This deck wood had been quite badly weathered. Check out the before pic closely; if you've been considering replacing your old, black, heavily weathered deck, please consider calling PaintDoctorMD and let us see if it can be restored. Our deck cleaning and staining services are most likely far cheaper than replacing the entire deck! This picture of a deck in Hoover, AL just shows the immediate, massive difference a good cleaning can make, but in a future post I will show you our before and after stain on this exact same wood.
This was preparing some brick for paint a few days ago on a townhouse in Hoover, AL. I think most people don't realize how filthy and blackened and weathered their house is - brick, siding, and even driveway concrete. Pressure washing, or power washing as some may refer to it, is an absolutely necessary first step to a long lasting paint job. Generally takes between 4-8 hours per house. A paint-prep pressure wash is very different from a pressure wash you would get from a pressure wash-only service - we are not just cleaning the house, we are prepping for paint, so we get a lot closer to the surface to try and remove anything loose - loose paint, loose dirt - so that the paint adheres directly to what matters.
That is the underlying principle behind how I am able to offer a 5 year warranty on my work. Case in point - the Sherwin Williams Pro Industrial Waterbased Alkyd Urethane paint I applied to these metal windows in Greystone, Hoover, AL. Roughly 20 years old and still with a factory smooth finish on these windows, I elected to go to the extra trouble of masking off and spraying these windows with a product I hope lasts just as long as the factory coating. Did it take a lot of time? Yes. But far more important to me than getting things done quickly is knowing I have provided a superior product.
It occurred to me today that everyone always shows off their before and after photos, but no one really shows the ugly prep phase. It ain't pretty, but it's essential. Clicking on the photo below and zooming in will show you the state that the wood trim around the upper windows was left in after pressure washing. Raw, exterior wood requires oil-based primer before painting. The lower half has had this treatment and is now ready for paint. The transformation phase is not attractive - but it's absolutely vital.
Overkill. That is the underlying principle behind how I am able to offer a 5 year warranty on my work. Case in point - the Sherwin Williams Pro Industrial Waterbased Alkyd Urethane paint I applied to these metal windows in Greystone, Hoover, AL. Roughly 20 years old and still with a factory smooth.
It occurred to me today that everyone always shows off their before and after photos, but no one really shows the ugly prep phase. It ain't pretty, but it's essential. Clicking on the photo below and zooming in will show you the state that the wood trim around the upper windows was left in after.
We pressure wash houses before we paint them, but most people ignore their concrete. It's one of the quickest ways to make your house stand out in your neighborhood. There wasn't quite as much room as I thought to fully spell out my company name, but at least this is less boring than a plain before.
This was a simple, quick refresh of the front only of a house going on the market; a great, cost-effective way to make your house pop for that new buyer. It's not too obvious from the before photo (bottom) but all of the paint was oxidized and heavily UV damaged. Look closely at the garage doors.
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