Have you ever walked into someone’s home and been absolutely appalled by the paint job that some amateur did there? You were probably afraid to say anything, thinking that the owners might have done it themselves. That’s usually the case. An ambitious, aspiring DIY resident gets the bright idea to try painting for the first time and doesn’t realize till after they’ve begun that they don’t have the hands for it. Pride sometimes makes these folks finish the job anyway. Common sense makes someone in the house, usually not the DIY painter, call us – the interior painting specialist.

Hiring an interior painting specialist makes a big difference. The money you spend to do it is more than compensated by the time you save not doing it yourself. There just isn’t an upside to tackling a large interior painting project on your own. If your work full time for a living, you’ll be giving up your free time and weekends to do a job that nine out of ten homeowners call in a professional to finish. It’s not that painting is rocket science, but it is something that should be left to those who have experience doing it.

The same applies to the exterior of your home. Painting a garage door or the hatch to your crawl space is one thing. Paint an entire house wrong and you’ve just taken a major loss, in time and money. Now, you’re going to have to call an exterior residential painting company to fix it. Was it worth it? What started out as saving a few dollars now has you spending twice as much to get the job done right. Take our advice. Don’t go there if you don’t have to. Call us at the beginning of the process, not the end.

If you are a DIY kind of person and are determined to paint on your own, call us and let us help you get started. Many of the mistakes made on a painting project originate from the preparation and material purchasing stages. Buy the wrong paint or invest in the wrong equipment and you’ll have a mess on your hands. We can help you avoid that. Give us a call today to learn more.

Looks simple enough, right? A cabinet has a series of flat surfaces, some corners, maybe a shelf or two. How difficult could it be? If you’re thinking that right now, convinced that you don’t have to hire a professional Milwaukee painting company to do your cabinet painting, then why are you here at our website? Did your significant other tell you that DIY painting was a bad idea or do you have some doubts of your own? Either way, we need you to know that cabinet painting isn’t as easy as it looks.

A properly made cabinet should have a protective coat of primer or stain on it that was put there back when the item was first put together. If it’s real wood, there is a treatment process it went through to protect it from rot and/or water damage. Knowing what that process was is important when you choose the type of paint you’re going to use to paint it. It’s also important to find out what kind of paint was used before. You may have to remove all of the old coats before you can add a new one, particularly if you’re changing colors.

One question you need to ask is how much you actually care about how it looks when you’re done. If you’re going to throw it in a back corner of the basement for storage and open it once every five years, by all means paint it yourself. If you’re painting kitchen cabinets, forget the DIY idea. You need a professional interior painting specialist to do a job like that for you. To do it properly, the cabinets need to be taken down from the wall, disassembled, and painted piece by piece if you want them to look brand new when we’re done. You don’t want to tackle a job like that yourself.

If your cabinets are not real wood, you may not want to paint them at all. Putting a coat of paint on metal or particle board will cheapen the look of the cabinet, not improve it. There are ways to change the color or shine up an item like that, but it may not be paint. Call us here at Majic Painting before you do anything. We’ll take a look at your cabinets and let you know what the best solution is for you and how much it will cost.

Painting is art, whether you’re a residential painter or a creative genius with an easel and canvas. Painters, on the other hand, are not all artists. To some who paint houses and commercial buildings all day, it’s just a job. To our people, it’s much more than that. Our residential painters are legitimate artists who take pride in their work, the kind of craftsmen who step back when they finish a section to admire their work, not guys who spend all day waiting for 5:00 to come. We actually like what we do.

That type of attitude makes a difference. A painter who rushes through a job without really caring about the final result is likely to do shoddy painting. Even those who are conscientious can overlook certain aesthetic details if they don’t treat their work as art and not just another job. When we hire new employees we screen them thoroughly for all of the standard issues service industries are plagued by. We check references, do background checks and testing, and then we sit down with them and have a serious conversation about painting,

That conversation is the determining factor in the decision about whether or not we hire a new employee. We ask one simple question. “How do you feel about painting as a profession?” Some look at it as just another way to make a living, others are doing it until they can move on to something else, a select few have real passion for it. Those are the men and women we want to add to our Milwaukee house painting team. It shows in the end result when we paint your home. Anyone can look at the work we do and see that we employ people who care about a job well done.

