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  • Exterior House Painters Kensington – The Seventies Dream House

    Exterior House Painters Kensington – The Seventies Dream House

    Exterior House Painters Kensington – The Seventies Dream House

    “Nostalgia, remembering better times, when I was young, things were better then.” – We as Exterior House Painters Kensington, know better.

    When you have little to no choice with the painting, you have to work with what you’ve got. And that’s what happened here. Rather than paint over and try to hide the ‘SEVENTIES’, and some people try to, this customer embraced it and worked with it.

    Painted so it now looks like a sharp, hip trendsetting seventies, Lou Reed if you will, rather than the faded old embarrassment, Brotherhood of Man. Ask your parents.

    Painting Techniques:

    On a serious note, this one posed a couple of painting problems.

    The first, access. Access is always an issue with painting. Simply put, how do we get to the surface we need to paint. This one had small walls in the areas we needed to put to ladders to reach the top of the building.

    The second, render. Render can be very hard to paint. Sometimes it’s so dry that even a brush stroke is impossible. This also means much more paint is needed. Render also shows brush and lap marks, so cold, damp days can be best!

    Paints Used:

    • Dulux Weathershield Masionary Matt ‘Domino’
    • Dulux Killrust Flat Black – the gate

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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 The Decorative Details – Awnings

    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!

    Or simply delegate Info@sterlingpainters.com.au

    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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