Tagged as prepping for painting
Greg Mrakich Painting, Indianapolis: Exterior Paint Jobs – What “Lurks” Beneath?
About a week ago, Greg Mrakich Painting started a new exterior project in Carmel, Indiana − a suburb just north of Indianapolis. The house is located in a neighborhood that is less than twenty years old. This in itself is quite a change after working on much older homes this past summer in the Fletcher Place […]
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: Repainting Trim When Oil-based Paint is Not an Option
In Indiana, as well as many other states, oil-based paint for residential use has been taken off the market primarily due to its impact on the environment. Over the past 20 years, the EPA kept changing the specs for oil-based paint to make it less harmful to the environment and people. However, in the process, […]
Greg Mrakich Painting Indianapolis, Indiana: Painting Kitchen Cabinets
Greg Mrakich Painting, a professional painting company in Indianapolis, Indiana, receives calls all the time from homeowners asking about painting their kitchen cabinets. The question I hear most is “I have stained wood cabinets. Can my cabinets be painted?” The answer is, usually, yes. The hardest part of painting kitchen cabinets is the prep work. The […]
Greg Mrakich Painting Indianapolis: Painting Brick Exteriors
Lately, Greg Mrakich Painting in Indianapolis, Indiana has received multiple inquiries from homeowners interested in painting ‘raw’ (non-painted) exterior brick. If you are thinking about painting your brick exterior, it’s important to understand that once you paint brick, you will need to maintain it. Whereas, if you leave the brick in it’s natural state, there […]
Greg Mrakich Painting Indianapolis: Tips to Save You Money on Hiring a Painter
After an unusually long and hard winter, it is finally spring here in Indianapolis, Indiana and that means it’s time to get your exterior painting projects started. If you are planning to hire a professional painting company such as Greg Mrakich Painting, here are a few things that you can do to keep costs down […]
Greg Mrakich Painting, Indianapolis Shares Tips for Homeowners on Ice Damage Repairs
Indianapolis, Indiana has had a very brutal winter with significant snow and an ice storm that paralyzed the city for days. And it’s not over yet. Higher than average snow fall, monsoon rains and a once in fifty year ice storm have put rain gutters and roofs to the test. I am sorry to say […]
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 […]
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 Mrakich’s Tips for Painting Wood Paneling
Many homes built in the 1950s through early 1980 have wood paneling in at least one room. Some of the paneling is very high end – solid wood tongue and groove and is a great addition to the look of the home. When I lived in Los Angeles, one of my customers had me paint […]