When viewing a painting on canvas, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and art for one person may seem like random scribbling to another. House painting, other than your choice of colors, doesn’t have that wide a range of human emotions attached to it, but a quality paint job will still instill a feeling of satisfaction and delight in the homeowner who is the beneficiary of it. We want you to have that feeling. Call us and let us provide you a free painting estimate for a true work of art.

Trust is an interesting word. It’s meant to be used to describe someone you can count on under any and all circumstances, but when it’s used it often sets off alarm bells and causes distrust. Remember those “Joe Isuzu” commercials back in the late 80’s where Joe would say “Trust Me” and words would appear at the bottom of the screen telling you “he’s lying”? More often than not, when people hear “trust” from a Milwaukee painting contractor, they immediately put up a wall of resistance. We’re going to use the term anyway, because we are the company in our industry you can trust.

Unlike Joe Isuzu, we can actually back those words up with some evidence. As an established Milwaukee house painting company, we have built a customer base of satisfied homeowners and commercial landlords who are willing to provide us references. When new customers call, we’re able to point them to these folks to help set their minds at ease. The list is long enough that there’s likely to be someone on it who you know and trust already, so you’ll feel comfortable hiring us.

Of course, even someone else’s word on something doesn’t mean that you’ll be able to let your walls down completely. Trust has to be earned over time, and what you’ll want to know up front is whether or not you can trust us enough to hand over a down payment on the job. This is the area where most homeowners have problems with local painters. Unfortunately, it happens often enough to make doing business in our industry difficult for the rest of us. Before handing us any money, please check us out thoroughly with the local Chamber of Commerce and BBB. Our record is flawless, no small feat when you’re a service provider.

When you invite someone into your home to do some interior painting, you either have to trust them or follow them around throughout the entire job. The former is preferable, the latter is annoying, for both you and your painting contractor. Our goal is to establish trust with you before we begin the work. We do that by providing you solid references and following through on our promises, particularly the one we make when we give you a free painting estimate. The price you pay at the end will be the same one we quoted to you at the beginning, no surprises.

What do you do for a living? Do those who describe guys in your profession classify you as “all the same”? That seems to be a general consensus when homeowners talk about service providers of any kind. For some reason, those who charge you money to provide an essential service that you need are often portrayed as the bad guys. It gets even worse if you’ve had a bad experience. We’d like to ask, if you’ve been through a difficult situation with a painting contractor before, that you please open your mind to the thought that we are not all the same, because we aren’t.

Here at Majic Painting, we pride ourselves on positive principles like a good job for a fair price and honesty at all times with our customers. Most of our new business today comes from referrals, a testament to the work that we do. No one recommends a service provider to friends and family unless they are completely satisfied with the job that was done. You may be reading this because someone pointed you in our direction. Doesn’t that tell you something about what we’re all about?

If you’re shopping for a Milwaukee painting company and aren’t sure whether to believe all the claims they are making, ask for references. If you want to know exactly how much a house painting project is going to cost you, ask for a free painting estimate. We’re happy to provide both upon request. Our customer base includes dozens of satisfied homeowners who would be happy to tell you all about us. Many of them are your friends and neighbors here in Milwaukee. You’d be surprised who we’ve done work for in the past. We’ve been at this for some time now.

If someone in your profession goes out and embezzles from a client or does a shoddy job, you should not be blamed for it, right? Unfortunately, those types of incidences tend to reflect on your industry as a whole, undermining what you do with integrity and good faith every day. Think about that and you’ll understand what we go through every time another painting contractor mistreats one of their customers. That doesn’t mean that we do the same. We’re different. Give us a call and find out how and why.

How many times have you had the same argument with your significant other? She wants to have the house painted by professional residential painters and you say you can’t afford it. Have you even looked into what it will cost? Most homeowners just assume it’s expensive and put it last on the to-do list, especially in this economy where every penny matters. The most common justifications we hear are that painting is easy and a homeowner can do it themselves or the famous, “It doesn’t need it yet.”

To answer the DIY excuse, yes, you can do it yourself. If you have a little bit of experience you might even do a good job of it, but do you know what kind of paint you should use? When should you prime first? How much sanding should you do? Is it necessary to get the old coat of paint off first or can you just paint right over it? What about corners and angles? Have you ever removed and replaced pipes, conduits, shingles, and edging that need to be taken out for you to paint under it? These may seem like little things, but not doing the job properly can lead to rot and pest infestations later down the line. You may not see those until it’s too late.

