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5th Avenue Coop Painting

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:10:33 +0000

Here’s an apartment in a coop we painted. The kid’s room was painted really bright deep colors – kid colors – and whenever we paint a room like this we always apply a tinted primer as a base coat. This tinted primer coat keeps the bright colors from bleeding thru the topcoats we will apply later.

Now, if I had a brain, I would have remembered to take the “After” photos of this job, but you know….

I did want to show you all what is involved in doing a good paint job, it takes time ( read: money ) . If you were to just roll some paint on top of these deep and bright colors, you’d be there all day and use a ton of paint, and it wouldn’t look good. Call us, you’ll see the difference.

Bright colors need to be primed to keep from bleeding thru

We cut in the corners and spot paint any repairs

HandymanEric crew, the park slope painters, then roll the walls with the tinted primer

Painters in Park Slope go Green

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:53:53 +0000

I recently decided that we’re only going to use low-VOC or no-VOC paints. We’ve been using the Benjamin Moore Natura and Allura lines of paint almost exclusively, and we don’t have headaches anymore.

Previous to using the Ben Moore paints, we would wear masks all day, and now we don’t have to. Nice.

In a recent NY Times article, Stephen Treffinger reviewed low and no VOC paints, and had this to say about Benjamin Moore:

Benjamin Moore’s Natura zero-V.O.C. paint can be tinted more than 3,000 shades — the most of any paint here — and it went on the smoothest. Its smell was mild and a bit fruity, the most paint-like of any here, and it had a soft sheen, slightly less matte than the two above. It cleaned up better than the more expensive brands (although the fingerprints never completely disappeared), and it easily covered the ink marks.

If you are looking for enviromentally friendly green painters in Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Lefferts Garden, or nearby Brooklyn, please consider HandymanEric.com