Thanking all our clients for great year in 2010 !

I would like to personally thank the clients

I have had the pleasure to meet and assist

with renovation projects over 2010.

We are now looking forward to 2011 and

will once again offer the following core services:

1. Interior and Exterior Painting

2. Deck Restorations/Repairs

3. Crown Mould/Chair Rail and Trim Installations

4. Home Theatre Design and Build

5. HVLP Kitchen Cabinet Painting/Repair

6. Pot Light Installation / Microwave Over the Range Installs

(electrician stamped and inspected)

7. Garage and Closet Storage Planning

8. Hardwood Restoration

We do a few other things and we are also happy to train new painters

on airless application technology and hvlp painting.

ColorScapes Painting

Cabinets, Walls and Ceiling - Kilbride Project

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Great thanks for the kitchen project Tammy
and Peter K. We added some nice new
Amerock Bronze Brass Hardware to update
the look !

Kitchen spray finished in Target Lacquer Semi-Gloss
Sheen (50 degree) for excellent mar resistance
and cleanability.

ML Campbell Spray Tech Finishing Certification

Our experience in the coatings industry
is second to none and we firmly believe
our work is much better than most
painting contractors in the GTA who
typically quote volume and low-bid
to undercut. We don't deliver service
to low-end clients so they are welcome
to the low end of the ladder in the market.




We price fairly and always with an
eye towards quality using
the best paint products in the industry.





Our commitment to learning new technologies in painting
preparation is well documented with over 20 years experience
with not only working the sales end but also the application
and field experience end. We can talk adhesive ratings
and test results all day of well rated products or we can talk
about how great that new colour looks on your deck or wall - either
way we have a keen interest in modern day coatings application.




All we ask is that you have some colours in mind,
some great ideas about how you want the room to
look and we can get started. !

Canac Kitchens No Longer Manufacturing in Canada

Read the article about Canac's demise and failure to use

Green Technology in its coating application facility in Thornhill

in 2008, prompting the move to Statesville,NC.

Residents often complained about vapour emissions from the

downdraft facilities due to the use of soon to be illegal HAPS

based coatings and lacquers. If you are planning to do

your own cabinets it is wise to avoid oil based or melamine

finishes for these same reasons. Old technology is often

dangerous technology what with solvent cloud ignition

, exposure to Stoddard Solvents, MEK and other

carcinogenic chemicals.

Go the safe route always use waterborne coatings

with soap and water cleanup and fast coalesce cure.

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/432719

Humourous Angle to Painting - Tailgate Vehicle

A couple of friends of mine are Steeler Crazy and this is the kind

of madness you see down in the Steel City with the Steelers.

Miles,Cliff and his posse hard at work painting the black and gold

on a rehabilitated S.T.A.V - Steeler Tailgate Assault Vehicle -

complete with bbq grills, flat panel TV with Direct TV, 2000

watt sound system and an engineer-designed beer keg area. !

Xibit would be proud gents !!! Go Steelers !

Hardwood Restoration

ColorScapes Painting is currently assisting a client with an oak

hardwood floor restoration. Previous floor was in moderate to good

condition minus some mild damage from moisture and old carpet adhesive.
Significant sanding and stripping was required at baseboards and
where the old quarter round had been nailed. We ripped out

all the old carpet and pad and took to the Halton Landfill for a nominal

fee.

We sanded & power vacuumed until spotless then
applied an English Chestnut Colour from Minwax
followed by Fabulon's Crystal Quick Dry Floor Finish.

(3 coats - final dft 12 mils).

Fabulon has several advantages over regular polyurethane - lightning quick dry time

(takes foot traffic in under 2hrs !) and zero odor/voc exposure.

Cost: $2100.00

Sanding Time: 30-35hrs

Turnaround time: 3-4 days

Small Basement Kitchen

Completed Basement Kitchen in Headon Forest, Burlington,ON.
Cabinet Colour: Artesian White (ICI)
Turnaround Time: 4 days
Hinge Work and Pulls: 1/2 day work
Hardware: Richelieu (RONA)

On this particular job, we removed 22 cabinet doors and
sprayed face frames on site, doors in shop and rehung after
7 day cure.

