Author: chris

  • Are You Spending Your Weekend in Bunnings? Call Sterling Painters Melbourne Instead!

    Are You Spending Your Weekend in Bunnings? Call Sterling Painters Melbourne Instead!

    Weekend In Bunnings, Are You a House Painter?

    Melbourne, world renowned for its’ wonderful cafe culture, but you’re in Bunnings!

    “Some of the best coffee in the world is served in Melbourne, but you’re in Bunnings!”

    You simply delight in your local hipster cafe’s ‘Peruvian Pueblos Smashed Avo with a hint of Ecuadorian Andies, on the side’, but you’re in Bunnings!

    Tins of paint, brushes, rollers, filler, boredom, dropsheets, acrylic or enamel, Antique White USA or Whisper White, apathy. YES you’re in Bunnings!

    “Leave the trolley to one side, walk away, head up, shoulders back, take pride. Get to the cafe, you deserve it, you’ve worked all week afterall. “

    Your House Painters Melbourne

    By simply calling Sterling Painters we could have saved you all this heartache. We’re professional painters, qualified and experienced Master Painters. We paint for a living. We enjoy painting. And we enjoy breakfasts on the weekend too. We’re your house painters Melbourne.

    A common mistake DIYers make is believing that any painting project is a small project. Easily completed over a weekend. Most painting, if not all, involves ‘coats of paint’, which means you’re going to be painting it all over again. And quite possibly, again! How many breakfasts do you want to miss out on?

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  • Let’s Face It, It’s Not Going To Happen. House Painting

    Let’s Face It, It’s Not Going To Happen. House Painting

    Not Going To Happen. House Painting

    On house painting this weekend.

    Her: 

    “House Painting – It’s on his list, he’ll paint it next week, I’ve asked many times, he’s been busy at work, he didn’t have chance to go to Bunnings, his friend is over, the weather; it’s too wet, the weather, it’s too dry, it’s too late in the day now to start, he has a free weekend at the end of the month, wrong time of the year, the footy’s on…..”

    Him:

    “It’s on my list!”

    Dear Deidre says:

    “Counseling sessions would improve the family unit, and develop meaningful relationships and therefore the look of the family ‘home’, however, between you and me, just hire Sterling Painters, because it’s just Not Going To Happen!”

    House Painters – Deal With The Chore

    For some, well for most, house painting is a chore, a task to be put off. At Sterling Painters, we avoid our own chore lists by coming to work and dealing with yours. Best thing about this is, we enjoy painting. Not just because it beats gardening, but because it a rewarding and satisfying.

    Sometimes it’s an ideal to delegate. Are your painting skills A1? Because ours are. Book Sterling Painters and we’ll not only start the painting job, we’ll finish the painting job.

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  • Painting In The Winter – Newport

    Painting In The Winter – Newport

    The Rain Didn’t Stop Play. Newport

    “Plagued by bad weather, we still delivered on time. Okay. Whilst time restraints weren’t on me, I did promise the customer ‘by the weekend’, so we worked the weekend. Painting in the winter rain.” Sterling Exterior House Painters always go the extra mile.

    The Colour Consultant did a fantastic job, the house looks great, in keeping with the neighbourhood, reflects the customers’ taste and best of all? It won’t look dated any time soon. I can pass on her details.

    Painting in the Winter Rain

    We used Norglass Marine Clear Varnish on the woodwork, as recommended by Footscray Paintspot. Difficult to use, but I’m told, the best product for the job. Always worth asking advise. We’re the painters, the experts on product application. The experts on product knowledge are the guys at the paint shop.

    We also used semi gloss on everything else, this provides a slippy surface that dust and moisture find hard to stay on. Gloss is even better, but maybe a little too refective for some people’s taste!

    Paints Used:

    • Weatherboards: Weathershield semi gloss – Self Destruct
    • Ceilings: Weathershield semi gloss – Hogs Bristle half
    • Gate/Render/Fence: Weathershield semi gloss – Caveman

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  • Painting In The Rain. It’s raining, it’s pouring…

    Painting In The Rain. It’s raining, it’s pouring…

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    Painting in the Rain, When We Can. Newport

    Well I think we’ve had about the worse week weather wise for painting outside! Painting in the rain, yuk!

    Usually in winter, there will be a rainy day per week. We can work around this. We plan for this. Not a problem.

    “This week we’ve had rain, hail, wind, it’s been cold and to top it off far too many dew points leaving everything sodden even when it hasn’t been raining.”

    In winter we even factor in internal day jobs that we can do ad-hoc. But last week wasn’t that good either and we’ve used them all up.

    Need any interiors painted? Please!

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  • Do it yourself? Never! Get Your Own Exterior Colour Consultants. Newport

    Do it yourself? Never! Get Your Own Exterior Colour Consultants. Newport

    Exterior House Colour Consultants

    Now of course Sterling Painters & Decorators have our own Colour Consultants. But we do work with other Exterior Colour Consultants…and Interior Designers. Shush, don’t tell!

    The value added by a Colour Consultants should never be underestimated. They will understand your tastes, the locality and then add that something special.

    We’ve just started painting this house, and whilst it doesn’t look like this yet, it will. If it stops raining that is!

    • Weatherboards: Weathershield semi gloss Self Destruct.
    • Secondary colour: Weathershield semi gloss Hogs Bristle half.
    • Tertiary colour: Weathershield semi gloss Caveman
    • Trim: Norglass Marine clear varnish gloss

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