First exterior job of the year

Finished a large exterior job on Wednesday with a little help from Ryan spraying.  Pulled and sprayed the front steel door and also sprayed the garage doors. The house is exactly like one I owned several years ago. It took six days including pressure washing and preparation.

Note: The front door looked so good after Ryan sprayed it out - almost like glass. Probably his best effort.

Used Sherwin Williams top of the line exterior paint called Emerald.  I normally use Duration but got a special discount on Emerald to see how I liked it. It is much thicker paint than normal exterior paint and it covers well. It also applies a little smoother than Duration.

Steps:

1. Pressure washed all the wood and car garage doors. Let dry for one day;
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. Sprayed painted the front steel door and garage doors;
6. Removed rotting boards and replaced them (not part of original quote);
7. Applied 4 gallons of paint on all the wood trim;
8. Painted the two shutters;
9. Touched-up a lot of areas from the last paint job to make the job look more professional; and
10. Cleaned up areas I worked around including roof, front porch, and driveway.

Challenges:

• There were two difficult peaks to get to because of the height and roof line;
• The failing caulk in some areas was hard to remove because it was so hard.;
• Had to replace some rotting boards.

Photos:

Back side with chimney

Upper peak very difficult to complete

Front door with window side lights - used to be blue

 Front with garage doors sprayed out

Side of porch

Ryan after spraying out door

 Screened in porch

West side

 Door again

Ryan masking out door before spraying

Carmel ceilings and walls

Finished ceilings in an upstairs hallway, stairwell, and entryway. I also put two coats of "Ancient Marble" in a flat finish on the walls and touched up the stained trim. Painting ceilings in a high stairwell takes additional measures for safety and getting to the top. I brought in my 12 foot ladder along with levelers in order to get to the higher areas.


Steps:

1. Removed electrical plates;
2. Sanded walls;
3. Washed the walls with simple green; 
4. Spackled all the holes and nicks in the walls;
5. Masked out floors with durable paper in order to keep any drips off the carpet and wood floors;
6. Lightly sanding all areas spackled;
7. Painted ceilings;
8. Taped out baseboards and door trim;
9. Applied first coat on walls - let dry;
10. Applied second coat on walls;
11. Pulled tape and masking paper;
12. Did touch-ups requested;
13. Cleaned up and presented to customer.

Photos (pictures not very clear):

Downstairs hallway

Entryway

Upstairs hallway

Noblesville Interior Home

Just finished prepping and painting an entire home located in Noblesville. I put two coats of eg-shell on all the walls in two colors - Kilim Beige and Divine White. I did paint one bedroom in a blue color. I also painted both sides of a new steel front door. This was my largest painting project and it took me eight days.


Steps:

1. Removed electrical plates;
2. Sanded walls;
3. Spackled a lot of nail pops and other small holes;
4. Washed walls;
5. Taped out baseboards, door trim, and other trim;
6. Applied first coat on walls - let dry;
7. Lightly sanded walls between coats;
8. Applied second coat on walls;
9. Pulled tape and masking paper;
10. Did touch-ups on ceiling, trim, and walls; 
11. Painted both sides of the front steel door;
12. Cleaned up.

Photos:

Upstairs bathroom - Kilim Beige

Downstairs bathroom - Kilim Beige

Upstairs bedroom - Divine White

Upstairs bedroom - Kilim Beige

Upstairs bedroom - Aqua Ocean

Upstairs bedroom - Aqua Ocean

Dining Room

Dining room

 Front door - Tricorn black in satin

Inside view of front door

Downstairs hallway

Living room 

Kitchen

Living room

Master bedroom

Master bedroom

Master bath

Master bath

Fishers bedroom and pantry

Finished a bedroom and closet, laundry room, and miscellaneous touch-ups in Fishers on Tuesday. In both the bedroom and laundry room, I painted the ceiling and walls. When I got to the job, the customer had a half dozen other touch-ups - including the closet -  that she asked if I could complete and I agreed.


Steps:

1. Removed electrical plates;
2. Sanded walls;
3. Washed the walls with simple green;
4. Filled a lot of fairly large holes created when the wire shelves were removed from the laundry room and the bedroom closet. I had to fill several times in order to ensure they didn't show once I applied the eg-shell;
5. Masked out entire floor with durable paper in order to keep any drips off the carpet in the bedroom and the tile floor in the laundry room;
6. Painted ceilings;
7. Painted trim in laundry room;
8. Taped out baseboards, door trim, and other trim;
9. Applied first coat on walls - let dry;
10. Applied second coat on walls;
11. Pulled tape and masking paper;
12. Did touch-ups requested;
13. Cleaned up and presented to customer.

Photos:

Bedroom

Bedroom

Laundry room

Laundry room

Fishers bedroom and bathroom

Finished a bedroom and bathroom in Fishers on Wednesday. I prepped and applied two coats of eg-shell in a gray color (Sherwin Williams' Mineral Deposit) on the walls only.


Steps:

1. Removed electrical plates;
2. Sanded walls;
3.  Masked out floor with 12 inch paper and additional heavier paper;
4. Spackled a lot of nail pops and other small holes;
5. Washed walls;
6. Taped out baseboards, door trim, and other trim;
7. Applied first coat on walls - let dry;
8. Applied second coat on walls;
9. Pulled tape and masking paper;
10. Did touch-ups on ceiling, trim, and walls;
11. Cleaned up. 

Photos:

Carmel master bedroom

Finished a master bedroom in Carmel on Tuesday. I prepped and applied two coats of eg-shell in a gray color on the walls only. I also painted part of the sunken ceiling.  The customer supplied the paint - Lowe's Valspar Signature Interior.


Steps:

1. Removed electrical plates;
2. Sanded walls;
3. Washed walls;
4. Taped out baseboards and door trim;
5. Taped out main ceiling because it was a flat ceiling;
6. Masked out floor with 12 inch paper and additional heavier paper;
7. Applied first coat on walls - let dry;
8. Applied first coat to sunken ceiling;
9. Applied second coat on walls;
10. Applied second coat on sunken ceiling;
11. Pulled tape and masking paper;
12. Moved furniture back in place; and
13. Did touch-ups on ceiling, trim, and walls;
14. Cleaned up. 

Challenges:
I also painted part of the sunken ceiling in order to break up the white. This was a challenge because I had to keep paint off the rest of the ceiling.

Photos:

Best view of sunken ceiling with gray paint

 Walls

Another view of walls and ceiling

Fishers bedroom

Finished a small bedroom in Fishers on Tuesday. I prepped and applied two coats of satin in a blue color to the walls only.  The customer supplied the paint - Lowe's Valspar Signature Interior Satin.

Steps:

1. Moved most of the furniture out of room;
2. Removed electrical plates;
3. Sanded walls;
4. Washed walls;
5. Taped out baseboards and door trim;
6. Masked out floor with 12 inch paper;
7. Applied first coat to walls - let dry;
8. Applied second coat to walls;
9. Pulled tape and masking paper;
10. Did touch-up to walls and trim;
11. Moved furniture back in place; and
12. Cleaned up.

Challenges:
Moving furniture around in order to get to the walls.

Photos: