Choosing The Perfect Colors For Your Home
So while I was on vacation this winter I got the interior of my home painted which is a great way to do it if you can pull it off. It can be really difficult to live with your home being torn apart while a paint job it going on. One benefit of being part of Absolute...
Choosing Your Contractor
At Absolute Painting & Power Washing we are celebrating our 20th Anniversary in 2015. It all started back in 1995 when I was fresh out of college working out of the back of my Acura Integra. I had painted apartments for an apartment complex in Hillsboro to help...
Planning Ahead
Spring is going to be back in Portland before we know it and many folks are starting to think about exterior painting already. We get requests to paint outside as early as January and as late as December every year although...
New Year’s Homeowner Tips
The holidays are now over and 2015 has begun. Every year most of us make promises to ourselves to improve our lives in some way. Many of us try to lose weight or start working out more often. Whatever your goals are for yourself this is a great time to start. The...
How To Paint A Wooden Door
We spend a lot of time at Absolute Painting going to homes that need all types of painting and construction work done. I am always trying to give homeowners advice on what to do with their homes to save them money or to make it so they have less maintenance. One of...
Tips For Painting Your Closets
I spend about half of my time looking at interior painting projects around the Portland area. Homeowners are often wanting to paint many rooms in the home and in many cases wanting to paint closets that have not been painted for many years. They seem to be the most...
My Daughter Loves Pink
So my 9 year old daughter is like most girls and thinks that pink is the greatest color ever. If you ask most girls that age what color they want to have their bedroom painted they are likely to say pink. Many parents on the other hand do not like pink walls so much....
What Does A Lifetime Warranty Really Mean?
Many products that we use at Absolute Painting come with a really long warranty. Many of the paints we use come with a 25 year or lifetime warranty on the label. Customers often see this and don't believe that paint will last that long. This is very true that paint...
Do I Need To Wash The Surface I Am Painting?
I get this question quite often when I am out giving bids to homeowners in the Portland area. They ask me if I need to clean everything before painting interior surfaces. It is a very valid question and the answer is yes if the surface is dirty or if it is very...
Interior Painting Mistakes Homeowners Make
Most of us at one time or another have decided to tackle our own interior painting projects. For some it is a fun project that they enjoy spending a weekend on and for others it is a dreaded project they do to save some money. I spend most of my days out meeting...
