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The History of Red Paint

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

frequently because of its natural occurrences. When even a little bit of red is used in a painting, it is enough to grab the eye of the person looking at it. Because of this eye-catching quality, red has been used throughout history to represent royalty, power, danger, and many other very powerful feelings and emotions.

For many years, people made paint out of whatever was available. Most of these paints did not work very well. In order for a substance to be classified as paint, it must be made with a substance called pigment, a finely ground powder that is mixed with a liquid. In early times, the pigments used were often from the earth. Different kinds of minerals and clay-like dirt were often ground up and mixed with different liquids. Animal fat and saliva were both used. Early paints did not stick well on most surfaces; however, these mineral and fat based colors did stick on the walls of caves. Many of these can still be seen today.

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A Fresh Coat of Springtime Paint to Refresh Your Home

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Spring epitomizes hope, renewal and new beginnings and so it’s hardly surprising that during this season you feel enthused to bring on a fresh coat of paint to your walls to spruce up your home after a long, dreary winter. Even touching up the existing color can do wonders to give the room a completely new feel. Spring is also the perfect time if you want to give the exteriors of your house a fresh new look with paint.

Welcome the return of warmth, color and new beginnings. Light, natural, refreshing hues best highlight the mood of this season. Your home is your sanctuary, a place you go back to after having to deal with the stress of everyday work and living. Living rooms, bedrooms, the dining area and kitchen could use a fresh coat of paint color or paint treatment. Painting is the least expensive way of brightening up your home space.

Spring colors inspired by nature

Herald in the spring with paint colors inspired by nature such as violet, light green, lemon yellow and cool blues, reflecting the lighter feel of the season. Replace beige walls with a fresher, more modern neutral like lavender gray or a deeper green. Spring is the ideal time to enhance the look, feel and charm of your house.

Spring colors are easy to find, and can be easily matched with fixtures and furniture. Greens are the first indicator that spring has arrived and it is the ideal choice to give a natural feel to the house. Green is a rejuvenating color, easy on the eye. Any shade of green gives a room a “fresh” feeling.

Another indicator that spring has arrived is the blossoming of yellow-colored flowery plants in the garden. Yellows are ideal for the house since it brings in a sunny and cheerful disposition. This is a great color for welcoming in spring and banishing winter blues. Shades of yellow such as lemon sorbet, pale yellow and sunshine yellow are popular interior paint colors for spring.

A fruity orange is also being increasingly used as a base color for spring-themed house paint colors. Orange has a tendency to instill passion while helping maintain a brighter disposition than that of red-themed colors.

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Custom Painting Inc. is a full service painting company that also installs custom moldings, doors, and window casings. We are also providing services for house painting, commercial painting and residential painting Bay-Area.

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Give your Kitchen a Paint Make-over

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Transform a dated and dull kitchen with a little paint make-over. Bright decorative paint treatments are a sure shot, economical way of sprucing up a tired kitchen to a contemporary, lively place to be in. Creative use of colors can completely revamp your kitchen. The options are varied and endless.

Choosing the right kitchen color:-

Choosing colors for the kitchen is a rather arduous task since the end result needs to energize you and your family to work in the area and provide a calming abode after a long day at work. To begin with ask yourself a few questions. Why is your kitchen no longer appealing to you? Do you want to tone it down and make it a more relaxed space or do you want to give it a more dramatic look?

Keep in mind that cooler colors like light blue and green help tone down your kitchen while giving it a larger look. A semi-glossy finish reflects more light and your kitchen will look even larger. Warm colors such as gold and red act as appetite stimulants and best complement food. Since the kitchen is a space where family bonding takes place over meals, you need to be surrounded by colors that brighten the area and complements your day to day life.

Consider the overall theme of the house. Continue and complement the same types of colors that already exist in your home. Additionally, wall color should complement the flooring, cabinets and appliances.
Brighter colors tend to go well with stainless steel appliances.

