One of a kind metallic epoxy floor

 

Metallic Epoxy Floor

Ryan Amato Painting completed a custom metallic epoxy floor for a client this week. After seeing our floor on our Instagram page Randy reached out to us and wanted a truly unique and one of a kind floor for their new living space.

After meeting with many other epoxy floor contractors and also considering doing the floor themselves they knew when speaking to us they wanted that deep 3d look only our floors can achieve.

There are a few reasons other contractors are not achieving this look but the most important one is their floors are being put down too thin, with epoxy the thickness and quality of materials is of the utmost importance for the look and longevity of your epoxy floor.

After preparing the floor, patching and holes and cracks, we primed the floor and then also applied a base coat of epoxy before adding any metallic epoxy.

Once we added the metallic colors (two ) we also added a unique application to infuse a third color giving the floor a deep, cloud like look.

They asked us to go crazy and do whatever we wanted to create a truly unique look and as you can see we delivered a floor they can show off for many, many years to come.

 Painting kitchen cabinets and expecting touch-ups down the road

When your kitchen cabinets are outdated or old, but you are not willing to replace them, you should paint and update the cabinet. Paint can increase the beauty of anything; kitchen cabinets are no different . 

You will find the kitchen more refreshing after the painting on the cabinets. It can be tough to paint cabinets as it requires a tremendous amount of skill to paint them, paint on the cabinets is the fastest way to provide a facelift to a kitchen.

However, it takes time but will indeed offer you satisfaction. Furthermore, cabinets in the kitchen get the everyday living's brunt. It is why a small amount of touch up paint on cabinets and rolling on a high end coating can increase the possibility of looking the cabinet new again.

This article will show you how to paint the kitchen cabinets and provide touch-ups to the cabinets.

Steps of painting kitchen cabinet

The kitchen is the heart of your home, but negligence in following any step may result in disaster for you. Take a long breath by following each step. The steps are here:

• Wipe down empty cabinets with a degreaser and dry them.

• Remove cabinet hardware and doors and make a map of the kitchen. Furthermore, label each part of the door by numbering each part.

• Wipe your kitchen cabinet from the upper part to the lower leg.

• Grab shop vac to remove any dust for finishing smoothly.

• It would help if you went over your cabinets to make sure that all grit has been picked up.

• Coat initially by primer will help the paint remain safe from chipping and peeling.

• Paint the frame, shelves, drawers, and cabinets

• Give 8 hours a coat to dry, then add another coat. 

• After finishing the painting, allow the paint to dry completely. 

• Reassemble the shelves, doors, and hardware after you match the locations.

Touch up cabinet paint

You could touch your kitchen's cabinet up if you had a small container or a can of paint when your cabinet was painted. If you sprayed them you may have some touch up issues

For wood cabinets, scratches, divots, and marks, a touch-up marker may blend into the rest of the paint. After doing all the work, you need to dry up the touch-ups.

You may use an alternative paint and can dab it to a partial area of the surface or your kitchen's cabinet. The process is being undertaken to hide nicks and serious gouges and alter the face of the decor of the kitchen altogether.

Conclusion

If you want to paint your kitchen cabinet, you need to follow its steps. Moreover, you can touch up the cabinets and downside easily and increase the kitchen's beauty. You would need to be creative, and you must understand the steps you need to take.

The cost of hiring an expert for painting kitchen cabinets is not inexpensive. That is the reason many people opt to paint cabinets by themselves by following the procedures. However the time and money saved by hiring a professional can outweigh the cost.

Interior Painting When Someone Has Asthma Or Allergies

 

Interior painting when someone has asthma or allergies

Asthma and allergies should not stop you from enjoying a fantastic interior. Unfortunately, whenever interior painting is planned, allergies and asthma can be a nervous concern.

If you have an allergy or asthma, then the breathing might be difficult. This factor makes it difficult to renovate your home, especially for wall painting.

Furthermore, drab walls can be worse for those who are victims of asthma or allergy. This article will brief you on what to do when some have asthma or allergic reactions while painting?

