Different Kinds of Paint and When to Use Them
You might already know from your first ten trips to the hardware store that there are many kinds of paint, each of them specialized for a specific paint job. Paints are differentiated into what kinds of surfaces they cover best and last the longest on.There are two main types of paint: water-based and solvent-based. All paint is…
The Professional Painter’s Process
When you pay for a professional paint job for the interior or exterior of your home, what are you paying for? Obviously, you’re paying to get out of doing the job yourself, but what makes the difference between a professional painter and you? Before we go through the process of what a professional painting…
Preparing Your Home for Colorado’s Wettest Months
Spring is in the air. In Colorado, that means the frozen rivers will begin melting and we’ll see a few more afternoon storms (snow storms and otherwise) coming through. If you’ve protected your home from the harsh winter elements, you’ll want to continue that protection through the spring, when the primary concern is melting…
How to Decide on a Paint Color
Walk into a paint store and you’ll instantly be buffeted with about a million choices for interior and exterior paints. Choosing the type of paint can be difficult, but that decision is manageable after you examine the surface and area of your home you’ll be painting. But chances are if a color exists in human…
How to Save Money on Paint and Paint Supplies
Once you’ve entered the world of painting your own interior or exterior, you’ve entered the world of every painting contractor. Their worries about labor and the costs of supplies become your worries. You don’t have to pay yourself to paint your house (you may have to pay or exchange video game time with your kids, however), but…
Why Lead Paint is Bad for You
Paint no longer has lead in it in the United States. Any building painted in the last thirty years or so has no lead paint on its walls due to proven health investigations on the heavy metal. Still, there is a risk of lead poisoning in old buildings if you’re not careful. Let’s go over how lead…
How to Interpret Painting Bids and References Like a Pro
When you’re looking for a painting company, it’s easy, from my perspective, to point you to Ireland’s Finest, but you should do your due diligence to find the right contractor and price for your needs. Painting companies that are complete scams generally don’t last long in the Denver market, which has high competition between construction and painting companies…
Why Top Painting Materials are so Crucial
With any painting project, it’s crucial of course to use the best paints you can find for the job. This is especially true for exterior paints, which are constantly exposed to the elements and take a more significant beating than interior paints. But, aside from the quality of the paint itself, the quality of the many other…
Brushes, Rollers, and When to Use Them
A large part of any paint job is selecting the proper equipment and paint to do the job you need. You can use different kinds of paint depending on whether you’re painting the exterior or the interior of your house, each with its own properties and strengths. Just as important as the paint you use…
Bringing Color to Denver for the last 20 years
Ireland’s Finest Inc. has been making there mark for the last two decades painting all over Metro Denver for interior and exterior painting. You may have seen our signs in Capital Hill, Washington Park, Cherry Creek, and Denver Country Club just to name a few. Spring is just around the corner so keep us in mind…