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Atlanta Exterior House Painting Company

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A building’s exterior is the first impression guests get when visiting somewhere.

Think about the first time you go to a doctor’s office, restaurant or hair salon.  If you pull up to a building that is unkempt, messy or dirty, you may think twice about using this businesses services.

Now think about if you are taking your child to a new friend’s sleepover and pull up to a poorly maintained house with old, peeling paint and plants growing out of the gutters.  Many parents may feel uneasy about leaving their child at this house and think to themselves, “Hmm.  If these people don’t even take care of their home, how are they going to take care of my child?”

We all know the old adage, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.”  And while it may be unfair to judge people based upon how they maintain their home, we still do.

Anyone that owns a home knows that keeping up with a house can be time consuming and expensive, however, it’s a responsibility that comes with home ownership.

One of the least expensive and easiest ways to make your house look new and clean is with fresh exterior house painting.

GreenWave Solutions has been performing high quality exterior house painting in Atlanta for nearly 10 years.  We’ve painting hundreds of Metro Atlanta homes over years and have it down to a science.

Here’s how we do professional exterior house painting:

  • Pressure wash the home’s entire exterior
  • Perform all necessary carpentry.  We replace rotten wood around windows, doors, trim, soffit, and fascia.
  • Extensive prep work.  We remove old, dried caulk and recaulk around doors, windows, trim and cornice.  This creates a seamless finish.  We scrape all peeling paint and spot prime bare areas.  If there is rust on handrails, we scrape and prime it, too.
  • After the house is clean and thoroughly prepared, we begin painting.
  • We use Sherwin Williams’ best coatings.  We spray siding and cornice to make sure that we get a think, smooth paint finish that will look great for years.  We paint doors, windows and other detailed work by hand.
  • Once we finish painting, we do a quality inspection walk through, perform touch ups and clean up the job site to pre-project conditions.

Of course each all houses are different so sometimes the preparation changes according to the condition of home and from what it is built.

GreenWave Solutions is offering 15% off all exterior house painting projects this Fall.

Call us today to schedule your free estimate 404-549-7776

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GreenWave Solutions is Sandy Springs GA Top Painting Company

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Sandy Springs was one of north Atlanta’s first affluent communities to get annexed as a new city.  Sandy Springs’ residents fought long and hard to gain independence from the City of Atlanta.  City of Atlanta didn’t want to lose the valuable tax dollars from this affluent suburb, but Sandy Springs wanted the ability to control zoning laws and codes to make the area as nice as it should be.

Once Sandy Springs was incorporated, it got nicer almost immediately.  The new city cleaned up many of the city of Atlanta’s zoning missteps.  You can see remnants of this on Roswell road in the form of “massage” spas and dirty apartments.  But fortunately, most of this has been abated and Sandy Springs property values have boomed.

Homes in Sandy Springs, like much of Atlanta, are very diverse.  Some houses were built in the 1960’s and others were built during the last few years.  Either way, many of these house need painting and home improvement and that’s where GreenWave Solutions comes in.

Based in Brookhaven, GreenWave Solutions has been serving Sandy Springs for nearly 10 years.  Our Sandy Springs painters have experience working on all of the different kinds of home in the area.  Now that we are lead certified painters in Atlanta, we can perform painting and renovations on all of the homes in Sandy Springs, GA.

Because Sandy Springs has been so good to us, we want to give something back.  We are offering 20% discounts on all residential painting services to Sandy Springs home owners for the month July.  This includes:

Call us today for a free estimate at 404-549-7776!

 

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How to Make Cedar Shake Look New Again

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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.

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House Painters in Sandy Springs, GA

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Autumn in the South is one of the most beautiful times of the year.  The leaves change color, the weather cools down, and the football tailgates and cook outs fill the weekends.  The weather is perfect for spending time outside.  Since you are outside more often, you may notice that it is time for home maintenance.

Whether its pressure washing, rotten wood replacement or exterior painting, GreenWave Solutions is the best at restoring your home’s beauty.  Our professional painting crews take the utmost care when painting your home.

GreenWave Painters are not only experts at exterior painting, but also interior painting specialists.  We take every precaution when painting inside your home.  We cover floors and furniture to protect your property.  All of our painters are trusted GreenWave employees – no random day laborers.

We know that the upcoming holiday season brings expenses so we are having our annual Fall Special.  For the rest of the year, Sandy Springs residents will get 15% off all house painting services (some restrictions apply).

Call or email us to schedule your free estimate.  GreenWave Solutions also offers custom gutter installation services.

By: Daniel Macris, President of GreenWave Solutions, the best house painters in Sandy Springs.

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