Exterior Painting of surfaces can often be challenging. Unpredictable Toronto weather, heights, landscaping and varied surfaces are all aspects that need to be considered. So when a job manager is planning and budgeting, the type of paint she decides upon plays a huge role. For this job in the St Clair and Dufferin area of Toronto, Benjamin Moore’s Exterior Aura was used on almost every surface that we painted: aluminum fascia and eaves, wooden window frames, cedar shakes, concrete posts, and doors. This

  Lead was widely used  to improve the performance of paint. It was used as a pigment, and also was known to improve the durability and appearance of painted surfaces. It is still used around the world for the same reasons. The performance benefits of lead pale by comparison to the harmful effects it has on humans. Growing children under the age of six can experience the most severe of side effects. Lead can hinder growth and development and is

   As usual, interesting discussion has been taking place in Painttalk.com about green painting and green paints. The thread started with an opinion that marketing green products is sometimes influenced by unrealistic expectations of how they should perform. Are the new paints performing like the paints of yesterday? What about their cost? Are professional painters stepping out of their comfort zone by using new green paints? Professional painters rely on products that have performed perform well in the past. There is

It took a while, but almost every paint manufacturer has some low or zero VOC paint. The problem starts as soon as universal colourants are added, the low VOC content of the paint becomes history. New Benjamin Moore paint lines are now using their new waterbourne colourant system. When you add colour, even a lot of colour, in their low or zero VOC paint, the VOC level of the paint doesn’t change much. The Natura paint from Benjamin Moore has other reasons to

Keeping paint out of our lakes           When you have finished a project, it is very rare that you would have used all of the paint you purchased for the job. It is always important to determine what to do with your leftover paint. Painting with dangerous or toxic paints is sometimes unavoidable, however there are safe and environmentally friendly ways of disposing of this excess paint.        One option is to put that excess paint to good use by

  One of our jobs recently brought us to the Queen and John area where we were working on a building undergoing some renovations. This commercial painting job had us painting the floors and stairway of a multi-level office building with floor paint. It really brightened the entrance to the building and gave it a fresh new look! We also painted one of the levels of the office building which was being renovated. Some spray painting was done with dry-fall latex paint

Adding to the discussion of the environmental policies of Ecopainting Inc,  the following are some of the current policies of our Toronto Painting Company Office – Administration -  Print only the proposals and related documents needed for jobs in progress. “Pending”,     ”open” or “not awarded” proposals and estimates will remain digital files. -  We only receive computer faxing. As a result we have eliminated all junk faxes. We just print what is needed or worth printing. -  E-mail communication is not

By Rachel. Last week, a few of the Ecopainting staff had the opportunity to paint a group support home, run by Montage Support Services. This was a wonderful opportunity for our Toronto Painters to practice our different skills, but more importantly, we provided the residents of the home with a freshly painted interior at no cost to them or to Montage.  Montage Support Services is a non-profit organization that provides a home setting for those with multiple disabilities. On our

By Rachel Some ideas: For the Administration: -Recycle paint cans at designated sites. (www.toronto.ca/recycle) -Reward those who carpool, take TTC etc. -Calculate your emissions created in different aspects of the business (one site to help calculate this is: http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/eco-survey/) and then offset them by donating to vendors selling carbon offsets: www.less.ca www.puretrust.org.uk/ www.myclimate.org/en https://climatefriendly.com/ or, by donating to vendors providing renewable energy options: www.pollutionprobe.org/whatwedo/greenpower/consumerguide/index.htm www.enmax.com/ www.b-e-f.org/index.php -Provide or insist on high quality brushes and rollers to be reused many times,

Paint Contractors use paint and they should mind their “chemicals”, it goes without saying. For a company to be environmentally responsible, all business activities have to be seriously examined and if necessary changed. Ecopainting Inc, well known Toronto Painters, had a major problem in their hands, more like a bottleneck. Time keeping of most contracting companies is traditionally done with time sheets. They are distributed every pay period and employees are to complete them accurately with their daily activities.  At the end