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Moving Day!
We're moving into our new location this month, so please allow additional lead times on all colormatches and orders. Start this Friday, January 21s, our hours will be shortened as we move equipment. FRI JAN 21 7A-12P MON JAN 24 7A-12P TUES JAN 25 7A-12P WED JAN 26 7A-12P THURS JAN 27 7A-12P FRI JAN 28 7A-12P MON ...
Mirka Abrasives and Sanders
We launched as a Mirka dealer last year, and we've really enjoyed working with their entire range of products since. We've had tremendous feedback from their Autonet mesh abrasives, Iridium ceramic media and their incredible DEOS and DEROS electric sanders. We're adding more products to our webstore all the time. Feel free to give us a call or shoot us an email if you have any questions about any of the equipment or sandpaper in the Mirka family.
Custom Color Matching Now Available NATIONWIDE!
We are pleased to announce that we are now offering custom color matches for our line or Renner and General Finishes products shipped anywhere in the Continental U.S. Just search "CUSTOM COLOR" in the search bar and any products that are available for color matching will appear. At this time, we are only offering color-matches from colors found in paint manufacturer fan decks. We are trialing a service where a customer can send in a sample piece for a match, and we expect to begin offering these matches by early next year. We offer most colors from Benjamin Moore, Behr, Dunn...
Beyond Lacquer: Cutting Edge Coatings for the Future
Since we have immersed ourselves in more advanced coatings from our new partner Renner USA, as well as the waterbased line from General Finishes and speciality coatings from Mohawk Wood Finishing Products, it’s time to reevaluate the options for finishers these days. Gone are the days of being limited to just lacquer finishes for production cabinetry. Today’s marketplace is brimming with high quality coatings that are easy to spray and budget friendly. We’ll cover each option from the least durable to the hardest wearing. Nitrocellulose Lacquer Solvent-Based Believer it or not, we do still see nitro lacquers being used...
Practices for Precision: How to Eliminate Color Issues on Every Project!
One of the most common issues we see lately is color consistency with larger scale jobs. This can have serious consequences, all of which cost you money, and can potentially result in respraying an entire job from the ground-up. I want to cover the 3 most important parts of developing a set of standard operating procedures to help eliminate color problems with your project. These steps fall into these categories: Bidding Boxing Budgeting Bidding Measuring and accurately forecasting your coatings order for a project is the first step to eliminating many color issues. It’s not uncommon to hear of jobs...
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