Preparation is key
/The best outcome for any good finish is preparation.
Exterior preparation explained
/Here we do a quick walk around of an exterior job and chat about how we do our preparation and the tools we use.
Decking time
/If you decking isn’t looking like the images below when it has water on it, then it most probably need some lovin with another couple of coats. Get onto it people before it’s to late. Replacing decking timbers is expensive but a few hours labor over a weekend and some product is a much cheaper option. Give us a call for some free advice around how to go about.
Deco gem in Armadale
/All Taubmans Pure Performance Low Voc used on this job.
Some of the prEp needed to be done in the kitchen and lounGe ceilings
Black and green
/Using a darker colour on your garden walls can really give amazing results for a dramatic garden setting such as this. Cactus cool 😎
Washing up your rollers and brushes responsibly
/This small video explains how we do all our washing up on site and at home. This method helps prevent the contamination of the environment saves most of the water and gets all the waste ready to recycle.
Dark and broody downstairs light and airy upstairs.
/Black ceiling, dark walls, rich timber kitchen
Oiled timber window reveals
Taubmans pure pErformance interior low voc paints used on all surfaces throughout. Ceiling flat, lowsheen, semigloss.
The biggest carport ever
Footscray Gem
/New and old pics of this beautiful little house in Footscray
New life with colourBond deep oceaN for the weather boards, colourbond dune for the stuCco and pillars and a mixed on site white to go On the windows.
Colour scheme Maybe fasionable in the 80’s
Preparation alWays the key to a great job. Aswell as good products and eXecution
Coastal tidy up
/Its aLl about the preparation. Sanded, filled, undercoated. Two finish coats of Haymes exterior solar sheild
Boards and windows
Last job for the year 2019
/A tidy up for this little gem in Middle Park to end the year. New pink front door, fence colour, window, guttering. Small changes big difference.
Pink bits
Fresh new colour for the coast retreat
/Custom colour
Summer time project
/Scored a hard rubbish gem a few weeks ago. Pulled it all apart sanded primed and repainted and varnished ready for our next outdoor dining experience
A little face lift in Toorak
/All the windows and doors on this house were looking very tired and well in need of a lot of preparation.
It’s that time.
/How’s your deck looking after last summer and winter. Any exterior timber always needs extra care and maintenance. Most exterior timber on a horizontal surfaces will need re-oiling or varnishing every 12 to 18 months if they are in exposed areas.
Preparation is essential sanding and cleaning with a pressure washer and deck wash
Its worth buying a good oIl that is going to last. Minim 2 coats. Im using livos exTerior oil. Ive been using this oil for a long time and find its the best for any exterior woodwork
Brighten your day
/One of my favourite properties
All the eaves on this house are painted in this gloss bright yellow. Bold and beautiful. Goes well with the amazing front and back garden. Jam packed full of native plants.
Back in black
/New look for this door
Onced varnished but after a good sanding down with the festool and some 180. Washed it down and gave itva good wipe over ready For some paint.
No chance of spraying this dooR. So it was a TEDIOUS day of cutting in all the planks. 6 hours infacT PATIENCE and podcasts wEre the keys on this one. #festool# taubamns #allweather
Orange is the new black
/This door is going to be bright orange when I’m finished. But first a whole lot of prep to get this one ready. Using the Festool sander and vac it’s easy work to get a great finish and keep your job tidy. Fill and gap up any dents and cracks. Then 3 coast of smart prime with sanding in between. And where almost ready for some colour. Stay tuned …
Thornbury gets a white wash
/A new kitchen with some ply feature paneling gets a softer look with some white wash applications.
All the panels Were cut and rolled with a 4 mm microfiber roller and then layed off with the grain with a brush to create a Hand brushed look. Quite a tEchnical and labour intensive finish
A three coat apPlication . Sealer coat clear, white wash and a final clear coat to seal it all up.
InteRgrain ultra clear satin tiNted with white
Some panels with first coat of sealer. All the panels were sanded Prior to the sealer coats.