This is a question that seems to be a bit misunderstood in the paint industry. Most painters come from an airless spraying background, which is geared for production and not so much for the delicacy of finer finishes and transfer efficiency. Airless, in my opinion, is great for spraying large, wide open surfaces, and that […]
Insl-x Cabinet Coat Satin Finish
More Robust than Standard Trim Paint Pro painters run into all sorts of cabinet finishing situations. It’s a broad category, ranging from refurbishing outdated existing cabinets to putting custom finishes on new ones. Product selection for cabinets can be challenging. Not everyone wants to get into lacquers or solvent based coatings. Insl-x Cabinet Coat is […]
Purdy Parrot
To be a painter these days, one has to be able to create many types of finishes in a variety of situations. Knowing which products and tools to use is a big part of that. Producing a trim or cabinet grade finish that looks sprayed without needing to set up a sprayer (and clean it […]
Priming MDF for Trim or Cabinet Grade Finishing
Oil-Based Primer: Still Necessary Sometimes Over the past decade, we have shifted heavily from oil based paints and primers to latex technologies. We’ve tested and used many of the current generation of latex primers, always looking for one that can meet our interior and exterior priming needs. However, there are still times when oil is […]
Spotlight on Trim: A Paint Grade Refresher
Earlier this year we partnered with Journal of Light Construction magazine to create a feature article on proper prep and finishing steps for paint grade trim. Folks in the trades argue in jest all the time about which trade is the most important. We, of course, argue that it’s the painters because we get the […]
Painters Speak: Wooster v. Purdy Paint Brushes
Selection of paint brushes is one of the most debated topics in the whole wide paint world. You don’t have to sit in an online or real time paint group for very long before this comes up. That is good news, we always love to hear about painters valuing brushes. Sure, spraying is popular, but […]
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