Hire a Van Gogh to paint your house

Posted on Jun 12, 2012

Most people haven’t a clue   as to what different paints will affect  their  walls…they’re not informed enough to distinguish  between these “self-priming, lifetime warranty paints” available at their local “do-it-yourself-warehouse”and  real paint from a paint-store!

When I first arrived in California with my family in 1984 and started painting Pepperdine University in preparation for the Olympic games that took place at their swimming pool that summer, I remember driving into Santa Monica and sometimes stopping at “Standard Brands” Paints.  They too were the consumer-destination for cheap paints.  They  advertised that their paints had one coat coverage.  Only later did I find-out that there are two basic types of water-based paints.  Vinyl, and Acrylic , so what’s the  difference?

Essentially, Vinyl paints cover a lot better!  Not because they are any better!  On the the contrary.  Vinyl Paints have cheaper components and are cheaper to produce…they also don’t last as long, nor do they clean-up as easy, or are as fade-resistant as the full acrylics with their acrylic polymers.

Those are the paints that tend to stay-on and last and last, but they do cost a lot more to make.  They also go on lighter, and darken as they dry.  The cheaper vinyls go on darker when wet, and then become lighter when drying…kind of freaky to watch when you’re trying to figure-out what you did to your wall!

So how can they afford to advertise all these better one coat coverage, lifetime warranties?   Because when you paint indoors there’s hardly any weather to worry about, so naturally they last, and last, and of course they’ll cover like what they are, cheaper vinyl paints, which do have superior hide, it’s their nature, and only real advantage!

So don’t you get hood-winked by crafty advertising.  Hire an old pro to do your painting, someone that loves what they do, does it well, and has been doing it for a number of years, years where  he’s made all the possible mistakes on other people’s homes, not the one you own!

There is so much to know about paints, and so many new products coming-out constantly.  You want an artist at your door, a master than can beautify your environment, help you choose the right colors, colors  have been a tool for healing for millennia.   Color hss been used to set moods, to soothe, or raise the appetite.  In the human aura, red is associated with anger, in Feng-Shui, it draws-in Chi, conventionally it’s known to increase your appetite and can be added to the dining-room.  There are all kinds of variables to colors, and knowing them is an essential technology for maximizing the effect you intend to produce at your home or business.   You can also set the intention with the addition of essential oils to the paint.  A true Artist knows not just how to get the paint to the wall, but understands that paint is the final stage of beautifying and transforming the home…when the last touch is put on the wall of either a new home, or  a re-model,  it’s always the paint that matters, the touch that makes or breaks all prior efforts to achieve excellence…that 3 little microns, between the wall and the surface, can make or break the look, feel, and value of your home, and is not to be taken lightly or farmed-out to a D.I.Y.!

Look what a previous customer of ours had to say about our FREE color-consulting.

“Marcelo, we were so pleased by your work on painting the exterior of our French-Cottage Rancho Santa Fe home with its stand-alone office and guest-house, that we decided to forego our Decorator and seek your Free advice and hire you to do the labor on the interior painting.  As a result, our home sold for $3.25 M.  We’re most grateful for your expertise and all the good work you did for us”.

Tex-Cote Protects Your Home

Posted on Feb 4, 2012

Tex-Cote

On average paint jobs should last around 4-8 years: Which is determined by the quality of the paint, the weather, humidity, temperature and exposure to the sun.  Tex-Cote is expected to last over 40 years.

The  thorough prep work and the thick application of the Tex-Cote Primers and Top-Coats will make your home low maintenance, eliminating repainting & repairs, and it will add beauty & value.
Tex-Cote  Coating looks and feels like paint, but is actually about 10-15 times thicker and is expected to last about 40-45 years.  It preserves and protects surfaces including wood, stucco, brick, hardi-plank, metal siding & masonry, and is guaranteed not to Chip, Flake, Peel or Chalk.  Plus, it is Fade, Fire & Mildew Resistant.

Customer Video

Posted on Feb 4, 2012

Details

Posted on Feb 4, 2012

Details Ensure Quality; From cleaning, sanding to filling cracks and joints with caulk,

professionals always pay attention to how they do everything.

Its the details that make the takes it from good looking to stunning.

Exterior Preparation

Posted on Feb 4, 2012

Exterior preparation is most important part.

Without Good Prep Paint will not Adhere Properly.

Elastomeric Painting

Posted on Feb 4, 2012