Tagged as home improvement
Eliminating Cigarette Odor and Nicotine Residue
This past year Greg Mrakich Painting LLC, Indiananapolis, Indiana; was hired for a complete house repaint (walls, ceilings and all wood work) that presented special problems. One of the homeowners who had lived in the house for over twenty five years was a chain smoker. All the painted surfaces were covered in smoke and nicotine residue, as were the floors […]
Winter in Indianapolis is a Good Time to Paint Interiors
The interior paints available today allows for interior painting year around. Even in Indianapolis in the dead of winter, you can get your interior painted without the smell of paint lingering for a week or longer. I’ve noticed over the past few winters, that my painting company, Greg Mrakich Painting of Indianapolis, Indiana is getting […]
New Construction Painting is Not the Same as a Repaint
The skills required to do a quality repaint are not the same skills required for new construction painting. But with the slow down in new housing construction, many new home construction painters are bidding on interior repaint projects, and they may give you a price that is too good to be true to get the […]
Blue Tape: the Professional Painters’ Choice for Clean Edges
I got a call the other day to do a paint estimate on a rental property. Although I don’t work on a lot of rental properties, this was close to home — in the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis, so I thought I’d check it out. As it turns out, the prior renters went nuts […]
Greg’s Interior Painting Tips: Bold Colors and Accent Walls
If you watch any home improvement programs (especially on HGTV), you may have noticed that bold room colors and accent walls are popular. Designers love to use bold colors. My Indianapolis area customers often ask me “is this color too much for this room?” So, today’s topic, when is a bold color right for a […]
