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How to apply gold leaf

Posted in How To, Products, daily life, fine art, tagged , on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Talking at my local paint store

Posted in Products, daily life, tagged , on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is a conversation I had with Chad the new Owner of my local paint store. I believe this was the first ofical day of his new ownership.

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A Paint Nerd

Posted in Products, daily life on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I just read an article and there is a guy who calls himself a “paint nerd.”  I had to laugh but I know there is one for everything just like there’s a magazine for everything. this guy says, “It’s fun to watch paint dry.”
Yes, I agree when you’re waiting for your paint to crackle it [...]

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Quality paint

Posted in Products, Uncategorized on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Using quality house paint will really make a difference. The better house paints always cover better thus having better hiding qualities. There ingredient in the pigment is called titanium dioxide that determines how well a paint will cover.
The better the paints are also easier to apply and will dry with a smoother finish. It’s really [...]

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What makes up a can of paint

Posted in Color, Products, tagged on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Have you ever wondered what makes up paint. I’ve always only thought of it as just some  liquid that I pour my colorant into.   But there in more to it than that. I’ve found this page on my customers, (Color Wheel Paints,) web site and it gives clear definitions of what paint is all [...]

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‘Green’ Antimicrobial Paint

Posted in Products on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I just read a great article about ‘Green’ Antimicrobial Paint from Paint Square Magazine
This is the something we should all be paying attention to these days.

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Faux painting market

Posted in Products, faux painting, tagged , , , , , on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s interesting the different opinions I found when I was reading the January issue of Paint and Decorating Retailer magazine. It is a great issue and me and my company were included throughout the articles and the question was all around the faux painting market.
One person made the point that the business has [...]

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More products at a discount

Posted in Products, daily life, faux painting, tagged , , , , on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I was just in a paint store today and noticed that the faux painting products were in the discount area. I asked the manager about it and he said that they used to have a display but it just sat there and gathered dust. I asked him why he thought that was and he said [...]

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Wall texture

Posted in Products, faux painting, tagged , on November 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Wall texture has become real popular over the past few years and I’ve had fun working a lot of these new products. However, I really dislike having to choose a company color, find a distributor and order the material or drive for an hour to pick up the product; its all such [...]

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