Cost Cutting Tips for Exterior House Painting A fresh coat of paint can make your home aesthetically pleasing and lovely. A good exterior paint job can also go a long way in boosting the curb appeal, and the overall value of your property. However, some people worry about the cost of exterior house painting and …
La Jolla Historical Society creates a new “Pocket Park” while preserving Venturi Pergola from LJ Museum of Contemporary Art In 2018, due to the renovation and additions to La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, the Venturi Pergola needed to be moved. La Jolla Historical Society has repurposed the pergola into a cozy “pocket park” …
How to: sanding block improves efficiency 10 fold! Folding a quarter sheet of sandpaper into thirds is an old painters trick But this approach using the fingers to press on the paper caused limmited pressure points and inefficiency By wrapping the paper over a block of wood or foam will give you even pressure over …
Irving Gill designed historic structure in Bankers Hill is restored This property was originally a private residence with a home built in the 1880’s In the early 1900’s The Bishop’s Schools added a chapel and classrooms and hired renown architect Irving Gill In the 1940’s the facility was taken over by a church that still …
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Refinishing Natural Wood Shingle Siding This cedar siding had been re-oiled so many times, it had lost its bright, clean, original look We removed all the old oils using a biodegradeable stripper followed by waterblasting To protect the environment all waterblast water was kept out of the gutter/stormdrain and kept on the property The next …
If you have old paint piled up in your garage check out my video on how to properly get rid of it. You may be surprised at what you can recycle and what you cannot.
Copper patina paint on a charitable “Mr. Ed”
Metal clad windows and doors can be refinished to look like new Metal windows and doors can become chalked, faded and pitted with oxidization Often the finish can be buffed out and waxed But often they have gone too far and we need to refinish with a bullet proof coating system We protect the glass, …
Basic House Painting Tools and Tool Organization for Painting These are the basic hand tools needed to effectively prepare and paint a house From carbide scrapers to sandpapers to application tools and their organization. Having the correct tools organized and close at hand leads to efficiency and effectiveness in preparation of surfaces and applying paint …