Here are the adequate steps you need to follow to cope with allergy and asthma issues.

Try to reduce dust

The presence of unprecedented dust can damage the lungs. It also forces asthma patients to prepare themselves against low dust. You need to allow fresh air to flow from the room where you are painting.

It will reduce irritant particles of dust that are floating near your area. You can wear a mask to avoid dust, as it is an effective way of taking precautions.

Choose paint carefully

After tackling the dust and protecting yourself from it, the next step is to start painting.

You need to choose a paint color. Furthermore, you must look for those paints that are known as friendly for asthmatic use Such as Sherwin Williams Harmony Or Benjamin Moore Natura

Some paints may contain a volatile organic compound, which can be a trigger for asthma.

Once you acquire a certified paint, you don't need to be nervous. That paint will not contain asthma-friendly particles, and it also reduces the threat of asthma attacks.

What are we offering to protect against asthma or allergy?

Cleaning sprays and paint are those products that contain many chemical compounds. Many of them may cause different allergic reactions.

Meanwhile, if the presence of chemicals would below, then it is unlikely to create problems.

We make sure that the paint is allergy and asthma friendly

·        VOCs

We opt to paint using Zero voc paints when at all possible, it is safer for your family and our painters

·        Paint performance

Paints must behave like paint. When you want to paint them, they must stick properly to the wall. Dry time should be minimal, and it must be easy to clean a level of strain.

There are well-known tests for all this stuff, and we are happy to make sure that the paint product behaves like it supposes to be. It will indeed satisfy you.

Final Verdict

In the modern era, where everything contains chemicals, the paint product can also have harmful chemical compounds. Those chemicals can make life difficult for asthma patients who tend to paint their houses.

However, by taking certain precautions and steps, the chances of asthma and allergies can be overruled. That means if you pick the right product of paint, you can protect yourself from being a victim of asthma.

We offer the best possible plans for the public willing to hire painters and buy the product. We hope you will find this article worth reading.

 

So you call a few companies for painting estimates not knowing what to expect or how much it costs.

After going through the process you never explained what you expect, not knowing each company does their jobs differently with different levels of preparation, different t8 e frames, products etc.

When the jobs starts you are amazed they don’t tape each and every surface for ultra clean lines, or they don’t wash the walls, or clean the outlet covers while they are off, remove light fixtures etc because that’s what you would do.

They don’t use a halogen light to capture every inch of the wall to make it ultra smooth, of course you paid $500 to paint. This room, the painter should be doing the same thing as you right?

As a homeowner you have all the time in the world, no need to make payroll, cover overhead and no need to finish your projects in an efficient and reductive manner while also maintaining a level of quality .
So that bedroom that takes you all weekend$ or a week to paint, takes a pro painter a day to complete.

Of course if you take twice as long to do it you may be able to achieve a better level of quality but consider the amount of time your losing with other things you can be doing.

The amount of time you lose is certainly worth the convenience of using a professional painter , the same as hiring any other trade to complete a project at home, it’s one of convenience, freeing up time and generally getting a better job than you can achieve, but not always.

Remember time costs, trades charge based on time, each hour costs a certain amount , so if you didn’t explain to the painter exactly what your expectations are, and are prepared to pay for them for what that level of quality you want, you should reconsider this or you may have missed expectations which can cause stress, anger and a horrendous experiences or the painter and yourself

Know that someone else may not be able to devote a week or more to one bedroom, most painters
Don't use tape to achieve clean lines, except for certain areas.
Not many people wash the walls, are the walls that dirty?
Spraying is not an option in an occupied home and not always quicker, consider it a tool to get the paint to the surface quicker,it would still need to be rolled.
The amount of covering would make the risk greater than the reward.

What you must consider is the knowledge and experience of the painter your choosing, with that comes years and years of trial and error, using every product imaginable to find the ones that perform the best and hold up over time, yes you may be able to ultimately do it "better" but at what cost?

