint brand will try their best to convince you that [...]
This Paint Contractor Seems A Slim Shady Eminem isn’t the only shady character out in the world. Some painting contractors are, and if you don’t know what to look for, painting contractor scams will take some serious money from your wallet. You remember the stories you’ve heard on the news and from the Better Business [...]
Bad Paint Contractors Don’t Know Good Business There’s nothing worse than not knowing what’s going on, especially when it involves your money, your time, and your home. Hiring a bad paint contractor to paint your house is like asking a sloth to win a race; they’re slow and don’t tell you their plan. This is [...]
If The Flash Could Paint A Room Flash can paint a room in a matter of seconds, but to us non-superhumans, it will take a bit longer. It takes time and effort to paint a room, whether it’s DIY or done by professionals. This is outside of choosing the color and gathering the necessary [...]
