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Sandy Springs Spring Painter Specials

You can’t spell Sandy Springs without Spring!

Although it doesn’t feel like, Spring is just around the corner and it is time to plan your Spring cleaning.  One of the largest Spring cleaning projects is your home’s exterior.  And when your home is in one of the country’s most affluent zip codes, you have to keep it looking great.

To get your Sandy Springs painting project started right, GreenWave Solutions is offering our 15% Spring painting specials.

This discount includes all residential painting and staining projects in Sandy Springs GA; exterior painting, interior painting, house painting, pressure washing, deck staining and sealing, siding replacement, carpentry, rotten wood replacement, wallpaper removal, water repellents, and more.

If you want the best painter Sandy Springs has to offer, call us today to schedule your free estimate.

Don’t feel left out!  We have Spring painting specials in most Metro Atlanta cities.  Call to see if we are offering Spring specials in your area.

GreenWave Solutions is proud to serve the greater Atlanta area including Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead, Chamblee, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Marietta, Roswell, Sandy Springs painter, Vinings and more.

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Deck, wood, and cedar staining and sealing

Product Review: DeckScapes Revive

Within the last decade, cedar shake became a popular building material for high end homes.  Cedar is a beautiful wood, however; it does have some drawbacks.  The most noticeable is it’s high tannin content.

From a practical and chemical standpoint, cedar tannin are beneficial.  Tannin protects the wood from water, UV light, and even insects.  From an aesthetic standpoint, tannin causes ugly stains.  You can read about this in more detail in our “How to clean and stain cedar.” article.

This article is a review for Sherwin Williams’ DeckScapes Revive product.  We have used Revive on several jobs this year with fantastic results.

Revive is an oxalic acid solution.  It is easy to apply and relatively non-toxic when compared to other acids.

When applied per the manufacturer specifications and pressure washed off, Revive will remove even the most stubborn tannin stains in cedar, redwood and any other type of wood.

Revive costs between $20-$30/gallon and covers approximately 150 ft2 depending upon the wood’s roughness and porosity.  If you have an entire home that needs treatment, this can get expensive.  However, there are no alternative options as effective as oxalic acid for this application.

DeckScapes Revive is an excellent product for preparing wood prior to staining.  I recommend this product.

GreenWave Solutions is proud to serve the greater Atlanta area including Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead, Chamblee, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Marietta, Roswell, Sandy Springs painter, Vinings and more.

GreenWave Solutions is the best painter Sandy Springs has to offer.

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GreenWave Solutions Spring House Painting Specials

Spring is right around the corner and the warmer weather is not far behind.  Right now the days are longer, tax refunds are in the mail, and its time to clean up the house after the cold winter months.

GreenWave Solutions wants to make sure your home looks its best for spring.  Cookouts and pool parties are almost here!  Whether you want a brand new color scheme or just a freshening up, we have everything you need.  We offer color consultations to help you choose the perfect color scheme for your home.  Our professional painters specialize in using the new, low and zero VOC paints that don’t release toxic fumes and look beautiful!  We take the extra steps to ensure that your home, floors, and furniture are protected during painting.  We also can help make your old faded deck look brand new!

We are having our annual Spring specials.  GreenWave Solutions is now offering 15% off interior house painting.

If your interior looks good, but your exterior needs some TLC, we also offer 15% exterior house painting for a limited time.  Call and schedule your free estimate today!

Let our professional painters in Atlanta do:

  • Interior painting
  • Exterior painting
  • Pressure washing
  • Deck staining and sealing
  • Drywall contracting
  • Hardwood flooring
  • Cabinet painting and glazing
  • Siding replacement
  • Remodeling

GreenWave Solutions is proud to serve the greater Atlanta area including Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead, Chamblee, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Marietta, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Vinings and more.

GreenWave Solutions is the best painter Sandy Springs has to offer.

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How to Make Cedar Shake Look New Again

Anyone who has stained cedar on their home knows exactly what I’m talking about; those nasty black or gray stains that “magically” appear all over the place.  If you are a do it yourselfer or asked an uninformed contractor, you may have heard this was mold, mildew, or dirt.  Then the next rational step is to clean these stain with bleach or trisodium phosphate (TSP). That won’t work.  All that you are going to do is hurt the cedar by hitting it too hard with a pressure washer.  So, does this mean that you are sentenced to living with black stains on your once beautiful cedar shake?

Nope.

These stains are not mold, mildew, or dirt.  They are tannin stain.  Cedar is a very resinous and tannic wood.  That is why it smells so nice and repels insects.  Tannin stains are not destructive or damaging to the wood; they are just ugly.  But ugly is nearly just as bad as destructive when it affects where you live.

How do you remove these ugly tannin stains so that you can restain your cedar to restore its natural beauty?

Oxalic Acid.  Our painters in Sandy Springs use Sherwin Williams’ DeckScapes Revive.  While this product is easy to use, it must done correctly to avoid damaging the wood or causing problems with the staining process.  Here’s how to do it:

  1. Apply the DeckScapes Revive directly to the stained areas of the wood.  Do not thin it or cut it.  You can apply it with a pump sprayer, brush or roller.  Only apply it to an area that you can manage.
  2. After applying the Revive.  What 10-15 minutes.  DO NOT LET IT DRY!  I don’t know what happens because I’ve never let it dry, but the manufacturer is adamant about it.
  3. Pressure wash the wood as you normally wood.
  4. Let the cedar dry for 24 hours before applying your stain.  The picture above was stained using DeckScapes Alkyd Cedar Toner.

The results will be nothing short of amazing.  The black stains will be gone and the cedar will be wood color again.  After you let everything dry for 24 hours, you can stain your cedar.  I like using oil-based toners for this application.  Sherwin Williams and TWP make my favorite toners.

If your home has stained cedar shake and you want it to look new again, call GreenWave Solutions to get an estimate.

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GreenWave Solutions is the best painter Sandy Springs has to offer.  GreenWave Solutions offers painting in Alpharetta, Atlanta, Decatur, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Brookhaven, Duluth, Grant Park, Inman Park, Buckhead,Milton, Midtown, and more!

We also offer residential and commercial drywall contracting, wood flooring, and many other home improvement and remodeling services.

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This cedar shake was nearly black when we started. This is the result after cleaning it with Revive and staining it with DeckScapes Toner.