Choosing the lowest prices painter can be a huge mistake

 Why choosing the lowest priced painter can be a huge mistake

Choosing the lowest prices anything can be a huge mistake, I get it, you want to save money, expenses are tight and many people love the art of the deal.

By saving some money or asking "is this the best you can do?" or "is this your lowest price?" for some is a thrill, but remember the service industry is typically smaller companies, some family owned and some single person companies who, their families depend on a fair wage to survive.

By always hiring the lowest price your risking a few things

• Will they stand behind their work if something goes wrong?
• Will they be in business in a year or so from now?
• How much experience and training do they invest in?
• Are they actually paying taxes and are they insured (and their workers)
• What is their relationship with the manufacturers of the products they use

Will they stand behind the work if something goes wrong?

This is a big one, anyone can buy a few paint brushes and say they have a business but a lot more goes into this than that. The big one is mistakes happen, paint does sometimes peel or chip off among many other things.

Some of these things may be warrantied and some not, will they be able to be found when tings go wrong, if they are continually charging less than they should to sustain a business, there will be nothing left when these things occur, how many companies do you know will come back a year later to fix something? I have been in the painting business a long time and I can tell you not many, they are hard enough to get a hold of when you are paying them, imagine when there is no money in the game for them?

Will they be in business a year from now?

By routinely under charging and under valuing their work, they are leaving no investment or money left to maintain and sustain a business, they are living check to check or cash to cash and there will be nothing available when things go wrong, and things will go wrong from time to time. They are not investing in any training typically or the training of their workers.

Are they paying taxes and are they insured?

This is a huge one, if you have to pay taxes on the earnings you make, why should others not have to? 

Paying taxes helps fund the towns we live in, if someone is so quick to skirt these responsibilities, what happens when your not looking on the work they are doing for you?

Insurance is the big one here, if someone under or uninsured gets hurt working in or around your home what do you think will happen? They will sue you and your insurance company and most likely win, do they have workers? If so they need workers compensation or the same thing will happen, it will just roll downhill back to you and your home. It is super important to know who is in and around your home and are they adequately insured.

What is their relationship with the manufactures of the products they use?

You would be surprised what a great relationship will get you from Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams, sometimes paints fail or other issues come up, without having support from the manufacturer to correct these issues, your on your own. Trust me when I tell you the companies that buy more paint get different treatment whether anyone admits it or not. I can call up right now and get things other contractors may not be able to get such as very quick support, products and more.

This also helps with new products, the paint industry is ever changing and you have to be ahead of it to stay current and aware of all the new products and applications

 

So You Want To Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets

Painted kitchen cabinets are great assets to kitchens and can refresh their looks and make the space more productive. Unfortunately, painting is often a hassle and can cost a lot of money that homeowners do not have to spend on such a project. Luckily, there are ways around the problem that can guarantee individuals the kitchens that they want without destroying their bank accounts in order to get them. At Ryan Amato Painting, we are dedicated to the customer and know a couple of things about doing the job right. 

First of all, getting a painting estimate is important for people who are looking to get their kitchen cabinets painted. Knowing how much a company is going to charge makes the choice of whether or not to go through with painting much easier. In addition to getting a painting estimate, homeowners should make sure they know what they want their kitchen to look like before they begin the process of painting. Proceeding with a project without a proper road map makes things much more difficult than they must be. Without a goal in mind, or an idea of what colors the kitchen should host in the end, homeowners will end up spending a lot of money for no reason. Know what you are hoping to accomplish! 

Research-Research-Research

Another necessary thing to do is research the companies that are going to do the job. There are many companies that use paint that is not correct for kitchen cabinets or that do not provide services for the right price. The best companies are those that can provide a painting estimate and that can continue to refurbish and tend to the existing cabinets. Even the best paint is susceptible to ware over time, especially in a space as well used as the kitchen. The thing that separates good paint from lesser quality products is its ability to be retouched with ease and simplicity. 

