Old Burlington Restoration

Just finished up a two-storey home exterior

in the Rexway Cumberland neighborhood

in older Burlington.

Shutters were power sanded, filled with wood epoxy

primed with 1-2-3, and given two coats of CIL Endurance

Semi-Gloss Easton Blue.

Garage Doors, Front Doors, Rear Windows were also completed

as well as roof dormers. Again 1-2-3 primer and a good quality

acrylic latex topcoat are best for the amount of UV this property

receives. In the pic above you'll see how we power abraded the old

caulking down and out of the equation with a B&D tongue sander

with a 60 grit pad. This is very effective and makes final painting

look excellent instead of slapping a new coating over old caulking

and seeing the effect of cracking and decayed caulking beads.

Special thanks to Don Morrier !

In memory of Kevin Johnston

Just wanted to pay respect to someone I worked with

at Pratt and Lambert Paints who tragically passed away

in the 3407 Plane Crash in Amherst,NY back in February.

Kevin Johnston was the lead technical hygienist for
P&L and recently was appointed director at Henkel
in Western New York. Kevin leaves behind many friends
and family across the U.S.

 

PineDale Condo Ceilings

Just finished 6 ceilings at PineDale Condominiums in
Burlington. Substrate: Stucco
Finish Coat: CIL Realife Ceiling White

After completing 2900 square feet of ceiling with
Akzo's CIL Disappearing Dye Ceiling white we
are impressed with its holdout, ability to hide
and resist spatter. The disappearing dye is
excellent for visualizing previous cut-in lines
and helps when working inside a bright condominium
tower with lots of natural light. Cuts down on
eye fatigue and makes the job easier to complete
and cover in 1 coat.

Great thanks to Larry Gagne.

The pitfalls of pressure washing wood

Pressure washing wood surfaces is a topic that causes

alot of consternation amongst painters and DIY'ers.

When force propelling water at high speed (2200 psi)

into wood, you inject the wood capillary layer with

way too much moisture which ups the moisture

content way past 14%. Wet wood does not hold

coating properly over the long-term and usually

leads to premature coating failure. What to do then ?

The best surface preparation is to always leave water

out of the equation and powersand/abrade wood surfaces

with a high speed sander (belt or try the new B&D tongue

sanders). Set up your sander with 60 grit and you will

see how fast coatings and the dead fiber layer on decks

and window trim are sanded off. Now you have a perfectly

dry and profiled surface which will accept primer

perfectly.

If the surface is very wet, allow a full 2-3 day dry out period

after sanding before priming and you will get a 10 year paint

job on trim and about 5 years on deck finishes.

Overuse of pressure washers and TSP are a leading cause

of paint adhesion and early coating failure. TSP is basically

salt and salt and paint do not get along, force this into wood

at high speed and now you have guaranteed paint failure

waiting to happen.

TSP is overmarketed and oversold and people who use it

often allow it to dry into the surface under the hot sun - ICI Paints

has a number of large claims documented where TSP overuse was

the root cause of the coating failure. If you decide to use it, you must

always flush hot water rinse the surface completely and it is really

only practical to use it inside on surfaces that are not absorbent.

One of the best surface preps can be home made - add 2tbsp of

Tide non-softener powder detergent to hot water and throw in a

capful or two of bleach. Cost ? Negligible. Results - perfect for

removing atmospheric pollutants, bird doo, leaf litter etc.

Don't fall for the TSP hype ;)

Hamilton Mountain ViceRoy Project

Total Cost: $7858.00

In Fall 2008 we were contracted to scrape, repair and

caulk/repaint a 25 yr old Viceroy home at the base of the

Hamilton Escarpment.

Prep work took approximately 27hrs, lots

of high ladder work (anchored platforms and extension

ladders). Prep Coat: BIN 123 Deep Tint Primer

and Final coat was Sherwin Williams Duration

Flat Lo-Temp and the color used was Foggy Day

(SW 6235). We broke the project down into 4 phases

due to the sheer size (6400 sq ft of heavy surface prep

on cedar Hardie siding).

Ladder and roof work was tricky but we made

sure to anchor our platforms with Remington

2 1/2 nails into the roof substrate and repaired

afterwards with Black Knight Fibrated Coatings

under each penetrated shingle.

Big thanks to Leanne Allard for making my life

easier by assisting on the job !

We even replaced the duct caps and put

new UV resistant caulking in all lap seams

in addition to plugging all bee holes with

a carbaryl injected foam repellant to stop

carpenter bee infestation.

Special thanks to Anita and Paul F.

East Oakville Project Recap

Fall Recap Photo of Project Completed

in East Oakville 2008.

Lots of high ladder work and cutting in

with multiple colors but look at the end

result. Products used: BIN 123, ICI

Endurance Flat and Semi-Gloss, Moore

Home Collection Exterior Semi-Gloss

and Behr Concrete Stain on the front

foyer concrete floor.

Special thanks to Leanne Allard

and Matt Brown for assisting on the job.

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We are local to Burlington,Oakville and Hamilton
and have been painting fine homes since 1988.