Interior Exterior House Painting Contractor Painter Syracuse NY: January 2019

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Interior Exterior House Painting Contractor Painter Syracuse NY

Recently Donigan Painting completed an interior painting job in Manlius, NY. Julie called us back to get her house ready to put up for sale after we painted her daughters room this summer. She called on a Monday and insisted that she needed this done by Friday so she could list her house by the end of the week. Her realtor suggested sprucing up the entries to make a great first impression for potential buyers coming through at her open house that weekend. Although the schedule was tight we made it happen. After trucking through last weeks snowfall and ice we arrived early Friday morning. To get her entries looking their best I recommended painting the doors, all the molding, the staircase risers-stringers with a bright white semi-gloss to make it pop. So to start everything was machine and hand sanded to remove the shine and dull the surface for new paint to stick. Everything was then throuroughly vacuumed and wiped down with a damp sponge to remove dust then allowed to dry. Gaps and seams were caulked to streamline the molding. Following the prep work one coat of Benjamin Moore's Advanced semi-gloss bright white was applied. Here is how it turned out! Make sure you get the best product when you paint and go to Purcell's.

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224 Ross Park
Syracuse, NY 13208
315-313-3254
www.doniganpainting.com

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Monday, January 28, 2019

Interior Exterior House Painting Contractor Painter Syracuse NY

Last week Donigan Painting completed an interior repaint in Fayetteville, NY. Amber and Nick just moved to Syracuse to work at the university and bought a home that a heavy smoker lived in for many years. When I did the quote the signs of it were pretty obvious from the yellowed ceilings and strong odor of cigarette smoke. To help cover the staining left behind I recommended priming all the walls with a high quality primer that would seal most of the smell. The house was still empty so I was able to save them a significant amount of money without having to move furniture and take alot more time prepping. Their four bedroom split-levels ceilings and walls were two coated with PPG"s Seal-Grip Primer to start. They planned to replace the doors and molding so on this project we did not paint them. Prior to priming the walls dings and dents were repaired with joint compound, sanded, and cleaned. By the end of last week the cleaning company had came through and the painting was completed leaving a ready to move home. The smell of cigarette smoke was almost nonexistent when I did a walk thru with the homeowners at the end of the job.

Please call or visit the website below for your fast-free quote today!

Donigan Painting
224 Ross Park
Syracuse, NY 13208
315-313-3254
www.doniganpainting.com

Friday, January 18, 2019

Interior Exterior House Painting Contractor Painter Syracuse NY

This week Donigan Painting completed an interior repaint in Syracuse's Sedgwick Neighborhood. Rita wanted to freshen up her living room, stairway and hall with new paint. She liked the original colors but wanted to change up the sheen's for a slight contrast between the walls and molding. Originally she had flat walls and satin for the molding-doors. To start we centered all the large furniture and covered it with painters plastic. Hardware, switch plates, outlet covers, curtains, blinds were removed and stored neatly. Her oak floors were covered with drop clothes and the kitchen cabinets-counters were draped with plastic to fix the crack in her ceiling and then paint it later after retexturing the repaired area to match. The french doors, hallway doors, molding, risers, stringers, balusters, rail, built-ins were hand and machine sanded to remove the sheen. Everything was then thoroughly vacuumed and wiped down to remove dust. Cracks, seams and nail holes were wood puttied then sanded to flush and cleaned. Raw wood was oil primed to prevent bleed through on the woodwork and water-stains. Once the prep work was completed the fun began with one coat of Pittsburgh Ceiling Paint. The walls laser straight lines were cut in then one coated with Benjamin Moore Ultra-Spec 500 Interior Eggshell in Dunmore Cream. To pull it all together one coat also of Dunmore Cream was applied to all the doors, molding, mantle, stairway, built ins with Benjamin Moore Advanced semi-gloss. Here's a few picks below.