It is also important to remember that kitchen cabinets are challenging to properly paint without damaging the exiting surface. They must be cared for by those who know how to deal with them. There are, too, many people who worry about the pairing of their cabinets. Often, homeowners worry that their homes will be covered with dust or grime from the job, but painting is actually a very organized and clean process and will not produce dust or unwanted substances. Many people also wonder if homes will smell or if paint leaves an order. The answer is, it depends. Some paints do but again, if you are using a reputable company, they will utilize paint that is water based and unscented. 

Expectations

Also, as covered above, paint can chip over time when in an environment that is harsh on the cabinets. As stated above, however, good companies will use paint that can be reapplied and maintained so that even if chipping occurs, it can always be fixed with relative ease. This means that there is never a reason to fear for the kitchen cabinets or their possible damage. Everything is repairable and simple to maintain, and people should certainly not shy away from painting their kitchen because of possible chipping. 

Dedicated

Ryan Amato Painting practices every business technique mentioned above and more. By being dedicated to our customers, we ensure services of the highest quality are provided time and time again. We make sure to give customers estimates to tailor the price to them, working with our clients to craft the best experience possible for their home. We keep homes clean and do not produce dust with any of our products, because we know customers want the smoothest experience possible. Our paint is odorless as well, ensuring that customers have a beneficial experience. In short, we follow all of the practices that guarantee the best outcome for customers. 

We Work Hard

Our high ratings and accolades did not come without hard work and dedication to customers. We have worked tirelessly to provide successful services that leave customers in a better place than they were before. We hold ourselves to high standards and are always striving for even higher standards of excellence. We understand that painting is an important and surprisingly difficult part of maintaining a home, and we are happy to help. We also use our techniques to deliver a strong, quality paint that will last and look great for years, especially with our touch ups on areas that require it. We know that people cannot live in the same home under the same circumstances year after year, and change is good for the mind. That’s why we take our job so seriously and are committed to being the best we can be for our clients. 

Painting Can Be Difficult

Painting is a difficult job, even without the extras provided. Especially with kitchen cabinets, which can boast intricate designs, painting becomes a matter of patience and skill that cannot be properly done by just anyone. It requires trained professionals to work in the most efficient way possible. Without knowledge of the correct techniques and access to the correct tools, painting becomes exponentially harder. Luckily, there are businesses like ours, Ryan Amato Painting, to help people with their homes and their desires for a better space. Our staff is fully prepared for any situation and ready to do an excellent job for all clients. In addition, our business is armed with many extra services to help customers get prepared for the job. Our estimates are always genuine and realistic, helping households achieve their perfect outcome. Our products are the best used for the job, ensuring a quality result that will stay quality as long as customers are will, without debris or odor. Our services are provided with speed and precision, and our staff members are all equally passionate about our work and our customers. None of this is said in boasting, but instead to help struggling customers understand that our business is a home for those who need home maintenance. Our painting services are provided with the customer in mind. 

Do It For The Customer

Not all companies are dedicated to the customer. Not all services are provided with care. Not all paints are used in the proper manner, and not all businesses try to afford the customer the best price. These practices are against our business values, and as a company we want individuals to know that our care and tact will ensure a great outcome and smooth business experience. We work for clients and we take pride in the services we provide. For those who are looking for the best possible techniques for their kitchens, even without our business, keep the above principals in mind and strive to find companies who meet those standards and who are willing to go above and beyond for their clients, just as we are. 

Timing, Quality Or Timing

 Today we want to talk real quick about the old price verse quality or timing. Pyramid, if you just go and google that you're gonna find a bunch of different graphs and ah, a bunch of other things that that will make all this makes sense.

So basically, price, quality or timing there, things that you have a choice on your project to accept or not accept. And it is actually one thing that we ask when you initially first call us.

So when you call up ryan amato painting at 484-821-7112 there's my cheap plug. You will get somebody on the phone. Ah, either my daughter or carry or tanya or somebody will answer the phone and go through a series of questions, basically trying to determine what you want for your project.

The the one thing that we're gonna ask is what's most important to you. Price, quality or timing? It's not a trick question. It's not.

