Painting in cold or damp weather. First off, keep your paint at room temperature. Cold paint usually thickens and is hard to work with. You can thin it sparingly, knowing that as it warms up, it will become overly thin. This is important on days that the temperature is going to substantially warm up. Read…
As the weather gets hotter, paint dries faster. It becomes harder to provide a smooth finish in the heat and direct sunlight. When it’s practical try to plan your painting project for morning, evening or in the shade. Professionals know these things. They also know how to compensate for the heat and sun. A quality…
Ever have a crack in a wall or ceiling patched and the next thing you know it’s back? The surface is moving and forcing the patching material to bend or stretch pass what it is capable of. Most of the time it isn’t practical to tare into the wall and if you did, it may…
Maintaining wrought iron fences and gates in Arizona is simple. Don’t get any water on it. Even raw, unpainted metal will take a very long time to rust to the point of structural damage unless it’s exposed to more than the little rain we get here. Landscape water from sprinklers, water pooling at the base…
