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Exterior Painting
Protect Your Exterior Woodwork Today and Don't Let Mother Nature Steal Your Paint
Sunday, 18 April 2010 20:32
Trees can withstand the wrath of Mother Nature, but the exterior wood on your home cannot. (Unless you are a squirrel and your home is in a tree.) If you don't want your home to contribute to nature's decomposition process, you will need to invest some time (and exert some muscle) to protect and...

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Get Your Exterior Metal Paint Job to Last Longer than a Heavy Metal Band
Friday, 09 April 2010 15:35
Heavy metal bands can wear down over time, and so can your exterior metal pipes and gutters.  Iron and Steel are ferrous metals, and can get corroded if they're outside and exposed to years of weather beatings.  Paint on exterior metal can slow down the corrosive effect of water, but it can't...

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Preparing Masonry Exterior Walls for Painting
Saturday, 27 February 2010 02:09
A good exterior paint job on masonry walls should last for about ten years. If your exterior masonry walls are unpainted or due for an update, special preparation is needed before you start slabbing the paint on. The outside elements have no regard for the longevity of your paint-job, or your...

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A Little Bit More of Exterior Painting
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 20:35
Like interior paints, exterior paints are available in either solvent-filled or water-filled formulas and in three different lusters: gloss, semigloss, and flat. There are several differences between exterior and interior paint. First of all, exterior paints are more expensive. It is because they...

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Fun House Painting
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 03:39
Painting a house is often viewed as an experience of boredom, pain, and agony. Many people will go to extreme lengths to avoid repainting the exterior of their house, until the clock is upon them and there is no other alternative. Yet, painting a house does not need to be torturous; there are...

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