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I was reading a painting magazine that is delivered to our office monthly and I came across a quiz.  I went into Matt’s office and gave him the quiz, I was happy to find that he knew all the answers.  It then gave me this great idea, why not let our readers quiz their own painters and see if they know the answers.  It isn’t anything fancy, just a few questions that the professionals in the field should know.  Good luck and have fun!

1. Which of the following is NOT a requirement of a properly painted surface:

A.Uniform in appearance

B. Free of Foreign material

C. Has at least three coats of paint

D. Free of drips, spatters, spills and overspray

2. Which of the following indicate proper wallcovering installation?

A. Pattern match is achieved

B. Adhesion is complete

C. No excess residue on surface

D. Shows no texture of underlying substrate

E. Free of visible shrinkage

3. Which of the following conditions should be in place prior to the performance of interior painting?

A All cabinet’s hardware, and other pre-finished materials should be installed.

B. Permanent lighting or temporary lighting simulating permanent lighting should be installed.

C. The exterior temperature and humidity levels should be simulated in the interior of the building.

D. The structure should be weather-tight.

4. Which of the following joints are NOT implied to be a part of the painting and decorating contractor’s work?

A. The exterior perimeter of window

B. Joints between stained wood members

C. joints wider than 1/2 inch

D. None of the above

Answers:

1. C: Number of coats is not an industry standard. Coats can vary on if there is color change, what type of paint is used etc.

2. A,B,C and E are correct

3. B and D: It is important that if work is done under temporary lighting that is not comparable to permanent lighting, inspection of work should occur under permanent lighting.

4. D

As the temperatures start to drop, M Carlson’s exterior painting projects start to unwind as well.  We are quickly fulling our clients exterior needs and are extremely thankful to those clients who are patiently awaiting their interior projects to begin.  The holiday’s are coming quickly around the corner, so if you too are contemplating a fresh new look to your entertaining areas, now is a great time to contact M Carlson Painting.  We book up quickly for those projects that need to be completed before all your family and friends come to celebrate Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Years.  We also understand the stress of home improvement, so in effort to make these projects go more smoothly plan ahead and get on the schedule now!

We hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful fall and looking forward to seeing you indoors!

The M Carlson Family

A Few Quick Updates from M Carlson Painting:

First and foremost, thanks to our wonderful web designer, Brent from Flicker Creative, M Carlson Painting has just launched a NEW website.  We are very excited about this change, we hope our past, present and future clients find this site easy to navigate and full of great information.  We welcome any feedback!

Secondly, speaking of great information, sign-up to receive our quarterly Newsletter.  You will find this has everything from great decorating tips from interior designers, interviews from professionals in the industry about trends and for fun we update you on what is going on personally within the M Carlson Family.  Sign-up take on a few seconds.

Finally, our blog can now be easily found on our home page.  With some help from our newsletter writer, Karen, we will be posting helpful quick tips in the painting world, new products that are of interest and all types of fun free ideas to freshen up the color of your living spaces.

Hope this fall is filled with a warmth of colors!!

The M Carlson Family

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So it is January, it is cold and a warm cup of coffee (or coco/tea of course) would sound so nice. Well, lucky for you readers of the M Carlson Blog we happen to be giving away gift cards to Starbucks for simply signing up for our quarterly newsletter. Still not confident about this commitment, just take a peek at the newsletter on our website. We have designed this newsletter for our clients in the hopes you will recieve helpful design tips, cleaning tips as well as stay connected with what is going on in the M Carlson family.

Hope to see your name on our next email blast! Until then stay warm and have a cup of Joe on us