Here at Majic Painting, we offer a free painting estimate to anyone interested in our services. You can’t make a decision that something costs too much if you don’t know how much you have to pay for it, though some people do. You might be surprised to learn that home painting is not as expensive as you thought it was. We try to keep our prices low because we know what it costs to maintain a home, especially during tough economic times. We all just lived through a terrible recession that cost many folks their homes, so we’re not going to inflate our prices on you now that you’ve gotten through that and want to improve your property.

If you think that “it doesn’t need it yet”, think again. Painting is an investment, not an expense. Once the paint on the outside of the house starts to peel and crack, the wood on the inside of the house is at risk. The elements will get in and destroy a home from the inside out if you don’t stay on top of the maintenance needed to keep it sealed tight. Painting is one of the most important tasks on that maintenance list. Don’t put it off too long or you could end up spending what you’re think you’re saving on new construction. Those guys charge a lot more than we do.

What is it about spring that compels us to start new projects around the house? The snow and cold are gone, the air seems cleaner and renewed, and the birds are singing. You’d think we’d want to go out instead of working around the house and yard, but yet we all end up setting up a list of work that we’ve been putting off for months, maybe even years. If home painting is one of those projects, you don’t need to do it on your own. That’s what we’re here for. Give us a call and we’ll give you a free quote on the painting you need to have done both inside and outside your home.

Spring is a good time for home painting. The weather is warm and pleasant and the days are starting to get longer so we can get the job done in less time. The last thing you want is to have ladders and drop cloths surrounding your house for weeks on end. Here at Majic Painting, when we take a job we finish it in the minimum amount of hours possible. That’s one of the reasons why so many of our customers refer us to friends and relatives after we’re done at their house.

Another good reason to hire a Milwaukee house painting company in spring is the amount of time it leaves you before the next winter to do other things around the house. You may want to do some landscaping or plant bushes. You don’t want painters trampling over all that new work just after its completed, do you? We all own homes also and we wouldn’t want us to come in after the landscapers. It’s not that we’re not careful. We are, but new landscaping is likely to be less rooted and more susceptible to accidental damage. Once grass and bushes have been in for a while, they’re more resistant to destructive forces like feet and heavy equipment.

Along with landscaping, you may decide to put a fence up, plant some flowers, or buy new patio furniture to entertain with over the summer. You’ll want to do all of that after your house is painted, not before. How will you know how your new additions look with the new color, or even the old color made to look new? Contrast is important. You have to live in it, so do your household tasks in the right order. Spring is here and its time to paint. Give Majic Painting a call and we’ll get it done quickly and affordably.

So, you’ve done a little painting at home and figure it’s not much different at the office, right? After all, how hard can it be to run a paint brush over an edging or a roller across a wall? You move all the furniture and equipment out of the way, cover it up with a tarp, and go to town. Maybe you can have a few employees come in over the weekend and before you know it you have a freshly painted office. It’s simple, right? As a commercial painting company, we love it when business owners think that way. We’re almost guaranteed to get a phone call before the weekend is over.

Commercial painting is not a job for the inexperienced. To begin with, simply moving the equipment out of the way should never be done by uninsured amateurs. Did you install all of those computer terminals? What makes you think you’re qualified to break them down and then put them back together? Spend some money and have your IT people handle the break down, then hire our Milwaukee painting company to come in and cover it up. If we damage it, we’re insured and you get paid to replace it. If you break anything, the expense will come out of pocket.

What happens when you get to a heating grate or electrical conduit? Do you know how to remove the outer casing and paint where the boundary line won’t be visible? Do you know that there are certain types of paint and chemicals you shouldn’t use in certain environments or on specific types of building materials? Commercial painting isn’t as simple as it seems to the untrained eye. Our interior painting specialists have years of training and experience to fall back on. Chances are, no one in your company can offer that and you almost certainly can’t make that claim yourself.

You’re very good at what you do for a living, but if it’s not painting please don’t attempt to do a commercial painting job on your own. That’s what we’re here for. Give us a call, let us take a look at what you’re thinking about having painted, and we’ll give you a fair price for a top quality painting job. We’re bonded, insured, and experienced, all that you want from a professional Milwaukee painting company.