Paint acts like a sealant, protecting your house from moisture. If one were to apply paint over a moist surface, it traps the moisture in. Eventually this can cause the paint to bubble and peel or create mold underneath which leads to rot. For a lasting quality finish, it is better to wait for a…
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Quality work should not be confused with the highest price.  When choosing a painting company, it is important to check the reputation of the company and what customers are saying about them.  At RC Painting we pride ourselves on our display of customer comments and surveys so that all can see what our customers think of us.  So far…
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To test the quality of a stain you can do a “scratch test”.  Try scratching an obscure part of a stained piece of wood with your fingernail or a sharp edge.  With a cheap stain, the stained color will scrape off.  A quality stain will penetrate the wood making the color stain through the layers.  The quality stain is worth paying…
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How can you paint your office without bothering your customers?  Simple… call RC Painting.  We can work overnight or over the weekend during your off hours as the job requires at no extra cost.  We can also paint with Sherwin Williams’ Harmony paint so that the office doesn’t have those annoying paint fumes.  To learn more, contact us.  A…
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If you are planning on painting over an oily surface, STOP RIGHT THERE!  Applying paint directly over an oily surface will be a waste of paint and time.  The oil will seep through the paint no matter how many coats you apply and in some cases the paint will peel.  In order to paint over an…
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Temperature increases cause objects to expand…. like our house.  In hot summer days, our houses stretch and creak, also causing those nice caulked lines to crack.  If those seams are not caulked correctly, we allow moisture to seap in that could create problems in the future.  The best way to avoid this is by using Sherwin…
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RC Painting recommends using this website from Sherwin Williams: http://www.sherwin-williams.com/do_it_yourself/paint_colors/paint_color_palette/visualizer/index.jsp.  This is a color visualizer tool to help you see the overall look of a color in a room.  Remember that lighting can always change the appearance of the color you want.  If you need more help choosing colors, RC Painting can make some suggestions…
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RC Painting works as a team.  Each crew member has one task to do dedicated to only that.  With a crew of three to four people we can have one person dedicated to just scraping and caulking, another dedicated to just masking, another dedicated to just priming, and when the prep work is done one comes…
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RC Painting recommends Sherwin Williams Harmony Paint for interior paint jobs because this product has 0 VOC.  This means that not only is it safe for the environment, but it won’t have those annoying paint fumes when the job is done.  In fact, studies have proven that after painting a room with Harmony Paint, the room…
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Generally speaking, when the humidity is right with enough sunlight, one can paint outside as long as the temperature is above 40 degrees (F).  Any weather below 40 degrees causes the paint to freeze and no painting should be done.  The temperature is a factor that RC Painting LLC carefully considers before painting the exterior of…
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