28.8.12

Small Bathroom & Master Bedroom Renovation


Small Bathroom and Master Bedroom with Accent Wall.
We incorporated the Rookwood Brown into an
accent wall staging by carrying the colour into both
rooms for a smooth colour transition.

Colours: SW Rookwood Brown (ColorAnswers Palette)
              SW Dhurrie Beige (Inspirations Palette)

Great thanks to Julie P. for the two projects !








































  • Cabinet Refinishing
  • Wall Painting - Bathroom & Master Bedroom
  • Ceiling Painting
  • Baseboards
  • Custom Mirror Cabinet Installation
  • SpeakMan Anystream Eco Shower Heads/Faucets
  • All Paints and Finishes by Sherwin Williams

23.8.12

Master Bedroom Makeover































Fairly straightforward repaint of a Master Bedroom in
Valley Crest in Burlington,On.

The trickiest part of this job was rolling the ceiling perfectly in
a very hot southeast exposure - apartments and condo ceilings
are usually very warm from glass that has no heat control or
reflectivity so they dry really fast while rollling and can lead
to flash and lap lines. Our cure for this ? We use the Dynaflo
latex extender to leave us a workable open time.

Colour: Versailles (Ben.Moore)
Finishes: Walls- Origin Matte (Moore's spec'd by Client)
Ceiling: SW Emerald Matte Cloud White
Trim: SW ProClassic S/G Cloud White

Total Price: $422.00 (Skim Coat, Walls, Trim, Ceiling, Doors and Baseboards)

Great thanks to Michelle and Janice for the help !

20.8.12

Single Car Garage 12 x 18/20 foot Epoxy Quote

We can do most garage floors,( unless badly deteriorated concrete
needs to be slab-jacked) for under 700.00 complete.

Surface prep includes chemical etch and grinding, followed by
shop vacuuming and application of 10 mils dft thickness
Epoxy Coating.

We primarily specify an Epoxy that has no
flashpoint concerns, will cure in 14-16 hrs for tire traffic
and will last 5-10 years with no adhesion problems.
Colour range is almost limitless !

All surface cracks and spalling is repaired prior to re-coat
for a seamless, monolithic system which acts as a vinyl
liner for your floor. Epoxy coatings not only protect
concrete from splash and spill, but also from uv decay
and carbonization, a process of wetting and drying out
where concrete becomes more and more brittle with time
and exposure.

Leave a concrete floor uncoated long enough in your garage
and the price to jackhammer and repair can become
astronomical.

Skeleton Lake 2008 - Revisited

















Skeleton Lake North Muskoka

Small cottage stain project from 2008
Total Time on Site 32 hours
Product Used: Pratt and Lambert Stainshield Solid Hide
(Fox Harbour Grey SW Colour Matched)

Patio/Porch Columns Done with Sikkens Cedar 77

19.8.12

Our recommendations for a Good Golf School Experience !


We would like to include a link in our blog to
Dresser Golf Academy in Pawley's Island
(South Myrtle Beach) for those wishing to
improve any facet of your golf game.

We have personally taken 3 school vacations
with Dresser Golf and find Steve's golf wisdom
to be not only educational but highly entertaining !

If you like the Myrtle/Pawley's area, True Blue
and Caledonia are excellent courses and the
value of a good golf school stays with you long
after the original time in the school ! Spend
a few days with Steve's team and you will
be carding birdies and eagles :)


http://www.dressergolf.com/

Contact Info

Contact us anytime for quotations/assistance with your painting
and renovation projects.

Office 905-331-8490
Mobile 905-912-4720
email: colorscapespainting@gmail.com

We try to return all calls within 24hrs, please be patient we will get back to you !

16.8.12

Residential Garage Floor Epoxy

















We completed a badly pitted garage floor that
had decayed due to frequent road salt exposure.
(Chloride attack)

Surface Prep: 250 Blastrac Grinding Disc/Shop Vacuum

Application: Quartz Injected Epoxy 100% Solids
                   Takes tire traffic in 14hrs without pickup or adhesion problems
Anti-Slip Profile (Aluminum Oxide Pattern) was added in broadcast system.

Total Cost: $680.00 Installed

Warranty: 5 yrs

14.8.12

Quoting and Pricing/Google Quotes
















To simplify quoting for clients we have adopted
the Google document Quote Roller to make it
easy to return quotes when we are not always
available in person to visit and quote !

This eliminates the need for Word, MS Office
or fancy quoting software that clients do not
have the software for !

Check out the above sample :)

13.8.12

Charnwood Project - Aug 2012 Completion

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
After several interruptions by foul weather
we finally had the opportunity to wrap a
project today that we had been working
on for a full month !
 
Great thanks to Ivor and Anna Z. for
the project :)
 
We love the custom Richards-Wilcox
Garage Door - a great accent to the look
of the front elevation !

Products Used:

  • Sherwin Williams' Emerald Exterior Semi Gloss White
  • Sherwin Williams' Emerald Satin Door Finish (Sw6104)
  • Sikkens Cedar 77 (Foyer Entry Ceiling Tongue N Groove Ceiling)

12.8.12

Cabinet Door Production - We use Cabinet Pro CNC



























They say the only way to beat a competitor out for a
project nowadays is to be 1 or both of two things:

1. Cheaper - retaining the same quality..or...
2. Better - higher quality at same price !

We think we have found a great way to meet BOTH
criteria when it comes to building new cabinetry and
custom built-in closets and laundry lockers....

Give us a call, we'll quote any fair sized kitchen
or entertainment unit that requires a custom design,
forget about these high-ticket showroom cabinet
providers like Kraft Maid and Schuler, their pricing
is astronomically high and the wait times are ridiculous
(10-14 weeks for 20 new cabinet doors ???).

We can nest cut, custom stain or paint up to 34-40
cabinets at a fraction of the price of the big cabinet
showrooms...and the quality is outstanding from
our new CNC Rover.

We are currently custom building 24 cabinets
for a client in Thorold at a fraction of the price
quoted by KraftMaid at Home Depot (14,400.00)
Total Price for 24 Glendale Cabinets $2850.00
and that includes installation ! They are
solid maple, CNC routed and custom
finished in waterborne lacquer.

Do your shopping and comparisons, you shouldn't
have to spend ridiculous money on reface or even
complete kitchen rebuilds. Drawings being what they
are, they sure aren't worth what these places charge
to estimate and compose a remodeling sketch. Whatever
happened to graph paper and a carpenter's tape ?
One of our clients was quoted 800.00 just for a sketch
of a new cabinet remodel, all they did was compose it
on a 2D Cad and add a new stove stack modern box
fan exhaust overhead with a custom detail panel which
are very commonplace now.

10.8.12

CNC Capacity with Black Cat Cabinetry
















Our latest addition to our cabinet finishing services includes nested cutting of pre-engineered panels with a Biesse Rover 24.


Call us anytime for a quotation on any style
of cabinetry for kitchen or bathroom, entertainment units or custom armoires. We guarantee our pricing tobe competitive and from solid wood stock - red oak, maple, birch or poplar - stained or painted !


8.8.12

Grimbsy Project July 2012














Small hvlp cabinet finishing project in Grimsby,ON
21 cabinets and open framed glass lite cabinets
finished in Arctic White in our custom w/b
lacquer finish.

Cabinet Refinishing: $1500.00
(Included de-install/re-install/replacement of 4 Blum Hinges)

Wall Painting: $450.00

We also painted the kitchen walls for a small
fee to complete the final look.

We also installed the modern low profile
stack hood for a nominal fee. ($50.00)

Great thanks to Suzanne and Mark W.
for the small project.

6.8.12

Raffle Draw Info for 2012



Notes About the Raffle Draw.....

Don't forget Nov 30th/2012 is the official Draw Date for our Golf/Spa Giveway Raffle
Trip (your choice of PGA National West Palm/Kingsmill - Williamsburg,VA. or
the King and Prince in St. Simon's Island) The trip is valid for 4-7 family members
as we usually offer and pre-reserve an executive suite or oceanfront villa room.
Value of trip is estimated at $2500.00 U.S. and is not refundable for work credit
or cash - if you win the trip we book the week you want and you must cover your
own transportation there - at this time Flights to PBIA West Palm are 226.00 each
from Buffalo NY, Buffalo to Raleigh Durham-Savannah are 327.00 with 1 connection.
It may be possible to hop a short flight to Brunswick from Savannah Regional...but
most people love the drive through the low country of the seaside marsh towns.

Kingsmill is driveable at 10hrs approximately.

All trip winners have thoroughly enjoyed themselves at West Palm PGA National
as there is so much to do in Riviera Beach, Singer Island and of course the Gardens Mall.
This year we added two other options as 1 client mentioned it would be nice to have
a drive trip option and we concur.

Thanks again
B.Hotrum
ColorScapes Painting

4.8.12

Cabinet Finishing...WB Lacquer Outperforms Paint

We often get asked...what's better for cabinetry finishing, lacquer or paint ?

Waterborne lacquers offer fast dry and stack times, spray beautifully without
thinning and meet the stringest of KCMA standards for edge soak, mar resistance,
cleanability and overall durability and performance in a real kitchen.

Trim paints (even Aura or any other advanced acrylic or hybrid alkyd-acrylics
cannot meet KCMA ratings (Often finish and rate below a 2 on a scale of +5 being
the best) and are softer, less resistant and prone to chip-off and peeling.
Pencil hardness testing of latex and acrylics on cabinetry is embarrasing
to say the least and cabinets done with house paint scratch easy, stain
easy and cannot resist humidity and continuous moisture from stove
ranges etc.

We are aware there is a company in Burlington spraying cabinetry with
Aura and Benjamin Moore acrylic paint and wish to advise those considering
painting kitchen cabinets that this is a big mistake when there are far better
products available for that application. We would not want the callbacks
for latex paint on cabinetry and would hope that they eventually see that
they are being disrespectful of what clients really want, and that is a
tough long-lasting, easy to clean and mar-resistant lacquer.

Our lacquer finishes will stand the test of time and we guarantee it !
No other cabinet finishing company in the Halton region offers a 5
year warranty on finishes like ColorScapes Painting and that's why
we recently completed our 85th kitchen project in the last 6 years.!


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