If you are planning to repaint your interior here is a link for tried and true colors you can never go wrong with. https://www.countryliving.com/home-design/color/g4630/timeless-paint-colors/

Please call or visit the website below for your fast-free quote today. You can expect to hear from me the same day, to be onsite for a quote within 24hrs, and a written quote within a day. We only use high quality products, guarantee are work, are fully insured.

Donigan Painting EPA RRP Certified
224 Ross Park
Syracuse, New York 13208
315-313-3254
www.doniganpainting.com

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Interior Exterior House Painting Contractor Painter Syracuse NY

Recently Donigan Painting completed painting an interior in Dewitt, NY. Terry and John just bought a home off of Maple that had not been updated since the 70's. Walls covered in florals-checkered patterned wallpaper lined most of the house. Thankfully there was only one layer to remove of wallpaper. After spending about a week removing old wallpaper, thoroughly cleaning the walls, then sanding them to smooth it was time for primer. To start the painting process we used PPG's Seal-Grip Acrylic and applied one coat to all walls and ceilings. Applying primer before you paint wallpapered walls, a smokers house or unpainted surfaces is absolutely necessary for a high quality finish to last. Primer will keep the paint on longer and provides a sticky surface for new paint to stick to. So don't skip the primer. Once the primer had setup over night the ceilings through out the home were one coated with Pittsburgh Ceiling Paint for a nice bright contrast to the new wall color. Two coats of Benjamin Moore Ultra-Spec Interior in Gray Owl-eggshell were applied to the walls. Prior to painting nailholes, dings-dents, and inconsistencies on the ceilings and walls were floated out with joint compound-cleaned-sanded. On each job before primer or paint is applied alot of time is spent prepping the walls-ceilings-molding-doors to get them ready for paint. If you didn't know your molding-doors and walls need to be sanded before paint is applied. This is done to remove little snags and the sheen or shine from the previous coat of paint. This is crucial to the longevity of your paint job. If you have ever painted before and did not know to clean and sand all areas before painting you may have ended up with paint easily scratching of because the surface it was applied to was not scuffed with a fine grit sandpaper so that the paint can actually stick. Once the walls setup two coats of BM's Advanced semi-gloss were applied to the molding. As always the molding and doors were sanded and cleaned before paint was applied. Gaps and seams were caulked and nail holes were puttied before the finish coats. All hardware removed from doors and the molding was reinstalled as well as outlet-switch plates-registers-returns.

Please call or visit the website below for your fast-free quote today!

Donigan Painting EPA RRP Certified
224 Ross Park
Syracuse, New York 13208
315-313-3254
www.doniganpainting.com

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Interior Exterior House Painting Contractor Painter Syracuse NY

Recently Donigan Painting completed an interior repaint in Fayetteville, NY. Anna called to repaint her living room, hallway, and bathroom. She is planning to sell her home and wanted to spruce it up for potential buyers. The darker color choices in each room needed to be lightened up with neutrals that are appealing to potential home buyers. Typically whats trending are the go to colors for the year. In 2018 we applied many gallons of Benjamin Moores Simply White and Revere Pewter. These two colors have been very popular because when picking out whites these days you can find 50 choices that all have a touch of any color you can think of. Simply White is not a brilliant white that you would use on your ceilings for a bright contrast of your wall colors. Rather it is a shade in the direction of creme giving it a soft tone that is not overbearingly bright. I just painted my living room this color and it looks fantastic. See the pics below for what this color looks like beyond a color swatch if you are looking for a soft white. To start we repaired minor dings and dents with joint compound, filled nail holes, caulked gaps, puttied nail holes, fastened loose molding, and removed hardware. For Anna's project we applied one coat of Pittsburgh Ceiling Paint to all the ceilings. One coat of PPG's Seal-Grip Acrylic Primer was applied to the walls before two coats of finish paint in an eggshell finish were applied to the walls. To wrap this beauty up one coat of BM's Advanced in bright White semi=gloss was applied to the base-door molding.

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Donigan Painting EPA RRP Certified
224 Ross Park
Syracuse, New York 13208
315-313-3254
www.doniganpainting.com