Tagged as Interior Painting
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 […]
Greg Mrakich Painting Indianapolis: Interior Painting Tips
Greg Mrakich Painting, Indianapolis, Indiana shares his tips on interior painting on Youtube. Throughout the past two years, I’ve shared tips for interior and exterior painting on my blog. I’ve also cautioned homeowners about really reading the fine print before hiring a painting company through posted online “deals.” Now you can also check out some […]
Greg Mrakich Painting: Dining Rooms
In my twenty-plus years of being a professional painting contractor, I’ve painted somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 dining rooms. From Avon to West Hollywood and Altadena to Azusa (not yet in Zionsville – but I’m working on it!) Why am I focusing this blog on dining rooms you might ask? Or then again, maybe […]
Greg Mrakich Painting: Interior Painting Considerations
A long time client of Greg Mrakich Painting in Indianapolis, Indiana, recently decided to move from their home of the last 50 years, a modest 1960’s ranch, into a two year old house with an open floor plan. They were going to have me come over to help them pick out some new colors and […]
Greg Mrakich Painting: Should I Hire One Painter Or A Paint Crew?
My name is Greg Mrakich, and I’m a professional painting contractor based in Indianapolis, Indiana with over twenty years experience. I established Greg Mrakich Painting in Pasadena, California, where I was licensed by the state of California in painting and decorating. When my wife was transferred to Indianapolis, Indiana for a marketing manager position, I […]
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 […]
Greg Mrakich’s Painting Tips for Textured Walls and Ceilings
Greg Mrakich Painting, Indianapolis, Indiana was asked to provide painting tips for textured walls and ceilings by Phil from Westfield, Indiana. Thanks for asking me Phil, this is a great question and something I run into quite frequently – especially when painting homes built in the past 30 years. In some areas of the country, […]
Wallpaper Removal: When to Call in a Professsional
For the most part, people stopped putting up wallpaper about 15 years ago. It went out of style, but there sure is a lot of it out there that needs to be removed so walls can be painted. In the past few weeks, Greg Mrakich Painting received a handful of calls just to remove wallpaper […]
Paint Protects Your Home. Don’t Defer Painting.
Stop and think about what you are asking your paint to do for you. On the exterior of your home you are asking it to stand up to changes of over 100 degrees over the seasons. It has to stand up to the expansion and contraction of the wood siding and other wood surfaces. And […]
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 […]
