Seattle remodeling - Paints and coatings cont.

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19

Seattle remodeling – paints and coatings cont.

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Aside from painting, staining and finishing wood and drywall there are many more substrates that will receive paint and/or coatings in any given home remodeling project. Steel, aluminum, concrete, concrete block… The key is to select the right paint or coating for the job. Using the wrong paint or coating in your home remodeling project can be catastrophic to final results. A paint designed specifically to stick well to concrete may not be the best choice for painting your steel deck railing. Paints and coatings aren’t a one size fits all home remodeling project product. The factors that drive a decision on what product to use in a home remodeling project are: What’s the color and or/sheen desired? What’s the substrate? How durable does the finish need to be to last an adequate duration of time. Is the product you are considering un reasonably harmful to the environment? An example for a Seattle remodeling project might look like this: Imagine a steel railing on a 2nd floor Juliet balcony. The owner might want to use the most durable coating possible to avoid having to work off a ladder and repaint when the coating fails. This might drive the owner to consider powder coating. However powder coatings don’t have quite the color the owner wants. So because the owner of the Seattle home remodeling project values durability over getting the exact right color, powder coating is selected. The best resource when navigating the murky seas of paints and coatings for your Seattle home remodeling project is to talk to the paint and coating manufacturers as they know the most about the use of their products.

Seattle Home Remodeling - Walls and Ceilings part 2

Continuing on with last week’s wall and ceiling discussion.  Even when drywall isn’t the finished surface of the wall or ceiling it’s typically installed as a backer in most home remodeling projects.  The drywall can be both the finish material and the underlayment for other finishes.  The best Seattle home remodeling contractors and custom home builders know better than to use drywall under tile in wet areas like a shower but it can be used for tile backing in dry areas like around a fireplace.

Seattle Home Remodeling – Walls and Ceilings – sky’s the limit.

Some common wall finishes applied over drywall in Seattle home remodeling projects are:  Wall paper, wood or tile wainscoting, wood paneling, sheet metal paneling, plaster coatings…  Same is true for ceilings.  In home remodeling there isn’t really a limit to what can be used for a wall or ceiling finish material.  We used Moroccan doors as the ceiling finish for a Bellevue home remodeling project that included a meditation room.  Other common ceiling treatments used in home remodeling include:  Plaster finishes, box beams, crown moldings, wood paneling, sheet metal…   The most common finish over drywall is paint.  Suffice to say there is an endless array of paint colors and methods of application.  I’ll dig a little deeper into paint in another post.  Really, just about anything can be used as the finish for a wall or ceiling in a home remodeling or custom home building project.  It comes down to how will it look and how much will it cost.