About Your Paint Expert
Why Homeowners in Raleigh Choose Us
PREP
FINISHEDHow We Prep, Inside and Out
Exterior Paint
A good exterior paint job starts long before the finish coat. We wash every surface to remove dirt, mildew and loose, peeling paint, then scrape and sand what the washing did not take off. Bare wood gets an oil-based primer, brushed in so every crack and end grain is covered. Rusted metal is sanded down and given a rust-inhibiting primer before it is painted. Gaps and cracks that could let water in are sealed with elastomeric caulk. Unless you ask for something specific, we use the best caulk and paint available for the surface.
Interior Painting Projects
Before a brush comes out, everything in your home is protected. Every surface or item at risk of a drip is covered or masked off, and furniture is wrapped in plastic to keep the dust off it. Cracks and nail holes are caulked and filled, walls are sanded to take out nail pops and old patches, and drywall or wallpaper residue is primed where it is needed for an even finish. Glossy trim is sanded and cleaned so the new paint sticks, and failing caulk along trim edges is cut out and replaced with elastomeric caulk.
Our goal is that the only sign we were ever there is the finished paint work.
From the First Call to the Final Walkthrough
Every job follows the same steps, whether it is one bedroom or a whole exterior. You know what happens next before it happens, and you hear from us every day we are on site.
If something comes up along the way, such as rot behind a piece of trim or a wall that needs more patching than it looked like, we stop, show you, and agree on it in writing before we go further. Nothing is added to the invoice that you did not approve first.
The crew that quotes your job is the crew that paints it and walks it with you at the end.
Plain Commitments, Kept on Every Job
We would rather set plain expectations and meet them than make big claims. These are the things every customer gets from us, on every job, whatever its size.
If we ever fall short on one of them, tell us. We want to hear it from you first, and we will put it right.
That is how we build a painting company in Raleigh: one well-run job at a time.
Our Core Values
Honesty
We tell you what your home needs and what it does not. If a room only needs touch-ups, we say so. If the siding needs repair before it can take paint, we say that too, and it goes in the written estimate instead of turning up on the invoice. The estimate you approve is the price you pay for the work described, and if the scope changes we agree on it in writing first.
Respect
Respect for your home means covering what we are not painting, keeping the dust down, cleaning up every day and leaving the place as we found it, except for the paint. Respect for your time means showing up when we said we would, telling you early if anything changes, and keeping to the schedule in the estimate.
When you let a crew into your home, you are trusting them with more than a paint job. We take that seriously, and we are grateful every time someone does.
We never compromise or cut corners. We leave behind a long-lasting, quality paint job that doesn't have to be redone in a few years.
That means the prep gets done even when nobody would notice if it were skipped, the products are ones we trust to hold up through a humid Raleigh summer, and the job is not finished until you have walked it with us. It's our promise.
Ready to Start Your Project?
Reach out for a free, no-obligation quote. We visit your home, look at the project, and give you a written estimate with pricing and scheduling.