If you desire a rustic and country style kitchen, have the cabinets painted in light brown with hints of red and yellow for the right effect. Warm, earthy color tones aesthetically aid such kitchens whereas pale, soft blues can compliment a traditional kitchen. Adding colors to the kitchen cabinets is a great way to enhance the overall look of your kitchen.

Another option for kitchen walls is to install trendy, designed tiles with deep colors above the kitchen counters. It’s easy to wipe clean them and tiles add to the beauty of the kitchen.

Select paints with a gloss finish if you have children and pets since cleaning the walls will be a much easier task. Also focus on paints that have stain and grease resistance as well as wash ability. Several paint manufacturers offer kitchen paints that have been designed specifically for these spaces.

The kitchen is the most taken-for-granted part of the house but continues to be one of the most frequently used living spaces within the home. With the right makeover it would surely be more than just a place for cooking and eating. Painting is one of the easiest ways to make a difference in this room, which often has less wall space.

Refreshing your home with a new color scheme is a good investment not only for your home but also for your personal happiness. When you want an interior paint job for your home or specific rooms like the kitchen, contact Custom Painting Inc. Our professionals will help you explore samples and pick the right color for your needs. Call 800-96 WE PAINT right away!

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Custom Painting Inc. is a full service painting company that also installs custom moldings, doors, and window casings.We are also providing services for house painting, commertial painting and interior painting bay area. For more details please visit us at http://www.custompaintinginc.com

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Tips on How to Paint Your House Interior And Exterior Walls

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Most houses & offices need to be decorated every two years, as dry walls are made up of material which allows mildew and bacteria to grow, this produces bad odor and smell, in closed door rooms even contaminates the air with microbes which can cause Lung or Skin problems, a layer of paint will allow to seal the pours of the dry wall and thus moisture retention will be reduced this will not allow fungus and bacteria to grow. Additional improvement with painting is you can change colors depending on the mood, color does affect ones mood, some color will make you be aware of good while other would depress your mind, it is said bright colors give inspiration and add confidence while dull and light colors make person feel depress. Residential Painting Company Bonton Beach is spealist in painting business for last 20 years, people have trusted them for the job they have been doing year after year since so long, very few painting companies last so long, these guys definitely have good intention and excellent customer service. Today there are a number of colors available in the market, even companies have color dispensers at several hardware store or home building material store, these dispensing units are computerized systems they display a multiple color ring, so you can select the exact shade you want to paint your walls with, this shades can be applied to dummy model images in the computer so you get an idea how the wall will look after painting.

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DIY Guide on How to Paint Your House

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Painting your house or repainting it is like to cooking. If you plot beforehand and have arranged the materials, it could become a lot easier and exciting. This is because painting does not essentially entail plenty of flairs and resources to begin with. A new paint can make your residence looks fresh and more pleasing. Below are some hints on how to do it like a pro.

Prepare the tools

You need a roller with an extension pole for the broader and high walls portions. A brush for painting the edges, ceiling trims and baseboards need to be prepared. Include also stirring sticks, trays, painter’s gloves and paint buckets in your inventory.

Opt for Quality

If you economize your paint, there is a big possibility that you need to repaint it sooner than you think. Excellent paint provides a superior coverage and resiliency than inexpensive ones. A high-quality paint job could last 6 to 7 years except for the kitchen where it could be lower because of deterioration.

Retouch Old Walls

If your walls are splintered, it needs to have a primer sealer and two coats of paint for light colored paints. Seriously cracked areas should be patched first with a sealer then sanded smooth.

Determine paint needed

You can always calculate the number of gallons of paint you require in painting your home. Estimate first the area of the walls and ceilings then subtract the areas that you don’t need to paint like the doors and windows. It could give you an estimate square footage that you need to paint. A gallon of paint regularly takes in nearly 350 square feet of space. Never buy a gallon and a fraction thereof. Always round off to a full gallon. You can always use the extra paint for touch ups later.

