Should You Be Back Rolling Paint?
At Absolute Painting we often get asked many questions about exterior painting. One of the most popular questions is should you back roll the paint when painting your siding? The answer is sometimes but not always. Back rolling or back brushing helps the paint soak...
The Right Painting Tools For The Job
Many homeowners in Portland choose to paint small rooms themselves. If you are a do it yourself type person that plans on tackling an interior painting project this year don’t forget to have all the right tools. Here are a few essential items to help you with the...
How Light Affects Color
By Beth Girgen Hall So many factors go into how we see color and nothing is more influential than light. It can also be the cause of much frustration as you think you've selected the perfect paint color only to find out that it looks completely different once it’s up...
Spring Cleaning
April is right around the corner we’re watching the birth of spring and if you’re like me you’re doing it with itchy, watery eyes, and sneezing! As we all begin to dry out, this is a good time to really take a good look at the condition of your home. The wet winters...
How to choose a deck stain
Working on decks for the past 19 years has helped us understand the different options and types of coatings that work and don’t work in the Portland area. We have a very tough climate for decks in Oregon. Wood decks look beautiful when installed and really beautiful...
What Paint Sheen Is Best?
Our customers in the Portland area often ask for our assistance in choosing the best paint sheens for rooms or woodwork in their home. At Absolute Painting we try to find out the customers needs and learn about how often their walls, ceilings or woodwork get dirty....
What Color Says About YOU
What Color says about YOU By Beth Girgen Hall We are surrounded by color in our everyday lives from the closet and deciding what to wear on a given day to what and where we chose to eat. The psychology of color is a multi-million dollar business helping companies...
DIY Wall Repairs
At Absolute Painting we pride ourselves in doing the finest wall repairs when preparing a home to be painted. Many homeowners attempt to do wall repairs themselves and have difficulty. The most common mistake they make is to take a spackle knife and try to fix a...
Can I Do Touch Up Painting?
As a painting contractor in Portland we often get asked if we can do touch up painting instead of full painting. Usually this is because the customer is concerned about keeping the cost down or they are selling a home. The answer usually depends on many factors....
How To Get Rid Of Old Paint
At Absolute Painting & Power Washing our customers often ask what they can do with the leftover paint they have in their garage. It used to be much more difficult to dispose of old paint. In Portland we used to have to take old paint down to the Metro Recycling...
