Posts tagged painting
Pink is for Little Girls and for Big Painters :: Red Devil’s ColorCure
12August 3, 2011
by jb bartkowiak
in products
Anyone that has been around minor home repairs has seen spackling that changes color as it dries. Well, Red Devil, Inc. has taken this technology one step further with its ColorCureTM Pink2White caulk. It is applied pink, but dries white. Magic! "Who Cares?" you ask, "I get along just fine with regular old caulk." Well, painting too early can cause cracking and flaking, but this intuitive product solves that problem for DIYers and pros. [ . . . ]
BMoxies 2nd Ever Photo Week – Day 1 (Shades of Ed) :: Test Painting Colors
2July 25, 2011
by jb bartkowiak
in with pros
To figure which colors to use in painting our house in 2006, we started with some tests on the shed. This shed was site-built and clad with T1-11 (a type of treated yet inexpensive siding). It had/has a corrugated stainless steel roof. While green was the focus of our tests here, we actually stained the house a tannish color. [ . . . ]
The Fancy Painters are Here! :: On Decorative Painting
9June 18, 2010
by Regina Garay
in On the Job
When asked What do you do? and I invariably answer I'm a faux finisher, I sometimes get a quizzical look. I may follow up with I'm an artist...a decorative painter but I usually end up in the neighborhood of I paint murals...to which everyone then goes Ahhh!. I haven't yet found an answer that works 100% of the time and I don't mind the confusion since my own husband thought the glazes I work with are the same as can be found on doughnuts. It makes me smile. [ . . . ]
Sources Spotlight :: Budeke’s Paints
1May 17, 2010
To hear Bryan Koerber describe it, you would think he was there. We sold components, pigments in the form of pastes or powders - red lead, white lead; linseed oil; solvents like turpentine, Japan driers . . . the painters would take these raw materials and mix them by the batch in the field.
Bryan is President of Budeke's Paints and Decorating, one of oldest independent paint retailers in the country, and the details from above -- one page from a proud and lengthy legacy. You see, since 1868 as constant as the crab cakes or the tide, Budeke's Paints could be found in Fells Point at 418 South Broadway. [ . . . ]
Don’t Eat the Paint Chips and . . . More on Lead-Based Paint in Homes
2April 13, 2010
by jb bartkowiak
in On the House
And actually it's a fate not too dissimilar to that of at least one other building product that I can think of. Yes, another naturally occurring substance that in its day was molded into floor and ceiling tiles, shingles and insulation. Sound familiar? Strong, durable and inert, a great insulator, but it too in the end was dangerous. [ . . . ]