Types of paint to be used

There are two possible types of paint that you can utilize in painting your residence. One is the latex paint which is a water-based paint and can be effortlessly washed with water. The other is the oil-based paint which needs thinner to be removed. Both sorts of paints run in matte, semi gloss and gloss colors. For inexperience ones, it is sensible to utilize the semi-gloss latex paint because it is easy to use, clean up fast, dries up quick and will not exude excess fumes. Ventilating the room is necessary for all kinds of painting jobs. Using the oil based paint would require you to wear a mask especially on a dry sunlit day. It would take a bit longer for the oil-based paint to dry up as compared to the latex paints.

Painting makes your abode appear new and is constantly well worthy of doing. Just make certain of doing it the precise way to save expenses, time and hard work. Having a reasonably priced painting job could add a real price to your home and can make you enjoy more of the comforts it offers for more years to come.

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About the Author: Reneson Andrino is a writer specializing on home remodeling. He owns and maintains Home Remodeling Made Easy, a resource site for more tips on how to paint your house with ease . You can also join his “free” mini-course for additional inputs. Don’t delay!

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Interior Wall Painting, Interior House Paint For Painting Plasterboard

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Welcome back to “What interior house paint goes where and why” for painting walls the second part, painting plasterboard walls. Well let us get straight into what interior house paint to use for our second type of walls, remember they were the most common walls, plasterboard or gyprock plasterboard.

Now when interior wall painting these types, they need to be sealed also, using an… acrylic sealer undercoat…Unlike the oil based type we used for wet set plaster the water based product also penetrates the plasterboard.? It seals its cardboard like fibres back preparing it ready for its top coats. The best finish or coats of paint to apply again is a good quality interior low sheen acrylic. There are some great low sheen’s on the market. You can also purchase it in eco friendly or low VOC paints that are really good for the environment and have very low emissions. Very easy on your snout ;-) so if your interested in going down that path ask for it when buying your paint.

Do not forget when painting walls always use two coats of paint and get a nice thick durable coat on, it makes cleaning a whole lot easier and it’s easier to put on as well. As long as you have prepared your walls and filled properly you’ll get a nice pro looking finish with low sheen.

Put time into prep work you will get good results remember this! Painting is 95% prep and 5% finish work. OK! I will have you painting like a pro in no time. :-)
By the way if your walls have existing coats of paint and you’re looking to repaint as long as you have prepared your walls correctly, two good coats of low sheen will be fine to redecorate.

Well I still have a lot of interior painting tips to cover and I would love to share my knowledge of what has made me the tradesman I am today. So please keep your eyes cast on this spot and I will endeavor to share the secrets of the painting trade with YOU! and you will have a paint finish you’ll be proud of.

Remember a good quality low sheen when home painting is what you want when painting walls. Splash some paint around and colour your world he he! That is it for what interior house paint goes where and why when painting walls of the second types.

Catch ya and happy painting……………………Wayne the painter

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http://paintrescue.com Wayne Smith is a Professional Painter for over 24 years and runs his own painting company. He is dedicated in sharing his knowledge with the DIY home painter and has created an interior painting guide DVD showing his unique painting system even complete beginners can follow.

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Interior Wall Painting, Interior House Paint For Painting Plaster Walls

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Welcome back to “What interior house paint goes where and why” for interior wall painting. Like my last entry “of what interior house paint goes on ceilings” I’m going to explain what materials {paint} to apply when painting walls. So put your seat belt on, stick your drop sheets down, kick the cat and the dog out of the room and get ready to be injected with good, honest solid information about interior house paint for walls.

Firstly there are two basic types of walls, you’ll bound to have one of them, cause if you don’t your house will fall down!(God I kill myself )Anyway they are:

1.Plaster or wet set walls. They have even been known to be called soft plaster walls.
2.Probably the most commonly used material in the building industry, Plasterboard or gyprock plasterboard.

We’ll talk about No1 in this post, being painting plaster walls. These are the most important walls to get right because the biggest mistake people make when doing this type is not sealing their walls. The most common reason is cost cutting which is fine until the paint falls of the walls, then it’s a huge job. I’ve seen it first hand and it’s an ugly situation you don’t want to be in. Literally the whole house will end up this way and its a job that never ends so don’t scrimp on your sealer. Get it right the first time and believe me you’ll sleep better too.

