A dining area painted with a red wall, hardwood floor and white ceiling and trim.

What is GREEN Painting?

GREEN Painting is a painting specialty that uses eco-friendly paints that have very little negative impact on our environment. Green Painting refers not to the color, but to the paint that contains little or no harmful chemicals that are found in all conventional paints, stains, and wood finishing coats like

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1 gallon can of Rust-Oleum Chalk Board Paint

10 Places in the Home to Use Chalkboard Paint

Chalkboard paint is a do-it-yourself homeowners best friend. It is the perfect paint to use when painting a variety of areas in your home and your family will love it. When it first came on the market, chalkboard paint had an almost unbearable odor and was hard to use. Today’s

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A bunch of open paint cans. All sizes and colors.

Guide to Environmentally Friendly Paint

At first glance the various options for eco-friendly paint can be a bit overwhelming. There is a wide variety of brands that now offer environmentally friendly paints, as well as different types of paint. When considering making the “green” choice for your next painting project there are a few different

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What’s in Your Paint, and Why You Should Care

House paint is made up of three main things: pigment (that’s the colour), a binder to keep the colour all together and make it stick to your walls, and a solvent, which keeps the paint liquid. The solvent can be anything from water to alcohol or petroleum products. The important

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Painters “HOLIDAYS”

It doesn’t take long for a professional painter to pick out the “holidays” of the previous painter, most likely not a professional. From a professionals view, there is nothing more frustrating than trying to “undo”, “cover up”, “mask”, or rectify the “holidays” of the previous painter(s). Painting “holidays” come in

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House Painting: A Cost-Effective Makeover

In an economic downturn, it’s harder to decide what investments will be the wisest. You may be putting off having your home painted till things seem more settled. In fact, painting can be your best investment. With the housing market where it is, selling your house may not be a

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How To Brush-Cut A Line

Learning how to “cut” a line is probably the most crucial part of all painting. If you can master it you are on your way to Professionalism… This Technique apples to cutting a line anywhere: ceilings, casings, moldings etc. First, get just the right amount of paint on your brush:

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Two men holding a very dangerous extension ladder.

Seven Tips for Ladder Safety

Do-it-yourself homeowners are notorious for home improvement mishaps. From hammered fingers to bruised shins, there is no end to the ways that home owners can find to injure themselves while remodeling their homes. One of the most dangerous positions a home owner can find himself in, however, is on a

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How to Paint Over Oil-Based Paint Successfully

When you want to redecorate your home, painting is usually the easiest way to transform spaces within. A gallon of paint is much less expensive than rolls of wallpaper or sections of paneling. It is also less expensive than replacing handrails and mailboxes with chipped paint. The problem can arise,

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Using a wood ladder to reach a difficult area in a church.

Church Painting; In the end wood ladders came thru.

Upon recently bidding on a church painting job in Perth Amboy, NJ, I called in a scaffolding erection company to set up scaffolding around the alter; the cost $7500.00 to erect and dismantle, not happening. Next I contacted a lift company to scope out job site but there equipment could

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