TIPS & TRICKS

After more than 26 years in the painting industry, one thing is clear: there is no single correct way to do the job.

Every painting project is influenced by location, materials, budget, and client expectations. That’s why professional painters often work differently — and still deliver excellent results for their clients.

Over the years, we’ve developed our own proven systems through real-world experience, testing, and continuous improvement. These methods help us deliver high-quality results while staying efficient and customer-focused.

In a recent video (see below), I explain the problem I noticed with how to videos and what I've decided to do about it.

To read the full article visit:
https://www.expressionspaintinguniversity.com/blog/here-s-the-problem-i-noticed-with-how-to-videos

If you’re in Moncton, New Brunswick and looking for professional interior painting services, we’d be happy to help.

Contact us today to discuss your next project.

"Everywhere you see that YELLOW... 

I want that gone." 

I remember in the early 2000s, every job seemed to have a color with some yellow or gold undertones for the main color. This particular one from Sherwin Williams called Blonde SW6128 was quite popular

Basically, it seemed like everywhere you looked, there was this yellow goldish beige color serving as the main tapestry for most houses. We used to call it the builder's beige since at the time every new house was getting painted with a color along this line.

To go with those colors, we would often see burnt oranges or reds often with sage greens.

Kind of like this (see image)

But that trend changed in 2011...

I remember this so vividly because it's almost as if from one year to the next, everything changed.

From then on out, it seemed like every time I'd walk into a client's house to give an estimate, one of the main things they would say is this  "everywhere you see that yellow, I want that gone".

Seems like people had had...

We are excited to announce that Expressions Painting will now offer the service of CARPENTRY along with our main service of interior repaint.

For years, we have noticed this trend where finding trades people to do small projects getting harder and harder for our clients. Most people tend to be quite busy and it's tough to leave the job site to go and do this tiny small job, which is understandable.

But since we have been doing carpentry for years now, it just made sense for us to offer this service to our clients.

This means, while we're there repainting your home or office, if:

• A door frame needs to be changed
• Some doors need to be realigned
• Some hardware or new door handles need to be replaced
• You want to replace the metal shelves in a closet and install a bunch of customized shelf to increase your storage.
• You’re getting your kitchen cabinets refinished and there there's a piece of molding that's missing or you'd like to add a piece of trim.

Whatever it is, as long as i...

With 2025 now behind us, I thought I'd take a moment to share with you which colors we've actually ended up applying most in our client's home this past year.

Number one: Agreeable Gray SW7029 (Sherwin Williams)

This is a wonderful, gray/beige color and depending on the environment you put this color in, it will lean more towards the gray or towards the beige, especially depending on the lighting. In a lot of cases, this is a color we put in homes where the floors might have a bit of a goldish or amber undertone to it (a bit of yellow or orange tint in the wood color).That tends to remove a bit of the attention from the floor and makes this gray/beige color turn a little bit more on the gray side during the day... and, a bit more on the beige side come evening since the light tends to have a bit of more of the yellow hue in the evening. So it's a nice color, versatile, tends to tie in together all sorts of different wood colors. If you have different color wood like more on the red o...

If there's a way to complete a project in a way that wastes less time and resources, it's a win for everyone.

Here's a way we found to make things a lot more efficient with our commercial projects.

Well, after being away for over 5 years... I"M BACK!

To be honest, for the longest time, I thought that maybe I was done with shooting painting and color videos. 

But then, something really big happened recently that I absolutely wanted to share with all of you.

Choosing colors with Grey Undertones will typically give you the following 2 benefits:

• COVER Better
• PERFORM Better (More washable, Better Adhesion, etc)

But there's another KEY BENEFIT you get for choosing colors with some sort of Grey Undertone which is what I discuss in this week's Tips & Tricks Video. 

Has this ever happened to you?

You picked a color to paint your walls... BUT once it was all painted, it looked different than you expected?

If so, you're certainly not alone.

If fact, this is one of the most frustrating (and painful) part of the repainting process.

Which is why we have taken it upon ourselves to dig deep to understand what causes this... and better yet, how to avoid this situation for our clients.

In this video, I'll share with you the 3 STEPS we take with our clients to make sure that the COLOR they have in their mind, is the COLOR that will appear on their walls once it's all said and done.

There's a vicious cycle happening these days in the Painting Industry that I want to address before it gets out of hands.

Here's the thing...

Paint is not a simple product... far from that.

In fact, some products require years of research and development from highly advanced chemists (often very large teams of chemists) to make it possible for Paint to perform at high levels while being compliant with today's strict environmental regulations.

And depending on the clients needs... and who is going to be applying the paint (a "DIY" or Professional Painter as an example), the "right" paint for the project might be two completely different products.

So where am I going with this?

Well this is such a touchy subject to tackle since "fixing" this vicious cycle will require all parties involved to work together. 

Be sure to watch this weeks video in full for a better understanding of the situation and how I propose we can start changing things around.

There's a lot of items that will typically get added on the TO-DO LIST when buying a new house.

And if PAINTING finds itself on that list, here are 3 KEY BENEFITS you'll experience by making sure to check it off the list the moment you buy a new house.