Posts

Painter Sandy Springs, Exterior painting Sandy Springs, Exterior painting Atlanta

Best Painting Contractor in Buckhead

/0 Comments/in , , , , /by

Buckhead is a community just north of Atlanta.  While, Buckhead is not an incorporated city, everyone knows it.  From fine dining and upscale shopping to Atlanta’s best bar scene, Buckhead is where you need to go if you want the best Georgia has to offer.

Buckhead’s coolness doesn’t stop at restaurants and stores, the houses and condos are just as impressive.  From cute, little old houses to 10,000+ ft2 cribs, Buckhead’s houses are full of character.

Since Buckhead has the best restaurants, malls, and houses, we figured that it should also have the best painting contractor.  Enter GreenWave Solutions.  We have been painting and doing home improvements in Buckhead since the beginning.  Our painters know what the houses and clients in Buckhead expect from a painting company.

ALSO, GreenWave Solutions has received our RRP Lead Certification.  This means that we are licensed by the EPA to safely and legally work on homes built before 1978 that contain lead paints.  This lead paint certification is kind of a big deal.  Up until 2010, the only party liable for doing lead work without a certified contractor was the contractor.  This created a large market for home owners who would hire unlicensed contractors to do the work “on the low” to save some money.

Now liability for doing unlicensed lead work falls on the contractor and the home.  Stay tuned as we have an updated article about this…Back to Buckhead house painting.

We are offering 20% off and lead paint abatement project during the summer of 2013.  We are also offering 15% off any residential painting project in Buckhead through summer.  These can’t be stacked on each other.

Our services include:

Call us today for your free estimate – 404-549-7776

Primers are important to professional painting companies, interior painters, exterior painting.

What is the Purpose of Primers?

/0 Comments/in , , , /by

If you have ever been into a paint store you probably heard something about primers.  Whether you were asking about how to paint something or reading informational pamphlets, you learned that primers are important.  When talking to clients, I realize that “normal” people don’t know the exact definition of primers.  This article will help correct that.

What does a primer do?

Prepares a substrate to accept a top coat.

This is a short but vague answer.  A better answer is extrapolated when another question is asked.

What do you need the primer to do?

Answering this question will better define for what primers are used.  There are many different types of primers, each having a different purpose.  Here are some common applications for primers.

  • Promoting adhesion – This is important when painting hard, glossy surfaces like glass, plastic, metal, or porcelain.  If you painted directly on these surfaces, the paint would scrape off.  Bonding primers make these surfaces paintable.
  • Sealing stains – Painting over water, smoke or oil stains requires priming to prevent the stains from bleeding through the paint.
  • Sealing wood – In order to prevent tannin and knots to bleed through paint, you must prime raw wood.
  • Changing colors – When making drastic color changes, priming can save a coat or two of paint.
  • Smoothing substrates – Extremely rough and porous surfaces, like cinder blocks, are primed with a very thick coating so that the paint has an even surface.
  • Equalizing porosity – Primers are used to create a uniform porosity so that paints will have a uniform finish.  An example of this new drywall.  The drywall, tape, and finishing compound all have different porosity and require  priming if using a non-flat paint.
  • Preventing/Re-mediating rust  – There are primers that prevent rust on ferrous metals and others that reform rust into an inert metal.
  • Industrial applications – There are numerous specialty primers used for industrial painting applications.  These uses are too specific and technical for the purposes of this article.  If you have questions using these primers, you need to read the manufacturer specifications.

This concludes primers 101.  If you have more questions, email us using our contact form.

By

President of GreenWave Solutions, Atlanta’s painting company and house painters.  GreenWave Solutions offers the best painter services in Alpharetta, Atlanta, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Brookhaven, Duluth, Grant Park, Inman Park, Buckhead, Midtown, and many more!  We offer house painting in Johns Creek.

We are the best painters in Atlanta.

Professional house painters and painting services, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Alpharetta, Buckhead

House Painting Specials in Buckhead, GA

/0 Comments/in , , , , , /by

Everyone in Atlanta knows that the best holiday parties are in Buckhead.  Whether in a pristine mansion or a historic ranch, Buckhead has a wide array of homes.  Whatever type of home you own, GreenWave Solutions is here to make sure your house looks its best for all of your holiday festivities.

Our professional color consultants will help you choose a color scheme that will have your guest saying, “This is beautiful.  How did you pick these colors?”  Combining this with our experienced house painters produces high quality results that our clients have grown to expect.

If you interior looks good, but your home’s exterior needs freshening up, GreenWave’s painters specialize in applying all the new acrylic-based paints.  These paints have the same low VOC characteristics as latex paints with unsurpassed durability and cold weather application.  These paints have been designed for cold and damp weather application so that residential and commercial painters can work during the entire year.

Because we know that the holidays can get expensive, we are offering 15% off all house painting in Buckhead during Fall.  Call and schedule your free estimate with professional painters in Buckhead today.

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

Connect with