Primer: Akvasurf WB Fill Primer (1 coat 2 mils dft)
Topcoat: Becker Acroma Akvatopp 20 sheen. (4 mils dft)

Client sourced a nice set of decorative pulls at Rona (Richelieu)
and we installed for a nominal fee.

Great thanks to Sandy Breck for the project.

Total Makeover Cost: 1527.00

West Oak Trails Ceiling Spraying

Ceiling Project - West Oak Trails - 4100 sq ft2.
Cost: 4000.00
Product: Sherwin Williams Ultra White Ceiling Finish
Turnaround Time: 1 day
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One of our paint crew blazed through 4000 sq ft2 of ceiling

in one day (11 rooms) applying three coats to a badly nicotine

stained ceiling.

First coat we shot Zinssers Cover Stain, second and third

coats were SW's Qualikote Ultra Ceiling White An excellent

product for spraying.

Special thanks to Todd Pekin for demonstrating his

speed and agility in spraying 4000 feet of ceiling in

under 3hrs complete - primer and topcoat.

Thanks to Carmela and Peter for the project.

Carmela and Peter will be spending time in West Palm Beach

golfing during the month of March at PGA National and were

the winner's of our Grand Prize Raffle for 2010.

Cabinet Painting Prices

Our cabinet finishing prices vary according to:

1. Cabinet Count - how many ?
2. Amount of Sanding Prep or Filling Required Prior to Hardware Install
3. Repair of Damaged Surfaces - Fillling and Sanding Work ?
4. Special Considerations - Obstacles or Stain Removal Required
Prior to Painting ?
5. Finish/Sheen Level Chosen and Product Vehicle Type
(WB Lacquer or Acrylic ?)
6. Pigmented White and Off White vs NGR Stain Refinishing ?

We have done kitchens as small as
5,10 or 15 cabinets and as large as 65+ !

Cabinet projects require 1 week lead time notice and 1 full week cure
time prior to re-install after spray finishing in shop.

All coatings are applied with conventional spray and custom
air-assisted airless HVLP gun and sprayed at 28-40 psi
for perfect finish and atomization.

We guarantee an excellent finished
look with our HVLP process !

***We DO NOT and will not apply OIL or Melamine Alkyds as they are
substandard products with VOC issues, off-gassing, soft cure thumbprinting
and have a tendency to embrittle and yellow over time causing
chipping and loss of colour due to chalking from sunlight exposure.

Spray fog from oil-based and solvented products
is dangerous and a mess to clean up so we AVOID
using this old technology !

WE NO LONGER APPLY OIL BASE PRODUCTS PERIOD !

Carolina Painting Weather is Perfect !

Acid Staining Project

ColorScapes recent installation of concrete etch and stain project

in Glen Abbey. 25 x 20' stamped concrete patio required

significant etching and cleaning prior to remove salts, bbq

stains and birdcrud - we pressure washed after etching and

were able to stain next day.

Prior concrete surface was boring grey stamped concrete !

Price: $750.00 Completed in Two Days.

Small Modern Kitchen

Small Modern Kitchen Painted with

Custom Red in Satin Finish Duration SW.

We custom installed 10 upper cabinets using existing

hidden hinges and added custom 1 3/4" crown to the

top of the cabinets. Cabinets are Kraft Maid Winter

White (flat stock appearance no colonial inset panel)

and were painted with our HVLP gun process as the factory

finish was not up to spec and showed scratches in the

finish prior to install. This was an easy remedy.

Cabinets required two week lead order time.

Once cabinets were in and walls were painted, we installed a countertop granite

effect coating and clearcoated with StoneEffects Clear Epoxy.

at 21 linear feet, this cost only 495.00 !

CounterTop Finish - Galaxy StoneEffects

with Epoxy ClearCoat. Countertop was previous

Builder's stock white melamine and badly worn.

Turnaround Price: $3650.00

Four Days Completion.

Many thanks to Sherry M. for this project in addition to a couple

others to follow.

West Oak Trails Project

Follow up project in West Oak Trails

Completed July 2010.

