Your Northern Arizona Painting Company provides painting services to the following locations:
Mar 07
Office (928) 636-8735 Yavapai County, Arizona
We Are Your Northern Arizona Painting Company we provides painting services to the following locations:
- Flagstaff
- Prescott
- Prescott Valley
- Chino Valley
- Sedona
- Cottonwood
- Verde Valley
- Williams
- Winslow
- All adjacent communities
We also provide painting services to all of Maricopa County
Office (602) 412-3227 Maricopa County, Arizona
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Protect you house’s exterior fixtures, like lights, landscaping shrubs and plants, from harmful water pressure. Cover with drop cloths or plastic covering and secure with duct tape.
Manually scrub any visible mildew from the surface you are power washing with a brush.
Pressure washing, is a good way to clean a house exterior or prep it for a new paint job. Spraying water and, in some cases, detergent at high velocity, a pressure washer removes dirt, grime, and chalk-like residue, as well as deteriorating paint, from the surfaces of siding and trim. This is an excellent first step to ensuring that a new coat of paint will last.
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AmeriPride Painting is locally owned and operated we are driven by the “old time” value that customer service comes first. We have been doing business in Arizona since 1980. At AmeriPride Painting you will always receive the individualized attention you deserve for all interior and exterior residential painting needs. We take pride in assuring each homeowner an honest, professional job. Our Slogan “We Take Pride In Your Home!”
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Below is just a few of the problems we do encounter often when we go out to give a estimate. That is why we use only top of the line materials. We are confident that when we paint your house it will last 5+ years that is why we can put it in writing.
Chalking
Definition: The formation of fine powder on the surface of the paint, due to weathering.
Progression: All paints chalk to some degree; it is a normal, desirable way for the paint film to wear. Quality paints may chalk mildly, but still maintain a sound surface for many years. Medium and heavy chalking can cause color fading. Severe chalking makes repainting a problem because it does not provide a good surface to which new paint can adhere.
Causes:
- Long-term exposure to moisture and sunlight
- Using a low-quality paint
- Over thinning the paint or spreading it too thin
- Not priming and sealing a porous surface
Solutions:
- Determine the degree of chalking by rubbing the surface with a finger or dark cloth.
- Remove all chalk residue by one of these methods:
- Excessive chalking requires pressure-washing or sand-blasting. If a pressure washer is not available, scrub the surface with a stiff brush and a mild detergent. Rinse thoroughly with a strong stream of water from a garden hose.
- Light to moderately chalked surfaces may require wire-brushing or sanding to remove the excess surface powder. Spray the surface with a strong stream from a garden hose.
- Allow the surface to dry thoroughly.
- Check the surface again using your finger or a rag to determine the amount of chalk residue.
- If little or no chalk remains and the old paint is in good condition, no priming is necessary.
- If light to moderate chalk remains, use a penetrating additive to the first coat of water-based paint to help the paint film bond to the chalked surface. 100% acrylic finishes provide better chalk resistance than vinyl-acrylic paints.
- If noticeable chalk still remains, use an alkyd-based masonry primer as the first coat of paint. Finish using a high-quality topcoat.
Cracking
Definition:Splitting of the paint film through at least one coat, leading to failure of the paint. Hairline cracks appear initially, but progress to paint chips falling off the surface – or flaking – and severe cracks in the surface will appear. Complete failure of the paint can occur if left untreated.
Causes:
- Over-thinning of the paint or spreading it too thin
- Poor surface preparation, especially when paint is applied to bare wood without priming
- Painting under cool or windy conditions where the paint dries too fast
- On surfaces that have been painted many times, the bottom layers of paint lose their flexibility and are unable to expand and contract with the surface as it responds to temperature and humidity change
Solutions:
Determine if cracking goes all the way to the surface.
If cracking does not go all the way down to the surface, then:
- Remove loose and flaking paint with a scraper or wire brush.
- Sand the area and feather the edges.
- Repaint, using a high-quality paint.
If cracking does go to the surface:
- Remove all of the paint by scraping, sanding and/or use paint remover.
- Prime wood and masonry surfaces with an appropriate, high-quality primer.
- Repaint using a high-quality paint
Tips:
- If the cracking occurs over plywood, only periodic scraping, repriming and recoating will solve the problem. Latex paints fill plywood cracks better than oil-based paints.
- Pressed composition boards should be primed immediately after installation. An adequate coating should be kept on the surface at all times to seal out moisture.
Paint Incompatibility
Definition: Loss of adhesion when a water-based topcoat is applied over many old coats of oil-based paint.
Causes:
- Use of water-based paint over multiple coats of old oil-based paint causes the old paint to “lift off” the surface
Solutions:
- Remove all loose paint down to the bare surface. If you’re using liquid removers, be sure to wear long sleeves and gloves to protect your arms and hands from splashes.
- Prime any bare surface with a high-quality primer and allow it to dry thoroughly.
- Paint with a high-quality paint in the desired finish.
Peeling from Galvanized Metal
Definition:Paint has lost its adhesion to a galvanized metal surface.
Causes:
- Inadequate or improper surface preparation
- Failure to use a primer before applying an oil-based or vinyl water-based paint
- Failure to sand baked-on enamel finishes or glossy surfaces before painting
Solutions:
- Remove all loose, peeling paint down to the bare metal.
- Clean the exposed metal of any contaminants, such as dirt, oil, etc., and treat them with an etching liquid. Be sure to wear long sleeves and gloves to protect your arms and hands.
- Rinse the surface with clean water. Allow to dry.
- Apply a galvanized metal primer.
- Repaint with a high-quality paint.
Thank you for visiting our website
Come back soon as we are updating daily
~Pam
AmeriPride Painting is locally owned and operated we are driven by the “old time” value that customer service comes first. We have been doing business in Arizona since 1980. At AmeriPride Painting you will always receive the individualized attention you deserve for all interior and exterior residential painting needs. We take pride in assuring each homeowner an honest, professional job. Our Slogan “We Take Pride In Your Home!”
What Our Clients Are Saying!
Hi Pam,
Thanks for the beautiful job you did of painting our home! You arranged your schedule and completed the work while we were on vacation and we came home to find our home in pristine condition. It’s obvious to us that your slogan “We Take Pride In Your Home!” is obviously more than just a slogan – it’s a guarantee of a professional job which exceeds expectations. It’s rare these days to find someone who takes the time and has so much pride in what they’re doing. We are already receiving requests from friends and neighbors for referrals which we will gladly pass along.
Thanks again-it’s been a pleasure.
Jim & Darlene
Prescott Valley, AZ
“Northern Arizona’s Painting Contractor” AMERIPRIDE PAINTING
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