Fishers small ranch house

Ryan and I finished our last exterior job on Thursday and just in time. The weather has turned cold and will not get above 50 degrees in the next 7 days and then we are into November.

We painted the soffits, overhang, chimney, and front porch for a customer that is going to put it up for sale. We used Sherwin Williams exterior Duration that covered the worn wood very well.  There was about 3 hours of preparation that included scraping, sanding, and caulking.

Steps:

1. Removed vertical gutters that had wood trim behind them;
2. Pressure washed all the wood in order to clean and open pores in wood;
3. Scraped all the worn fascia boards to remove a lot of failing paint;
4. Used an oscillating sander to get remaining paint chips;
5. Used 60 grade sand paper to get a smoother look;
6. Caulked all cracks and nail holes. We also had a couple of rotting areas that we cleaned and applied caulk to prevent further rotting;
7. Applied the very thick Sherwin Williams Duration paint. This is a self-priming paint that normally will cover and protect in one coat;
8. Reattached the vertical gutters;
9. Did a walk-through to ensure we did not have any misses or other issues;
10. Used a gas blower to clean up paint chips and other areas we disrupted;
11. Waited for customer approval before charging;
12. Customer very pleased and received payment.

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Fishers exterior metal door

Ryan and I finished both sides of a recently mounted metal door. We also painted the window lite, the frame around the door inside and outside, and we also painted a few feet of baseboard inside.

This turned out to be a real challenge for us. We have never done spray painted both sides of the door (outside color "wild current" and inside "pure white") and we tried to do the same day.  In the future, if we have to do both sides, we will probably just foam roll the door. Spray painting gives you a glassier look (but takes longer to dry), but it is an inconvenience for the customer to have to pull the door twice.  We had an issue with flies dropping onto our paint job and when we painted the inside of the door, we had to keep it vertical and we got a few sags.  The next day, we had to sand the door with 220 grade sand paper to get rid of the sags and fly tracks. We then put a second coat on with a foam roller. It still looked great when we were done.

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Fishers exterior painting job

Ryan and I finished a large exterior job on Wednesday. It took us four days including pressure washing and preparation. We painted all the wood including dormers, window trim, front porch, 3-door car garage doors, soffits, cupola, and overhang.

We used Duration Acrylic Exterior Latex (satin) from Sherwin Williams. It is much thicker paint than normal exterior paint and covers well.

Steps:

1. Pressure washed all the wood and car garage doors. Let dry for two days;
2. Sanded and scraped all failing paint using electric orbital sander and other tools;
3. Removed all failing caulk around windows, brick, and wood trim;
4. Caulked using both white and clear caulk (around brick). Used 8 tubes;
5. Applied 3 gallons of paint on all the wood trim;
6. Spray painted the 3 car garage doors;
7. We touched-up a lot of areas from the last paint job to make the job look more professional; and
8. Cleaned up areas we worked around including roof, front porch, and driveway to leave  cleaner than we found it.

Challenges:

• The 3 dormers on the top of the house were difficult because of working on a steep roofline and also getting to some of the trim as it angled into the roof.
• The cupola was difficult to paint because of location roofline. It was too steep to stand on or use our levelers so we had to use roof boots;
• The failing caulk in some areas was hard to remove because it was so hard.

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Fishers interior rooms

Ryan and I finished up an interior painting project today.  Our customer is putting their house up for sale so we prepped and painted the walls and trim in the living room, eating area, entryway, and hallway. We put two coats of Sherwin Williams ProMar 200 in a flat finish on the walls and a semi-gloss extra white on the trim.

Steps:

1. Sanded all the walls;
2. Washed all the walls;
3. Spackled all the holes and other dings;
4. Lightly sanded all the areas we spackled with 220 grade sandpaper;
5. Painted all the trim;
6. Taped out all the trim in order to keep our paint off the trim;
7. Applied first coat of paint and let dry for 4 hours;
8. Applied second coat of paint;
9. Pulled all the tape;
10. Caulked all the cracks along the baseboards and door and window trim;
11. Touched up all trim in order to ensure tight cut-lines; and 
12. Vacuumed. 

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Fishers bedroom and bath

Ryan and I finished a bedroom and bathroom on Thursday - two coats on just the walls using Sherwin Williams ProMar 200 in a flat finish.  There was not much prep and it took a little over a day because of the dry time between coats.

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Steps:

1. Sanded all the walls;
2. Washed all the walls;
3. Spackled all the nail holes and other minor flaws;
4. Taped the baseboards, door and window trim and bathroom cabinents;
5. Masked the carpet to catch any paint drips;
6. Sanded the areas that we spackled;
7. Applied first coat on the walls and let dry for 4 hours;
8. Came back the next morning and applied second coat;
9. Removed all the tape and masking;
10. Did some minor touchup around the trim;
11. Caulked around the bathroom sink; and
12. Vacuumed the floor.

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