You know the old saying, “A place for everything, and everything in its place”? That doesn’t just apply to your workshop—it’s every bit as important when you’re in the field. “Having an organized work truck means you save time and are a more efficient painter,” says Jeffrey Heininger, founder of Heininger Automotive…
MoreThere’s an old saying among locksmiths that, “Locks keep honest people from stealing.” In the trades—carrying thousands of dollars worth of gear in the back of your truck—you want to do everything in your power to not just keep honest people honest, but to deter savvier thieves from targeting you. The following…
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The common link between all the various types of primer is that it is their job to prepare a surface and make it suitable for a topcoat. Not all primers, however, are created equal. When you’ve got a challenging surface—whether it’s a slick substrate or a compromised one—a bonding or adhesive primer…
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As business people, we like to believe we’ve got a pretty good idea of what our clients want. But a recent survey by Hinge Marketing, a Reston, VA-based branding and marketing company that specializes in professional services firms, may have you rethinking some of your assumptions. How Buyers Buy: Architecture/Engineering/ Construction Services…
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Like a good football defense, stain is all about penetration. Whereas paint adheres to a surface, stains penetrate and protect the substrate material—which can be an advantage, particularly in exterior surfaces such as wood siding, shingles, outdoor structures, and furniture that are subjected to harsh conditions. Tim Carter, best known as a…
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It’s encouraging to know that today’s water-based paints are much safer, and that even solvent-based paints contain less-hazardous solvents than they did a decade ago. Nonetheless, painters are still exposed to a variety of pigments, fillers, resins, solvents and additives—not to mention materials such as mold, lead and asbestos—when doing scraping, sanding,…
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