Original Project: May 2009

Colours: Custom Almond ML Campbell

Ceiling: MooreStyle Washable Flat Ceiling Finish

Media Corner Cabinet

built by ColorScapes

Colour: Cloud White Ben Moore

Finish: Pearl Non-Yellowing 100% Acrylic

Great thanks to Melanie P. for this project

and for two more to follow in Spring 2011.

The Process

In life as in most renovation projects, everything comes down to

PROCESS. Having earned ISO auditor certification in 2006, the

more experience we gain at renovating and painting client's homes,

the more we begin to recognize it is all about the process.

Before we quote a project we consider all relevant details

that will satisfy the client's needs - we call this SCOPE.

We then identify the steps that will create an effective

room turnaround - we call this our procedure flow...

We then execute these steps in sequence to guarantee an

excellent result.

So you see, it is all about the PROCESS in life as in repainting

and renovation.

We are proud to say we apply an ISO template process to all of our

projects to guarantee this result - in pure construction you might

call it project management - we call it doing it the COLORSCAPES

way.

There is a reason we get called back to do additional work for clients

and we thank them for keeping us in mind.

Kitchen Renewal Project

ColorScapes has taken on the challenge of updating

a kitchen last renovated in the 1980's in an

older Burlington subdivision.

• WallPaper Stripping
• Skim Coat / Repaint of Plaster
• Prime and Repaint Cabinets
• Replace Rotted Trim and Casing
• Paint inside Cabinets
• Install Rope Mould Trims around Shelves
• Candling of Drawer Slides

For a budget just shy of 2000.00 , we did the following:

• 3 coats all walls after significant skim coat work
• 3 coats on ceiling
• 3 coats In-Shop Sprayed Cabinets (including conversion primer) - 18 cabinets
• Installed rope mould trims on box cabinets and shelves
• Cleaned and painted inside of cabinets
• Customized drawer inserts to a high gloss washable finish for cutlery trays and tools
• Conversion Primed (Zinsser) and Topcoated Baseboards (2 coats)
• MicroBead on Baseboard Lines and Door Surrounds Trim.
• Melamine " Nomadic Desert" Repaint on Kitchen Counter
• Level Checked all Re-Installed Cabinets

Color Used: ICI Pastel Sage / Ben Moore Cloud White (ICI Realife Satin/Semi Trim Paint)

Completed in 22 hrs on site/ 15hrs in shop.(spraying cabinets)

Great thanks to Ron C. for the two projects over the last couple of weeks.

Competitive Budget ? Staging Your Home ? Price Samples...

This East Orchard Home required painting of 6 room areas-plus

one floor restained and refinished for under

4900.00 complete. Project took 11 days and the homeowner

was able to successfully re-stage the property and get

106% of original asking price. Prior to repainting, the home

had stagnated and had not had an interested buyer for

over 45 days. The Value of Painting and Staging This Home
resulted in a 16,150.00 gain in equity !!!

ColorScapes also removed over 1 tonne of

garage junk and clutter and completely cleaned

the concrete floor and recoated it with an oil-resistant/stain

resistant epoxy coating. Cost: $865.00

Cement floor required SherCrete patch by Sherwin
Williams, epoxy by Rustoleum (W/B Semi-Gloss).

Great thanks to Vicky S.

Colors Used:

ICI Swiss White (Kitchen)
Ben Moore: Manchester Tan (Master Bedroom)
Trim: Ben Moore Cloud White
Floor: SW Modern Mahogany Stain/ Fabulon Clear Coat

MountainSide Project

Mountainside Dr Project Time to Complete: 2 days

Being an older home, we expected to find the use of oil based paints

in poor condition - we did - and of course the finishes were showing their age and were

quite yellowed. Conversion priming of the oil based finish with 1-2-3 primer and the use

of a high quality trim finish has provided a nice refinish result.

All ceilings and walls were thoroughly cleaned, skim coated and primed and now look

great compared to what existed prior ;)

ICI Colors: Rosewater / Cloud White (Crown and Baseboards)

Thanks to Ron C. for the project and Janice on the assist ;)

Sears Tender !

Mapleview and Markville Mall Sears Tenders

Invited to Bid August 2010 !

