Family Room Makeover with Natura Paint
A very cool blast from the past. In 2009, we did a series of makeover projects with designer Stephen Saint Onge for Better Homes and Gardens magazine. I just stumbled across this on Youtube. This...
View ArticleExterior Wood Care in Vermont’s Elements
Click to view slideshow. Topcoat Finishes’ relationship with red cedar continues this season as we prepare new homes with visually appealing exterior coatings that perform, and we are also maintaining...
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Screened Porch Wood Restoration – Lake Champlain
In the spirit of our custom exterior services for exotic natural wood species, Topcoat employees John and Sam recently completed a very special lakeside octagon screened porch ceiling restoration. The...
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Ipe Deck Finish: 5 things not to do
**2015 Update: This Topic has moved to a New Home** Ipe Maintenance Tips from the Wood Pros at Topcoat Finishes Todd massages out another ipe deck… 1. Do not use film forming coatings. Period. This...
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Tis the Season for Ipe Finishing
**Update: For ipe deck info, visit our new site, ipehelp.com** It comes every year… Exterior wood finishing season sure brings the bittersweet reward of intense immediate gratification after intensive...
View ArticleWood Restoration: How to Strip a Log Cabin Exterior
I have to say right up front that wood restoration using chemical strip methods is a project best hired out to qualified professionals. The pressure washing equipment, chemicals, safety equipment and...
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Weekend Project: Pressure Washing my Deck
Ok, actually, stripping my deck. I am a paint contractor, but I am also a homeowner. With a never ending “honey do” list. This one has been on the list for…well, a while. What better time to tackle it...
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Log Cabin Wood Restoration Update
For readers following this story, and traffic stats indicate that you are, I am pleased to report that we are still in the prep stage and the house is cooperating. Our crew, Sam and John, as featured...
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Dust Never Sleeps
Sweeping with the Enemy Providing a clean workspace is a matter of procedure at Topcoat Finishes, and as a homeowner, husband and father, I try hard to hold myself to the same habits and standards at...
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#1 Paint Emergency: Water damage repair
Typical Situation. A Primer on Water Damage Repair Yes, there are such things as “paint emergencies”. They can be time based emergencies, such as: “our daughter is getting married in the dining room...
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