Starting with a clean surface that can accept paint is paramount. That means that failing, peeling and blistering existing paint needs to be removed before a new coat of paint can be applied.

Now you may not know it, but if your house was painting before 1978, paints at that time were made with lead so lead safety is mandatory. Piece of Cake crews are trained in the EPA’s Renovate Right mandate in protecting against lead contamination. While I’m not trying to scare anyone, because lead in paint isn’t bad until it’s disturbed and even then it would have to be ingested or inhaled. My point is we take the steps to do the job safely.

Some painters try to sell you on the method that they apply paint. Some say brushing is the best, some swear by spraying, and I’ve even seen others roll an exterior.

Piece of Cake Painting can do either but we usually brush and roll interiors and spray exteriors. Why? When the surface is properly prepared, priming and spraying 2 coats of a quality paint like Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams, or Miller Paint, the job takes less time, costs less to perform and saves you money. If brushing is the “superior” method then why doesn’t Boeing brush their airplanes? Why are cars sprayed? The answer is simple: it is the “better” method of applying paint to a fixed surface. The amount of paint is controlled and can be applied evenly.

Some painters sell their clients on brushing only and their job takes longer and they have higher labor costs. They justify the higher cost one way or another!

Some hire low wage “students” or summer only workers. These types of painters are not craftsman. When you look closely at their work you see brush strokes. When an inexperienced painter brushes the paint on they leave brush strokes. They put the paint on in one direction and drag it off the other direction. They go back and forth not knowing what they are doing or they put on too much paint and it builds up at the starting or ending point.

Spraying puts the paint on much more evenly. But overall what I’m telling you that a good spray job and a good brush job are equal, but a bad spray job or a bad brush job can be just as bad!

Where some painters cheat, we don’t. Cheaters use the least expensive paint and call priming one coat and one coat of top coat two coats of paint. Others look at their work and see if one coat covers, then they don’t put on another coat. Imagine that paint job in 5 years?

With Piece of Cake, your job gets 3 coatings. We don’t miss spots and the results are fabulous. We spray with as much paint as the job requires. We don’t increase our profits by using low grade paint products. And we do it safely and keep the job area clean at the end of the day.

Most of my work comes from referrals, people want us to do their job. When you hire us, you’ll be glad you did.

Recently, I’ve run into out of town painters and summer only painters and all I have to say about them is that they probably have happy customers but I’ve had to come behind both for various reasons. Wouldn’t you trust local painter over an out of town business? Aren’t they getting enough work in their area? Do they have the same relationship with suppliers in our area and get the customer service that I get and have gotten for nearly 11 years?
Are these the type of painters you want painting your house, your most important asset? Painter Ad. These painters are inexperienced and only paid $9-$10/hr. Are they committed to quality? Do they care how the job turns out?

Make Piece of Cake Painting your preferred Seattle area paint contractor for quality craftsmanship painting.

People ask me when is the best time to paint the exterior of their house and here’s why I always say after July 5th…