Painting - Exterior paint job gone wrong
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johnnyfulcrum
07-08-03, 12:40 PM
Hi-
The one time I don't do-it-myslef and I think I got burned.
We had our house painted - it's cedar shakes - it was washed scraped and primed and painted.
We were expecting some texturing due to the old paint and in the places it was scraped. However - I believe the method in which the house was scraped lead to extreme texure and contaimination of the paint: here's the run-down:
The workers used carbide tripped flat scrapers and scraped at a 45 degree angle to the cedar shake ribs (which run vertically). There is now wood fibers stuck in the paint at all angles.
Even in the spots where there was no scraping doen there's still chunks of wood and paint scrapings in the paint.
The general manager for the outfit came out and stated that the scrapers were not the problem - it's that they scraped at a 45 - if they went up and down it would have been fine.
I think that no matter what, they should have never touched those types of scrapers to the shakes and used a wire brush/rotary paint removal tool as they stated in the job bid.
Anyone back me up on this point (for my own edification) or is it safe to use a carbide tip scraper on cedar shakes?
They intend to come out and pressure wash/scrape/prime/paint at all locations they scraped in the first place - I personaly don't even want that crew out again and heck if I feel like paying them for the job they did! Don't know where to turn...
ack!
The one time I don't do-it-myslef and I think I got burned.
We had our house painted - it's cedar shakes - it was washed scraped and primed and painted.
We were expecting some texturing due to the old paint and in the places it was scraped. However - I believe the method in which the house was scraped lead to extreme texure and contaimination of the paint: here's the run-down:
The workers used carbide tripped flat scrapers and scraped at a 45 degree angle to the cedar shake ribs (which run vertically). There is now wood fibers stuck in the paint at all angles.
Even in the spots where there was no scraping doen there's still chunks of wood and paint scrapings in the paint.
The general manager for the outfit came out and stated that the scrapers were not the problem - it's that they scraped at a 45 - if they went up and down it would have been fine.
I think that no matter what, they should have never touched those types of scrapers to the shakes and used a wire brush/rotary paint removal tool as they stated in the job bid.
Anyone back me up on this point (for my own edification) or is it safe to use a carbide tip scraper on cedar shakes?
They intend to come out and pressure wash/scrape/prime/paint at all locations they scraped in the first place - I personaly don't even want that crew out again and heck if I feel like paying them for the job they did! Don't know where to turn...
ack!
chfite
07-08-03, 03:57 PM
Bottom line is that you got a sloppy job. Technique notwithstanding, the results should look nice.
My inclination is to give them a chance to fix it, but at no added expense. It is not unreasonable to expect journeyman-like results. The contract should give you something to stand on. What a reasonable and prudent person would expect a professional paint job to be should do the rest.
HTH
My inclination is to give them a chance to fix it, but at no added expense. It is not unreasonable to expect journeyman-like results. The contract should give you something to stand on. What a reasonable and prudent person would expect a professional paint job to be should do the rest.
HTH