Special thanks to Jennifer@ East Coast Interiors

for the opportunity to bid on the

Reconstruction Painting Project at the Sears Locations
in Markham and Burlington.

Concrete Texture Coatings

ColorScapes StoneEffects Installation

10 x 5 Patio.

We recently resurfaced a badly deteriorated

front concrete step and coated with StoneEffects

Concrete Texture Coating with Anti-Slip ClearCoat.

Turnaround Time: 15hrs

Prep: Acid Etch/Scarification with 36 Grit Belt

QuikCrete Trowel Patch

StoneEffects by RustoLeum

Cost: $800.00

Previous surface exhibited spalling,cracking and

discoloration due to tree litter/lichen and moss

fungus. Acid etching preparation is critical in

this application and we think we came up

with a nice result for the client.

Thanks to Bernice T.

The Granary - Oakville

Condominium Kitchen (Oakville)
Renovation Cost: 3200.00
Cabinet Style: Glendale Champagne Oak (Previous Colour)

All cabinets deglossed, primed with Zinsser
and HVLP application in shop with a final
dry film of 9-10 mils Satin ICI Acrylic
Non-Yellowing Finish.

Walls: Pratt and Lambert's Toasted Wheat

Turnaround Time : 4 days
Shop Time: 15 hrs

Cabinets deglossed, sanded and painted off site
to prevent dust accumulation on-site.

Client is a busy downtown professional
and had zero time to take on this project
due to lack of holiday time and a demanding
occupation - this is our calling card as we can
arrive on site, uninstall cabinets and begin a
fast turnaround shop process. Wall painting
done in a couple of hours as the condo was
in very good shape ;)

Special thanks to Jared K.

Pro Painters Vs Discount Painters

We often get asked the question...how do you price a job, how come you are more

expensive than the student painting companies ?

Pricing a job involves a complex set of job site variables that

are completely different for each project we decide to take on.

• Are we repairing or patching/skim coating any surfaces ?


• Heights work or delicate interior surfaces ?


• Are we replacing trim, crown or a rotted architectural detail ?


• Are you opting for top of the line paints and primers or middle of the road quality ?


• Do you understand the time taken in between applications of coatings for


• additional patching or filling ?


• Our surface prep is second to none we are not racing to the glory work early !

When you opt for a student painting service you get BARE BONES and low

application skill, and that is why a standard room price is cheap. That is also

the reason you should not opt for a student painting company, you get

exactly what you pay for and nothing else. We get calls all the time to come

fix surfaces that:

• Have not been primed or surface prepared


• Wrong sheen for surface - very common in student painting- bad specifications


• Poor workmanship, lack of care


• Bad looking work - jagged lines, poor caulking, poor cut-in lines etc.


• Paint spilled on roofs and driveways or garages and not cleaned up


• Painters who are working for a beer paycheque and could care less !

Many clients tell us that they tried a student service and end up repainting within

6 months because the work was poorly done and was unsightly to look at. When you

hire a pro painter, you might be quoted 30% higher but the project is done

correctly, on-time and with respect for your property. Student firms are notorious

for accidents, workers who do not show up on time and have zero training or inclination

to remain in the painting industry, so you get exactly what you pay for.

ColorScapes Painting has been painting fine residential homes since 1988 and

still gets calls for work from clients who have used us 20 years ago. It is our

calling card and mantra of reliability that sets us apart. We have also been trained

extensively by the Paint and Decorating Industry and carry certification from

PDRA, NACE and Paint and Decorating Contractors of America. We have specified

coatings applications from simple residential to AWWA Pipeline, Water Tower,

Bridge and Major Industrial and DND/OEM coil coatings business.

Bringing Basement Rec Rooms to Life !

Recent project completed in Headon Forest, Burlington.

Prior colour was a drab looking green which had low

LRV value (light reflectance) and did not flatter

the pot light work completed by previous

contractor.

Product used: Benjamin Moore Collections Eggshell

Colour: Spicy Mustard

Turnaround time: 21 hrs.

Cost: 1728.00 including paint and materials.

Great thanks to Ken and Lucy J. we were thankful to

work indoors this week and escape the high humidity

and temperatures outside.

