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Caring for New Interior Paint

How Should I Care For My New Interior Paint?

Paint can dramatically change the appearance of a home or business, from both a color standpoint and a cleanliness look. There are a number of things that go into ensuring your new paint job looks great for years to come.

This all starts with picking the right colors and choosing a quality paint. You might pick the color, or your painter may help, or you may even hire a designer to help. Color choice can be one of the most stressful parts of the whole job, and it is important to make sure you are happy with your choice. Once the color is decided upon, make sure you choose a high quality paint. This ensures that you will have a durable finish that will last down the road. This is not an area to try and save a few dollars.

Now the walls are painted, you can just sit back and enjoy the job. Well...not so fast. You will have to touch up the walls at some point down the road. Life happens - kids draw on the walls, animals scratch it, or you may ding it moving furniture. You want to be prepared, so make sure your painter leaves you leftover paint for future touch up. This should be left in the original can, sealed well, and clearly labeled for the areas it was originally used.

Before touching up, you want to try and gently clean marks first. Start with warm water, a little dish soap, and a soft rag. If that doesn’t work, it is time for touching up the paint. Paint can change a little over time, so your touch up might show slightly. To touch up, you want to blend out the spot, feathering the edges out gently. If you are out of paint and need to get more for touch up be very careful. You want to make sure to buy the exact same paint. This means brand, product, sheen, and color. If the paint company no longer make that exact paint, it is next to impossible to do touch up. If it has been more than 10 years, you will need to paint walls corner to corner.

At Brooks Painting we are happy to help with small projects like touch up painting. If you don't feel comfortable tackling your touch up project, give us a call at (530) 753-5074!

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From the estimator to our office team, field employees to Crew Leader, we want you to know that you’re valued, cared for, and safe.

3. We’ll do the job correctly

You deserve total transparency, accountability, and exceptional work. No skipped steps or opting for the “easy way.”

4. We’ll stand by our job

Because we know we’re doing it all the right way, we can confidently stand by our work. We’re picky, and we want you to be 100% satisfied.

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We would recommend them highly. [They] painted and did a good job. Kept everything clean and cleaned up after, very polite.

Muriel Y.

Competent, very thorough, listened to my wishes, very accommodating. Hard workers, friendly, happy, willing to please.

Kay M

Easy to work with - pleasant, efficient, competent, always available, answered all questions. Totally professional - each person. Thank you all! A great job!

Stephanie Brown F.

It was fun working with Chris and his crew. I’ve never had a contracted job go so smoothly from start to finish. The office was responsive to my needs, Corey was patient and helpful while I made color choices, and Chris made sure I was happy with the crew’s work every step of the way. Gabriel does amazing work as well. Very much a perfectionist like Chris. I don’t have a bad thing to say. The job is absolutely stunning and I’ve had so many neighbors tell me it’s beautiful. I’m happy to put one of your signs in my front yard if you’d like so people know as they drive by who did the work. Thank you Brooks Painting. I will be recommending you to anybody who asks.

D. White

I have always received excellent customer service and the crews are always very concerned about ensuring satisfaction!

Shawn W.

Efficient, prompt, dependable, quality, respectful, friendly and caring.

Marilou R., Winters

I wanted to have my kitchen cabinets painted but knew that that was a job that required skill and expertise. I called Brooks Painting and the experience from start to finish was perfect! Everyone I dealt with was personable and good at their jobs. They spent time answering questions, explaining the exact process, and did the work precisely as promised. They even did a few other small jobs (repairing and painting 2 water damaged ceilings) to perfection. And everything was neat and clean when they left! And the cabinets – better than I could have hoped for. Esteban is a master craftsman who was meticulous in every aspect of his work. The finish is smooth as glass with no imperfections. I couldn’t be happier!

Christina Fotenos

What a difference!! We hired Brooks Painting to do both an interior refresh painting and a completely new exterior color. Everything was handled professionally and as promised. The team, from estimator to office to painters on site, was responsive, friendly and skilled. Brooks Painting is the most reliable contractor we have ever hired. Thank you Jeremy, Dan, Israel, and Kristen.

Joie Watson

Brooks Painting painted our home in Sacramento in March of 2022. Tim did a great job power washing our home. Corey, Flint, and Kristen were very helpful in the bid and. planning. process. The painting crew was excellent. Arrived on time each day and the project was finished in 5 days as promised. All worked very hard.

M Hawkins

We chose Brooks Painting based on their excellent reputation. It was an excellent choice! We had them do a complete exterior and almost complete interior painting of our two story house. They were done separately, while we were out of town. We are very pleased with the quality of the work. They even fixed up a few mistakes made by a crew that painted a portion of our interior ceilings a month prior (removal of asbestos popcorn ceiling), at no extra charge. Cleanup was great, also. They repaired some dry rot that was uncovered (extra charge, but worth it), and they even moved furniture back into place as well as put back the curtain rods that I had taken down, which wasn't expected. I highly recommend them, and will use them again for any future paint jobs.

Charlie Russell

Mark and the team from Brook’s Painting are exceptional at their jobs. We recently renovated a 5000sqft home and they did all the painting. Their attention to detail and investment in our project is so appreciated, and we knew we were in good hands with them. The value they add by identifying issues, making suggestions and going the extra mile to deliver quality work and make sure we are happy with our home is such a breath of fresh air. I would hire this team and company for any future work in a heartbeat and can’t say enough how amazing they are!

Kirsten Martin

Eric and his crew were on time every day and did a very thorough job. I was thrilled that they were willing to paint my outdoor light fixtures which were getting rusty. I was particularly impressed how much time they spent going over their work at the end to catch spots that were missed. I’ll be using them again for interior painting.

C Lewis

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