Even 'The Funnies' gets into the painting act!

If you've got a teenager, you'll love this! Trouble communicating? Not sure what to expect when choosing colors? You think you know what's involved in prep?

Check out Zits. Starting on Jan 26, 2009 and as of today, continuing with the painting theme.
http://www.arcamax.com/zits/s-482990-720697

Have fun!

Obama helps 'LEED' the way to help the environment

We're with President Obama on this one. Like the President, CertaPro Painters is concerned with the environment in general, and particularly, indoor air quality. As noted in the article (click on the headline), the President is using paint from Benjamin Moore. The Aura line is fantastic at covering most colors in one coat, but note that it is also low-odor and low-VOC.

There are numerous choices of low and no VOC materials on the market now. In addition to Ben Moore, CertaPro uses LEED certified paints from Sherwin Williams, Pittsburgh Paints, Duron and others. Do you have a preference in manufacturer or need additional info? Just let us know!

With great concern for the environment, this homeowner wanted to be sure we used processes friendly to the environment. While indoor air quality is important on a personal level, outdoor air quality is important to everyone.

Care was taken to capture and clean up paint chips, the mortar was sealed, bare wood primed, then everything finish coated using the most environmentally conscious products possible.

Oops! I threw out a couple of acronyms which may need some explanation compliments of Wikipedia.

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction.

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are organic chemical compounds that have high enough vapor pressures under normal conditions to significantly vaporize and enter the atmosphere.

Questions? Comments? Please let us know!

Community cleanup yields major haul.

We teamed up with Boy Scout Troop 444 a couple of weeks ago to help clean up a stretch of Loch Raven Reservoir. With the help of some boys and past customers, we collected about 2 dozen contractor sized trash bags, a bunch of tires, car bumpers and some headlights. Amazing that some are willing to trash their drinking water.

It was such a success, we are planning on a monthly clean up. If you want to join in to help your community, just give us a call. We'll provide trash bags and drinks. If you know of a spot that needs clean up, let us know.

Hope to see you in February!

GO RAVENS! Boost your roost.

We love the hometown Baltimore team. I've heard of some Raven fanatics painting their family rooms purple, gold and black. Maybe not the whole thing.. maybe just an accent wall or stripes or trim. Decorating with team colors is fun ... so why not!?

If you need some help, we're doing free team colors until the Super Bowl!