Cabinet Painting - Why You Should Not Use an Alkyd or Melamine

Having quoted hundreds of cabinet finishing projects, we often get

asked " How come you do not recommend melamine or oil based

paints on cabinets - everyone tells us they are tougher to mar and

stand up better to scrubbing...? "

First off, there was a time when melamine alkyd and oil based

paints were superior during the early 1980's before acrylic

paint technology was mastered. This is no longer the case

as most paint manufacturers have not developed the technology

for over 15 years due to the coming VOC /HAPS regulations which

will eliminate any paint not meeting EPA guidelines for emissions.

Let's look at the advantages of 100% acrylic paints and lacquers

which meet GreenGuard regulations and the North American EPA

standards for VOC compliance.

• Fast drying
• Zero odor
• Zero VOC pre-tint, Low VOC after colorizing
• Easy touch up - Safe for homeowner to store and re-use
• Safe TLV exposure levels for children, pets and seniors.
• Safe to apply by painter technology - roller brush or conventional spray
• No threat of on site fires or explosion hazards - spark proof

Melamine, or oil based paints have the following negative characteristics:

• Early yellowing in off whites
• Slow dry time - exceedingly slow in some cases due to tinting/humidity
• Gummy finish - does not SNAP dry hard to touch ever
• Dangerous solvents to thin and clean up
• High Threshold Limit Value Exposure (TLV's) - may cause illness or reaction
• High VOC and Stoddard Solvent - if painting cabinets you now have 11bs of solvent
• and paint additives on your cabinets that is continually off-gassing harmful VOC's.
• Not safe for children or pets after the "Melamine Scare" of 2008 from Chinese Toy manufacturing.

Anyone considering the use of any oil based paint in their home should realistically

assess the danger and make an educated choice that is environmentally conscious.

Back in 2000, two men were badly burned and killed in a solvent

vapour explosion while spraying cabinets in Whitby when the spray

solvent cloud from a conventional spray cup

ignited due to high humidity and the presence of an open flame (water heater)

- this event did not go unnoticed by the paint industry (CPCA) and there has been a huge

movement away from any highly solvented coating formulation across North America.

Threshold limit values or TLV's as they are called in the allergen and exposure

classification are dangerously high when breathing and working with oil based paints and melamines. They are just not safe for anyone to work with and I would run away

from any painting contractor specifying alkyds and melamines in this day and age.

New Ash City Polo Golf Shirts are In - Staff Note.

Just a note to staff that work on and off for
ColorScapes that the new Ash City Polo
Golf Shirts are in....marine blue or white
in the following sizes only: L,XL and XXL.

One is free all others you guys need to pay for !

Topsail Island Project - October 2010

Fall 2010 Project: Topsail Island, NC October

ColorScapes will be completing an exterior

deck restoration and repainting of a fine beach

home on Topsail Island during the month of

October when the blistering Carolina heat subsides.

Current deck conditions - extremely weathered cedar

plank decking and balustrades.

Special thanks to Annette M. for the upcoming

project !

ColorScapes Painting Service Territories

ColorScapes Painting provides service to the following

regions:

• Burlington and Oakville
• Hamilton and Ancaster
• Milton and Georgetown
• Waterdown - Carlisle, Kilbride

On special request we will book flights and ship our tool kits

and trade supplies to U.S. destinations including:

• West Palm Beach, Fla.,Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa, Fla.
• North Carolina - Piedmont Region (Raleigh), Wilmington - Myrtle Beach (including Topsail, Figure Eight Island)
• Kentucky/Tennessee - All regions concentrated around Lexington,KY.
• Ohio and P.A. -All regions (drive destination)
• Above destination hubs are regional air hubs and allow for easy travel.

We have E1/K1 and E-2 U.S. clearance for taxation purposes

and U.S. projects are welcome for 2010 forward.

We generally stay away from West Coast travel and projects

due to exorbitant flight costs.

Open Concept Kitchen/Living Room

Client wanted a bright casual look for

a large open concept kitchen/living room.

We shot this pic with a new panorama setting

to show the scale of the room and architectural

features which could not be seen with a regular

digital cam setting.

