Cabinet Painting with Two-Tone Color
Color Touch2023-08-18T13:05:11+00:00San Francisco Bay Area Painting kitchen cabinets two colors: "Swiss Coffee" for the uppers and "Graystone" for the lowers, which matches the counter tops and back-splash.
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Before and After House Painting in San Ramon, CA
Color Touch2023-08-18T13:01:39+00:00One aspect of painting that we enjoy is the "before and after". Color Touch Painting recently prepped and painted a post-1978 home in the Athans Downs Park area of San Ramon. The facade was constructed in a "Tudor" style using rough-sawn wood and stucco and the paint was peeling badly. We wanted to create the Read more...
Surfactant Leaching
Color Touch2011-12-06T17:31:53+00:00Have you ever painted an exterior--it looks great--then the next morning there are amber streaks or droplets marring the newly painted surface? As a Bay Area painting contractor, I often encounter "surfactant leaching". Surfactant leaching, or exudation, occurs when water soluble components exude out of the paint. This happens with all water-based paints, but is Read more...
Interior Painting or Flooring: which comes first?
Color Touch2023-03-04T20:08:39+00:00When discussing interior painting jobs, clients often ask our professional house painter whether they should paint or re-finish the floors first. From my experience as a house painter and painting contractor, my advice is generally to re-finish the floors first, then paint afterward. This because sanding of floors invariably creates a ton of dust, which would Read more...
San Francisco Painting Contractor Notes: How to Apply Gold Leaf
Color Touch2023-03-04T20:10:44+00:00(Newel Post with a coat of "sizing") (A layer of gold leaf applied...) My team of professional painters is often asked to apply gold leaf to Victorian exteriors. Here are some tips: First off, I choose patent gold leaf, which means that the gold is actually lightly adhered to the Read more...
Ornamental Victorian Plaster in San Francisco
Color Touch2023-07-07T13:55:56+00:00I was talking to a potential client and they told me about a San Francisco restoration artist who's created a line of ornamental plaster (cartouches, scrolls, onlays, medallions..) They will be using one of her Cartouches on the front of their San Francisco home. Her name is Lorna Kollmeyer. She's got a great website! Check Read more...
Glidden Paints
Color Touch2010-06-30T14:37:57+00:00An interesting thing about the new Glidden Stores. Over a decade ago, several US paint brands (Fuller O'Brien, Sinclair, and Glidden among them) were bought out by the international giant ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries). Former Fuller Obrien/Sinclair locations were converted into ICI/Dulux stores. Dulux is an internationally available brand of paint, produced by AkzoNobel (formerly Read more...
High Build XIM Primer
Color Touch2023-03-04T20:11:56+00:00We recently used XIM Peel Bond’s Trim Magic, a low VOC, high-build primer, recommended for smoothing out rough surfaces including crackled paint and T1-11. We used it on a peeling stucco substrate to help blend the patches. We found that the product leveled well, and formed a smooth, flexible, low-lustre film. Recommended dry film thickness Read more...
Replacing Victorian Detail Using Epoxies, Molds and PlasticsColor Touch2023-03-04T20:12:43+00:00
Low VOC Rust Converter
Color Touch2010-03-29T00:41:07+00:00Last year we painted the exterior of "Pet Camp", a pet-boarding facility in San Francisco. The exterior of this building is factory painted corrugated steel, and there was a fair amount of visible rust. We needed a product that would handle the rust, without the fumes or mess of traditional "red-oxide" rust converters. We researched Read more...
