Go Paint Something!

Question:
Hey Mike,
How you doing?  I’m happy to say that this year my business has taken off and I’ve been working onsistently since January.  Yay!  I just finished installing my first mountable canvas mural yesterday, and everything looked great, fit great, but I have a slight problem and was hoping that you might have a suggestion.
 If [...]

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Question:
Michael,
I have enjoyed reading your articles in the Faux Finisher and postings on Murals+.  I am writing because I have been approached to re-paint a mural on a corrugated steel building that has been previously painted.  The original job is failing after only 7 years, and I believe its due to the coating that the [...]

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Question:
Michael,
Your work is awesome.  I hope you can help with my dilema.
I would like to stain the bricks on the front entry  of my house.  The rest of the house is finished with  shake.
Can you recommend a product to me?  I just want to tone down the orangey color of the brick.  I was  considering trying [...]

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You’ve really got to be careful when you’re masking off areas you don’t want painted. What kind of tape? What kind of surface? And  - watch this – how’s the humidity?
Let’s start off with masking a wall. What kind of paint is already on the wall? Are you masking a ceiling? OK, OK, I’ll get [...]

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I will tell you this: concrete is probably one of my most favorite surfaces on which to paint. Concrete block, brick, stucco – it’s all so much fun. A couple of reasons make it so desirable, I guess – first, you don’t have to be as detailed as you do on canvas or drywall. And secondly, hardly anybody does a decent job painting on concrete! If you practice enough, and really hone your skills, you’ll be in a pretty elite club!... Read more

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