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Category: Painting Projects

Our Painting Projects. Here we showcase some of the assignments we’ve done.

We hope to inspire you, to fire up your imagination to help you make the right painting and decorating choices for your home. We can always help with those choices if you need a little help! Why? It’s maybe not as easy as you may think, but we have professionals who can help you.

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House Painters Ascot Vale – Unique House
Bespoke Painters Painting – House Painters Ascot Vale

How did we get to the top of this house?

This very unique house had unique access problems too.

On the side of a hill, the area infront was muddy grass, and in some places only 2 metres of space. It would be foolish to consider ladders.
Cherry picker/Knuckle boom? Electricity wires in the way.
Scaffold, whilst expensive, was the only option in this case. Your House Painters Ascot Vale.

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- Weatherboards, Shingles, Bricks: Weathershield Paperback low sheen
- Trim: Weathershield Hogs Bristle 1/4 strength.
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27/05/2016
Outstanding Victorian Weatherboard House Painters – Kensington
Victorian Weatherboard House Painters

As Victorian Weatherboard House Painters, I’ll tell you the secret on how to make a victorian weatherboard house look good. It’s simple, really simple. It’s Preparation. The unfortunate thing about preparation is time, because it takes time. A lot of time!

The front of this weatherboard house took 16 hours of preparation. Yes, just the front of the house. As a result in your weekend would be lost. Without even picking up a paint brush!
- Weatherboards: Tranquil Retreat low sheen.
- Trim: Lexicon half semi gloss
- Trim: Ironstone semi gloss.
Note to oneself. Tranquil Retreat is very ‘in’ at the moment, but don’t tell everyone! Sterling Exterior Painters for more details.

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20/05/2016
Face Painting Weatherboard Homes in Winter? We Do
Painting Weatherboard Homes in Winter – Kensington

We always get asked to paint weatherboard houses, but especially in winter. Why? You may ask. I assume that come Autumn, everyone’s house looks a little dull. So I guess we’ll be painting weatherboard homes in winter again!

The same people also think that winter would be too cold/rainy etc to paint outside. Whilst us painters aren’t exactly happy with the colder, wetter weather. The paint dries slower, and that’s better than drying too fast a hot day in summer, and as a result, makes for a better finish. Less brush marks, less joins. Wet edges keep wet for much longer, no need to use acrylic paint conditioners, and less washing brushes at the end of the day, as the brush isn’t caked with paint.

So even on a rainy day in June, under the veranda, there will be us exterior house painters, looking a little sad, sanding and painting away. No we aren’t cold, as painting is a active pursuit, but we’ll be checking the forecasts, the rain radar throughout the day. Still looking a little sad!

Paints Used:
- Weatherboards: Dulux Weathershield Semi Gloss – Lime White Gloss
- Trim: Dulux Weathershield Gloss – Triple strength Ecru
- Front Door: Heritage Paints Gloss. Sorry the colour has Slipped my Mind!
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13/05/2016
Painting The Decorative Details – Awnings
Painting Decorative Details. Kensington

Decorative awnings look great but, unfortunately they usually come unpainted. Painting decorative details is a little time consuming.

But if you are a glutton for punishment, painting these four awning involves:
- Preperation: sanding, gapping filling
- One coat of primer
- Two coats of exterior paint
That’s about 12 hours of our time as professional exterior house painters, double that for you. 24 Hours, 3 days! That’s not just one weekend!

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Painting Lacework, Gorbels and Picket Fences

All of these take a lot more time than you’d like to believe, because they are the fiddly painting tasks. Lacework is usually iron, so you will need to be priming with a metal primer, after you’ve dealt with any rust, and then you’ll be painting two top coats. Corbels, those things above weatherboard veranda roofs, are fiddly because they have been left to the elements for years. And as so, they are held together by paint, dust and spiders! This painting task will have you lying down upside down. Whilst trying to stay on a veranda roof with your foot in the gutter. Picket fences were designed to be time vacumns. Because after you’ve finished the first picket, you’ve only got another 230 still to do. Then there’s the second and possibly a third coat!

Paints Used:

Weathershield Gloss – Natural White

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21/04/2016
It’s #Trending Again Retail Space Painters
Retail Painting. South Melbourne

So now we know where to get our Thorogood Boots from. South Melbourne, incase you weren’t in the know! ‘Retail’ Painting and we’ll ‘re-tell’ you where to go!

Occasionally we get asked to paint retail spaces, exhibition sites etc, it’s good to keep things fresh and broaden your horizons. More details Sterling Retail Painters.

Painting a commercial space is always a little forward thinking. Newer ideas are generally used, this isn’t someone’s home afterall. And as so, sometimes the interior designer has pushed the boat out. We’ve painted offices too, however these can be much more sober. Because working in a bright and fucky space maybe too much for some!

Yes we know that one of the paints is Antique White USA. But the Symphony Red, well we don’t use that everyday. Working with such viabrant paint colours can be problematic, and can result in many coats of paint. Why? Because it all depends on the base of the paint it’s made from. Yes there are many different base colours, not just white, that the end colours are made from .

Exterior Painting, Paints Used:
- Dulux Weathershield low sheen Symphony Red.
- Dulux Weathershield low sheen Antique White USA.
- A custom stain was used on the door.
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06/04/2016