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clintonhillgirl

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 10 years and 1 month ago

Good painter/wallpaper team

Just wanted to put a shout out to Dow Kowalczyk (Dow & Company). I recently hired him to do a rush job – painting 2…

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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

stickerhappy

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 10 years and 4 months ago

Best way to strip old paint off windows

I got these two old salvage windows- each are about 6′ tall. I want to take off the old paint and let the original wood…

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Updated 10 years and 3 months ago

natgin

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 10 years and 9 months ago

Has anyone here used Giant Cleaning Service and Building Management?

I can’t find any reviews of this company anywhere. I’m expecting a quote from them to paint two apartments and do some basic handyman work…

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Updated 10 years and 8 months ago

freespirit

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 11 years and 2 months ago

Moldings/doors paint stripping

Good morning, folks – would appreciate if someone could give some recommendations for paint stripping/woodworking place. I have about 8 original doors that were painted…

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Updated 11 years and 2 months ago

merrill00

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 11 years and 3 months ago

Metal or powder coating

This is my first post in the forum and I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I am…

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Updated 11 years and 2 months ago

xistent

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 11 years and 8 months ago

Painter recommendation

I want to give a strong recommendation for a house painter to JOSE – (347) 458-4173 I mentioned him some time ago on this forum,…

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Updated 11 years and 8 months ago

cobblehillbilly

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 12 years and 4 months ago

Paint booth facility for cabinet doors

Does anyone know where I can get my kitchen cabinet doors professionally spray painted? Thanks=)

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Updated 12 years and 4 months ago

kmk

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 12 years and 5 months ago

How much should I pay to have staircase stripped and stained

Hi Guys, I am looking to have my original oak staircase srtipped and stained. What cost would I be looking at to have this done.…

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Updated 12 years and 5 months ago

seb

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 13 years and 1 month ago

Why such discrepant wallpapering estimates?

I have a wallpapering job that I am in the process of getting estimates for. It is a straightforward job because it is just one…

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Updated 12 years and 5 months ago

brooklion

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 13 years and 1 month ago

how do you restore the finish of wainscoting?

We are buying a brownstone with tons of original wainscoting.  Its dry and fading.  How do you restore the finish properly?

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Updated 13 years and 1 month ago

CGDad

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 13 years and 2 months ago

cheap painter recommendations

Hi all – my tenants are vacating and I am looking for recommendations for an affordable painter/day laborer. Uncomplicated job of applying a single coat…

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Updated 13 years and 2 months ago

michaelgordon

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 13 years and 11 months ago

Painting recommendation

We would like to recommend Gordon Voisey whose name we found on  Brownstoner.  He is low-key, extremly pleasant, very competent and reliable .If that weren’t…

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Updated 13 years and 3 months ago

Suzanne

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 13 years and 4 months ago

stripping floor molding that may have lead

I just bought a 1950s coop unit, and need to replace the floor molding.  It’s nothing special, but it’s ugly and broken in a few…

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Updated 13 years and 4 months ago

radavma

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 13 years and 6 months ago

Recommendation for Painter/Contractor- Russell Weyl 917-612-4006

I just wanted to take a few minutes to recommend Unique finishes, the company we just used to paint our new apartment. We previously used…

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dosimon

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 13 years and 10 months ago

Recommendation

We just finished a moderately sized refreshing of our apartment which involved scraping and patching of exposed brick walls in prepartion for repainting along with…

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Updated 13 years and 7 months ago

well_pHed

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 13 years and 9 months ago

Recommendation for Paint Stripping, Shutter Restoration and/or Lead Abatement

If you are looking into stripping and/or restoring your historic woodwork, you should seriously consider hiring Gerald LaStarza, of Brooklyn Modern.  (info@brooklynartisan.com; brooklynmodern.com) After our kid…

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Updated 13 years and 9 months ago

bennybushwick

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 14 years ago

Pricing for an 900 Sq APT to paint

I was wondering the price to paint a 900 SQ APT . Or what it will cost by the hour . Or for the all…

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Updated 13 years and 10 months ago

xistent

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 14 years and 1 month ago

Great House Painter

I want to give a recommendation after finishing painting 2 floors of our house. We had a great experience with a guy who worked alone…

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dittoburg

in Painters, Strippers and Stainers 14 years and 3 months ago

Radiator sandblasting

I’m thinking of having a radiator sandblasted (it has at least three layers of half flaky paint and half welded-on paint) and then repainted in…

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Updated 14 years and 3 months ago

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