Friday 4 August 2023
A Night On The Tiles
Commercial Premises
As we mostly paint the exteriors of houses and the customers will invariably choose white or cream/biege type colours we very rarely get the opportunity to work with bright colours so you can imagine how pleased we were when the good people at Securistore asked us to paint the rear elevation of their premises in Ondara business park and as you can see from the photos and videos included the colours sure weren´t bland!!
This was the first time we had tackled a project like this but by following our normal procedure of preparation and choice of materials we acheived a first class finish.
So much so that every time my partner and I drive past it on the autopista I always shout out "hey look I painted that" which as you can imagine she is begining to find a bit tedious.
Think she might hit me next time😟
Saturday 1 July 2023
A Picture Paints (a thousand words)!
I apologise for extremely tenuous link between painting and this picture.
It´s just such a lovely photo that I thought it deserved to be published on the net somewhere.
This was taken by my partner when we lived in front of the beach and sharp eyed observers will note that the sun is rising to the right of the Peñon which means that the picture was taken on one of the shortest days of the year in December when the sun breaks the horizon at this spot in the morning.
The rest of the year of course its increasingly rising to the left and setting way over to the right past Altea.
All rights of use and of publication reserved by the author so I don´t want to see it being used in a calendar or other web site. 😉
Tuesday 6 December 2022
Height No Problem
Many homeowners on the Costa Blanca who have properties that include extremely high walls round swim pools or general under build areas can be put off commissioning a house paint contract for the fear of the costs of scaffold or cherry pickers needed to access these areas.
Working now with a team of absailers (see photos above) The Villa Painters can now offer extremely competitive prices for this type of work and therefore no one should be nervous about asking for a quotation as we are sure that you will be pleasantly surprised at how affordable a top quality and fully guaranteed house paint can be.
Monday 28 November 2022
Scrubbing the Decks
However many people are discouraged from installing these as they fear there will be a lot of maintenance involved and whereas it is undoubtedly true that wooden decking will require more care than for example ceramic tiles, if the maintenance is carried out on a regular schedule and not left for years until it presents a costly and time consuming problem there is no reason why the upkeep of decking should be any disincentive to its installation.
The trick to maintaining the appearance of wooden decking (as with other items such as wooden window frames and venetian windows and doors) is to establish a regular upkeep programe on a bi or tri yearly intervals and to employ a professional and experienced paint company such as The Villa Painters to carry out a thorough renovation of firstly removing all old and flaking wood treatment and then applying two coats of a quality wood treatment such as Jotun Trebit.
The fortunate home owners can then enjoy their beautiful wooden decking and of course the admiring comments of friends and neighbours.
Thursday 27 October 2022
Before and After
Monday 26 September 2022
Painters Trany!
However when it comes to working indoors I, as legions of other painters and DIYers have discovered, that a radio playing in the background aids concentration and speeds up the production rate considerably.
Nowadays of course this music can be supplied by new technology gadgets such as MP3 Players and Smart Phones etc. however back in the day the industrious painter had to rely on the good old fashioned Transistor Radio which was know as "The Trany" for short.
Of course we now live in a world of cross dressers and gender benders and so the word "Trany" has acquired a completely different meaning to a generation not weaned on the music of the ubiquitous trany.
For this reason I am always very careful when asking a young employee if they could "Bring a trany in to work tomorrow?"