So a good quality oil based sealer binder is the answer. It does exactly what it says. It seals from moisture and other elements and binds the surface together to give you a nice surface that your finish coats can grab hold of and stick hard to. You’ll get no peeling dramas or paint falling off later down the track and it’ll never have to be done again. Now try to use a good quality paint where it counts especially when it comes to painting walls. Walls get marked easily, animals lean against them and furniture scuffs up against them. The big one, if you have children, they see them as a big blank canvas and begin their first attempts at art class 101. I’m sure most of us have been there, right!

Now a pretty standard coating system for painting walls has always been and for 24 plus years of my painting life is {low sheen acrylic} its very washable with might I add warm soapy water….. a touch of dishwashing liquid usually does the trick. Low Sheen Acrylic is very user friendly and like I said if it’s a fairly premium product is very nice and easy to apply. So don’t forget when applying paints use two coats and get a nice thick durable coat on.

Well that is all for painting plaster walls, stay tuned for more interior painting tips in my next post of home painting. Read all about the second type of painting walls in “What interior house paint goes where and why”.

Catch ya and Happy Painting …………………………Wayne the painter

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How to Paint a Room, Painting Ceilings

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

The five biggest mistakes people make painting ceilings!!

Let’s look at interior house painting. When looking at how to paint a room, particularly painting ceilings it is not really an easy task. It is above your head and some ceilings can be as high as 2.4 metres. (some even higher like 8 to 10 metres) In your average home they range from about 2.6 and a little bit higher, so getting a good job can be difficult. Lets look at the five main mistakes that people make with their home painting.

  • Cheap and nasty equipment. A brush that looks like a broken stick instead of nice soft long bristles. Your brush is one of the most important tools, if not the most important tool. Get a quality brush. When looking after your brush it will last you for years. For me, because of the number of houses I rip through a brush will last me four or five houses, and I use it for everything ceilings, doors, walls, frames pretty much everything. Quality gear is the key.

  • Using bad quality paint or ceiling paint. Your gear and paint will decide whether you end up with a good job or a bad one. Don’t buy cheap quality paint. Buy a reputable brand paint that way you know it’s going to last the miles and you can get budget quality paint you just got to find it.

  • Not putting enough paint on the surface. Don’t be scared to put paint on. Not enough paint looks thin and streaky and very patchy and with light running across the surface. So load your roller sleeve up and put plenty on, but remember when loading the coat up don’t forget to lay the coat back off or take the thick edges out of it, thicker the better. A little tip on how to paint a room ;-)

  • Failure to move any furniture from the room. Ceilings take up the whole floor space and you need to be able to move around to get to every corner. It saves getting paint on your stuff and it only takes a couple of minutes to move. Getting a good clean run at the ceiling prevents a wet edge drying out on you and the trick to how to paint a room for ceilings is keeping a wet edge and moving quickly but cleanly across the surface.

  • Not using an extension pole to reach the ceiling from the ground. I’ve seen people climb a step ladder and roll it by hand man! What a back breaking job and you have no chance of keeping a wet edge. Yes an extension at first can be tricky but after a couple of runs you’ll get it right. You can load your roller right up and cover a lot of area in one big hit which in the long run will give you a pro looking job and save you a whole heap of time.

So the nuts and bolts of how to paint a room, in this case painting ceilings is to keep it simple and make it fun and you will be painting ceilings like a pro in no time. So happy painting and I will be covering more interior painting tips of this subject “five biggest mistakes people make” on different tasks and let’s see if we can’t nut some problems out and get you painting like a pro.

Wayne … the painter

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http://paintrescue.com Wayne Smith is a Professional Painter for over 24 years and runs his own painting company. He is dedicated in sharing his knowledge with the DIY home painter and has created an interior painting guide DVD showing his unique painting system even complete beginners can follow.

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