It's not a sales person type of question. It's a really serious question that could help us style in to get you the project that you want now what most people say when we asked what's most important to you? Price, timing or quality?

They say all three. So let's think about that one. Let's let's break it down. Price obviously means what is this project worth to you to pay?

So for some people, that's that's different. For some people, expensive is not expensive. Expensive is normal for other people. 

Um, a lower priced, inexpensive job is standard, so prices is very different for every person that you talked to. And that's why we like to offer different options for every job.

So you could get the top of the line project. You want the top of the line job. Well, guess what. You need to have a top of the line job you need. Top of the line painters.

That's where your quality comes in. If if quality is not important to you, um, you could get a less expensive job. Now, if timing's important to your timing, meaning when do you want your project completed?

If timing is super important, you have a graduation party. You have a some kind of party coming up and you need you need your epoxy floor done. I need my epoxy. Florida actually just had a customer like this. I need our epoxy floor done by the middle of next month on a thursday because I want to start setting up for the party on friday.

Is that possible? Well, sure, that's possible. But with that timeline, if it's not a normal timeline comes an increased cost.

And you say why? Why would it cost extra toe have the time frame that I want? Well, um, you need you have a definitive time frame timing. You have quality that you want.

So you take all these things. The time frame is gonna cost you a little more. We gave the kind frame to you. You want quality. So we gave you the quality.

Well, guess what comes along with those to the price. So we keep the price you can. Only you can only pick two out of those three. And we're taking the 3rd 1

If you would pick prices. Most important, you want a really cheap price really inexpensive price to fit a budget because you're painting your house just to sell it.

And you have a definitive time frame. You gotta paint it quick because you got to get it on the market. The quality is not going to be there. So you're gonna have to accept a little less quality.

Why? Because all those those top of the line painters for top of the line jobs get paid top of the line money. You're not gonna find a a highly experienced painter who could do top of the line work making low grade.

So we want to give you the best quality. You want the best quality you a very good job. Then timing comes into play. So, yes, we could give you a really good price, really good quality.

As long as you're okay with us getting to when we can, it's not gonna be on the schedule. It's going to be. Maybe we have rain all week long, and now we can come to your house. So you've given us the flexibility to put your project in anywhere we can.

Do you understand? So far, so we're talking price quality and timing. Timing again is is the amount of time that you need this project done in.

If you have no time frame, there is just no time. Friend, you don't care. It could be done any time that you want. That's great.

So we'll take that and we can fill you in on a day that it's raining when they we don't have work. Um, on a day that may be one of the better painters finished up a job early, and he's got he or she has three days to do a project we can fit you in.

But if you're looking for the lowest price, the best quality and you need it done next week, it's not gonna happen. It's just not gonna happen. So we want everybody to have realistic expectations and goals for your project that we can actually meet.

We're in. What are we in right now? We're at the end of july. Painting business is booming. Even though we're in the pandemic and covic and all that stuff, people are still busy.

A lot of people don't want to come back to work right now, so if you're finding a painter who claims to give you the best quality that you can ever imagine and they gave you an unbelievably low price, I would question that right now it's not going to happen when can this happen?

It could happen in the winter when people are slow cos air slow and they're looking for work to fill for those those top of the line high quality painters. That's the only time that you're generally going to be able to get all three of those things price, timing and quality.

Or if a company is just totally slow, there's no work that again. I would question that because I know most companies I know and most really good painters I know are super duper busy right now.

I want to run through it again. So you want you want you don't care about quality. Quality is not important. You're just putting a coat of paint on. You don't care. You don't have to hit every little spackle hole. You don't need every little surface done right.

 Timing is important, and price is important. So we can do that, because again, you gave us the quality. We don't have to send the top of the line painter into your house. Who makes top of the line money.

We can send a very good painter in who can give you a pretty good job and we can give you a good price for that. So that's where we talk about price quality and timing, and hopefully that makes sense and we'll talk to you guys soon.