I thought I would share a photo of a recent "challenge". We did a nice sized job $1400. Roof cleaning, Painted wood siding, pavers, deck and windows. It was very profitable. during sale I tested wood trim/siding with a 4% mix that I am showing homeowner how quick we remove mold from his siding etc. I use a spray bottle and spray mix on various surfaces and as soon as clean I rinse with a jug of water. I was under the impression that allowing the mix to be on the paint for a short while during my sales pitch would be sufficient for testing for paint reaction. The guys sprayed siding and it changed color. After I went to the job I timed it, and it took 5 - 7 minutes of the mix sitting on the painted trim at 4% before the paint changed color. Luckily I had a free day and we went back and painted all of his trim. The hardi siding paint had no reaction - Sherwin Williams, but the trim a Sherwin Williams semi gloss in sage changed color. Moral of the story - let your test area set for at least 5 minutes before rinsing off. Customer was very happy that my guys told him we would make it right and we fixed within a week. We will see what his angies list review says. The color should be the brownish color, not the green. It actually looked like a real color that might've been the previous color.
I don't know why but Hardi board or painted T-111 are no issues. But when you get a crappy paint, SH just eats it up. I had a "challenge" also. Luckily she was having the door repainted after we cleaned the house. Anyone know why this happens to some doors and noth others?
-- Edited by Danny Cronauer on Saturday 31st of August 2013 07:42:14 AM
I had a dark maroon door earlier this year do the same thing, but actually turned back after 48 hours. I told the customer I would repaint it for them, but she called me and said not to worry about it it went back to the original color with no whatwhat
John Aloisio said
Aug 31, 2013
Color with no streaks...damn iPad spell check crap
Hank Timmermann said
Aug 31, 2013
Tim,
Am I reading your post correctly? Did you spray the area in question with 4%?
Dan,
Is it possible your crew sprayed the door area from the top down instead of from the bottom up? With poor quality finishes it doesn't take long for the streaks to develop.
Hank
Danny Cronauer said
Sep 1, 2013
I think the door got hit by accident. And I don't think top down or bottom up would have made a difference, it is streaked, like a gloss finished was remove.
Tim Teed said
Sep 1, 2013
For the wood siding, actual cleaning we used 1% max. When I'm selling I do test sprays on mold at 4% with spray bottle and rinse.
I thought I would share a photo of a recent "challenge". We did a nice sized job $1400. Roof cleaning, Painted wood siding, pavers, deck and windows. It was very profitable. during sale I tested wood trim/siding with a 4% mix that I am showing homeowner how quick we remove mold from his siding etc. I use a spray bottle and spray mix on various surfaces and as soon as clean I rinse with a jug of water. I was under the impression that allowing the mix to be on the paint for a short while during my sales pitch would be sufficient for testing for paint reaction. The guys sprayed siding and it changed color. After I went to the job I timed it, and it took 5 - 7 minutes of the mix sitting on the painted trim at 4% before the paint changed color. Luckily I had a free day and we went back and painted all of his trim. The hardi siding paint had no reaction - Sherwin Williams, but the trim a Sherwin Williams semi gloss in sage changed color. Moral of the story - let your test area set for at least 5 minutes before rinsing off. Customer was very happy that my guys told him we would make it right and we fixed within a week. We will see what his angies list review says. The color should be the brownish color, not the green. It actually looked like a real color that might've been the previous color.
I don't know why but Hardi board or painted T-111 are no issues. But when you get a crappy paint, SH just eats it up. I had a "challenge" also. Luckily she was having the door repainted after we cleaned the house. Anyone know why this happens to some doors and noth others?
-- Edited by Danny Cronauer on Saturday 31st of August 2013 07:42:14 AM
I had a dark maroon door earlier this year do the same thing, but actually turned back after 48 hours. I told the customer I would repaint it for them, but she called me and said not to worry about it it went back to the original color with no whatwhat
Color with no streaks...damn iPad spell check crap
Tim,
Am I reading your post correctly? Did you spray the area in question with 4%?
Dan,
Is it possible your crew sprayed the door area from the top down instead of from the bottom up? With poor quality finishes it doesn't take long for the streaks to develop.
Hank
For the wood siding, actual cleaning we used 1% max. When I'm selling I do test sprays on mold at 4% with spray bottle and rinse.
Tim,
Ok. That's what I thought.
Hank