Some tips:
- all trim should have oil based primer and oil paint
- use the best quality paint that you can buy. It's only a few dollars more per gallon
Keu did a great job on my house, and I had the chance to see many other of his jobs-- as I take the pictures for his web site.
He is very aware of the language barrier, and takes great pains to try and explain exactly what he is going to do.
He didn't do a -restorative- paint job on my house, and I didn't pay him for one--- everything is not 'perfect.' I paid him to scrape and make it nice, and put on a good primer and patch cracks.
His work was exactly what I was looking for, and I've had to problems so far with any of the paint that he has applied.
I plan to have him do my exterior and the rest of my 3rd floor this year.
-andy diller
On Apr 28, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Dubin, Elisabeth wrote:
Ok, sorry you guys had bad experiences. I still stand by my positive review. I can't say anything to Marvin's poor review, but for Daniel-- I bet no one else would have given you a good result either. If there is moisture in your walls, it's very difficult to keep paint on even if it's not acrylic or latex.
Anyway, on my exterior, he used oil-based primer and two coats of Benjamin Moore latex finish coat. I think that was the right way to go.
HillierARCHITECTURE Elisabeth Dubin
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More data: Keu painted the interior of our condo, and the initial experience was very positive. He is certainly an amicable guy. We spoke to him at length about the difficulties inherent in the job, due to the layer of calciferous paint that would need special primer on top of it. Eventually (there was a language barrier) Keu convinced us that he understood and knew exactly the brand of stuff to use. He brought in his crew and finished in record time, at a great price, with good attention to detail. We really were impressed with his professionalism.
Unfortunately, after a couple months, we realized that all was not well. Our paint was already peeling away from the wall, resulting in a few large cracks. Worse, the paint in the bathroom began "fading"; where there had been solid color, the white primer now showed through, with a texture to it, as if the color layer had become thinner, allowing the pattern made by the roller to "poke through" the colored paint. The result is that it looks as if we have either a too-light coat of paint, or that the paint has been flaking or dusting off the wall. This happens to a much lesser extent in other rooms, so I guess it's humidity-related.
I couldn't really recommend Keu for inside work because of this. However, I have seen him doing what appears to be nice work on the exterior of local houses. It would be good to hear about the quality of these jobs over time.
Dan
On Apr 28, 2004, at 10:08 AM, Dubin, Elisabeth wrote:
As a follow-up on Andy Diller's review of Keu's Painting, I'm adding my experience with Keu. He's a pleasure to work with, a truly nice person and trustworthy guy. He takes a lot of pride in his work, and I think his prices are average range. If the estimate he gives you seems a little high, you will soon see why. He had two or three guys on the exterior of my house for ten days, scraping and sanding and then priming and painting. He didn't even start painting until 5 or 6 days into the process. (Also, I thought it was cute that he asked me to scrape the paint off the inside of the windows near the front [a lousy interior paint job that he had nothing to do with] so that people wouldn't look at it from the outside and think he did a sloppy job.) Very nice guy, good work, A+ recommendation.
www.keupainting.com
HillierARCHITECTURE Elisabeth Dubin
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