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Popcorn removal from a living room ceiling, and hallway. We skim coated the ceiling, primed and painted the same. The homeowners opted to paint the walls themselves.  Small Crack Repair We V out the crack to give the new material something to grab on too, and hopefully the crack won't come back All done: Since we were all set up in the stairwell, we cut in the top of the walls for them.                                                   Carrigan Painting 716-697-3560

This home has really nice sand swirl texture in most of the rooms. Among the best we have seen. However the ceilings haven't been painted in a few years so we are priming and painting them to make them white again Some minor cracks in the ceiling we opted to glue and then caulk instead of opening them up. With swirl, you can hide cracks easier than you can actually repairing them. Especially if their small like these We weren't originally going to prime the ceiling, however we decided to just do it as it would make for a better job. This also gave us the perfect opportunity to try out PPG's new NYS compliant primer. So the priming is a freebie for the homeowner.  We tried the new SEAL GRIP Interior/Exterior Universal Alkyd Primer that is NYS compliant as a possible replacement for our go to oil primer, however we are not satisfied with Seal Grip Alkyd. We won't be using that again! After 5 HOURS the primer was still tack

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This week's project in the Village of Williamsville.  Remove Popcorn ceiling and repair damaged plaster. Today we repaired the damaged wall and ceiling areas and skim coated the entire ceiling after removing the popcorn texture. Often times popcorn texture is installed to hide damage to a ceiling. This is one such case.  This area was repair previously with spackle and popcorn in a can. We chipped it off with a hatchet so we could patch the area properly. The pink stuff is a special bonding agent. This damage was effectively hidden by the popcorn Update 5-22-24 All done! Contact Carrigan Painting Today! 716-697-3560

  Plaster Bulge Repair   We determined we needed a bigger roller After the walls and ceiling were coated, we began to patch with DiamondCoat Plaster All patched up. On Friday we skim coat the ceiling, and Monday we prime everything. These are all plaster patches. The pink stuff is a bonding agent for the plaster This is what can happen when you open up a small plaster bulge. The paint lost adhesion to the plaster and peeled the plaster finish off the walls and ceilings. Problem is the peel didn't stop. It came off in sheets. Once you start, it won't stop. Update 5-10-24 So we primed the walls and ceiling with oil primer, and then skim coated a few areas that we were not happy with. We knew there would be a bit of skim coating due to the amount of damage incurred. Update: 5-13-24 We sanded the walls and ceilings. We had to switch over to drywall compound for all the little things. The upper half of 3 of the walls have been refinished with plaster.  If your looking for real plas

This home was built 15 years ago and this is the first time it has been repainted. We repaired minor damage to the walls and ceilings, spot primed our repairs, then painted the ceilings, walls trim and doors 2 coats.  We have found painting ceilings 2 coats makes the ceilings look better. So its now company standard to do everything two coats. Book Your Free Quote Today! 716-697-3560