Work took 2 days and project came in on

budget.

Great thanks to Dennis and Kim C. in Carlisle,ON.

for the project.

Cabinet Makeover

Cabinet Project requiring sanding of existing

cabinets, de-glossing/cleaning and spraying

with HVLP rig. Notice grain "pop" or show

through - this can only be achieved by spraying

as a brush and roller lays on paint much too thick.

We completed 24 cabinet doors for a total cost

of $1200.00 - about a 1/3rd of what it would cost

to get them re-faced with new cabinets.

Transforming Knotty Pine to Painted !

Maintenance SRD

This customer's deck was due for
a maintenance coating of Sikkens SRD Cedar -
we successfully top sanded the previous
coating and moisture checked the deck
boards prior to successful application.

Great thanks to J&B for the chance to
continue working on this fine home.

Deck Completion - Sikkens SRD

Client wanted deck restored to original
install condition and stained with
Sikkens SRD Cedar. Project took
approximately 42hrs prep time and
application time of 4hrs for a great result !

Special thanks to Eric S. and Janice for
assisting on this whopper of a deck...!

Sikkens SRD has a nice look to it and is
comparable to a furniture finish, if you have
cedar don't use anything but Sikkens - the iron
oxide pigmentation is second to none in terms
of quality and color development.

Original high quality cedar deck installed by
Rustic Pines - contact Kevin Ritskes for
a quote on a new cedar deck ;) Their
work is outstanding and they custom build
arbor/lattice work for all clients.

Wet Weather Delays / Moisture Testing Decks

We are in the midst of completing two exterior cedar decks,
one being a restrip and stain and the other due a maintenance
coating follow-up. Weather has put a hold on all exterior
wood work for obvious reasons.

We normally moisture test topside and bottom of cedar
deck boards to make sure we are in the range of no more
than 12-14% for ideal coating application. This ensures
uniform development of color, sheen and penetration
into the wood's capillary layers.



We often see decks with splotchy appearances, uneven
sheen development and overlap and a lot of this is due
to the surface being too wet to stain.

Let's hope for some dry weather this week !

Looking to Custom Build ?

If you are looking to custom build an addition or finely crafted
home....point your browser to WhiteHall Homes.ca

David Farris and his team are legendary across East Oakville,
the Muskokas and Downtown Toronto for work that signifies
excellence and a level of quality that is unmatched.

Busy June !!!

We are in the midst of a large deck project, a kitchen cabinet
repaint, and a small alcove wall for a client wanting a recessed
LCD cabinet for his latest home theatre update.

Pictures to follow of all three projects once completed.

A note to our kitchen cabinet clients - generally speaking
our HVLP process for cabinet repainting takes 5-7 days
to reach a cure state that is safe to install without
scratches. We always provide touch up as part of our
service - so no need to worry. Since we use an acrylic
waterborne system that is easy for a homeowner to touch
up there is no worry about nitrocellulose or heavily solvented
coatings fumes or vapours. In other words ,safe for babies, pets
and those with sensitivities to chemicals.

Current HAPs list legislation is fast outlawing the use of
nitrocellulose or amino alkyd conversion varnish coatings - they
are just not safe for anyone to apply or to be exposed to.

Cedar Deck Prep

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Project: 1000 sqft2 of Cedar Decking
Challenge: Grit Pad Sand aged surface/brighten and restain
Replace Deck Boards/Top Rail


Here we are prepping a deck with Cedar Restorer after sanding
to brighten up the Western Red Cedar colour. Our biggest challenge
was the balcony balustrades - they took 7hrs of hand profiling
and chemical cleaning but look at them now !

More pics to follow once staining is complete ;)

We went from 36 Grit Pad to a final Sand with 80 Grit as
Sikkens recommends. We moisture meter tested and got
a decent reading of 9% during the week of June 14th.

This deck took 19 hrs of belt sanding and
treatment cleaning to get it coating ready ;) We always aim

for a furniture quality finish and this is very possible with

Sikkens SRD. We even replaced a badly splintered board

for 25.00.

Special thanks to Janice for the assist - J & B for the lead
and of course the homeowner Arlene.