Interior

• Flooring
  Hobbs Painting, Inc. is a family owned and operated professional painting company located in Salem, Oregon.  We are well-known for interior and exterior painting of residential, commercial, and new construction.  In addition to painting, the company also offers garage flooring and concrete solutions. We recognize that like people, each and every property is unique and reflects the owner’s … [Read More...]
• Door Installation/Replacement

Construction

• New Construction
  “During the past 24 years Dave Glocar Custom Homes has built everything from 1200 square foot homes for folks just starting out to 13,000 square foot custom homes. Our fine buildings are the result of a team effort by our staff and the contractors who work on our behalf. It is without hesitation that we highly recommend one of them, Jim Hobbs Painting. Jim and his crew have proven themselves to be professional, dependable and well qualifies to handle any remodeling project or any new construction project requiring the services of a highly skilled painter.

Landscaping and Fencing

• Fencing

Exterior

• Window Installation/Replacement
• Decks
• Garage Door Repair/Replacement
  A: Latex paints contain chemicals called plasticizers that allow proper film formation and keep the coating flexible. Many vinyl and plastic weather-stripping materials also contain plasticizers to give them flexibility. When two surfaces containing plasticizers come in contact with each other, they can have the tendency to stick. This condition, known as blocking, will generally occur during the early curing time of the coating, but it can continue for some time. Blocking can also occur on double-hung windows and garage doors. The way a painting contractor will prevent blocking is to use a non-blocking acrylic, or alkyd base paint in areas where it may occur, also proper ventilation to these areas during the drying period are critical.
• Siding
  Q: The following day after my painting contractor finished painting the siding on my house, I noticed wrinkles in various areas of the finish. What did my painting contractor do wrong?

General

• Painting
  A: Interior painting is best to be completed in our region from Mid Oct. to Mid April. Exterior painting in Oregon is a bit more of a challenge because we are so limited to so few days of non rain. Most of the time we try to start exterior painting in April and continue though Oct.
• Masonry
  A: The deposits, known as efflorescence, are caused by moisture in the masonry. The moisture dissolves salts in the masonry — the mortar, block, concrete, etc. — and is drawn to the surface by the heat of the sun. The water evaporates, leaving behind white deposits that must be removed before painting. After your painting contractor finds and fixes the source of the moisture, the painting contractor must remove the efflorescence with a wire brush and coat the surface with a masonry primer and topcoat.
• Caulking
  A: The painting contractor should prepare and repaint the entire window unit. The painting contractor must remove all loose paint with a wire brush or scraper, this includes the ends and underside of the sill, as peeling or cracking often begins there. Next, your painting contractor must remove any old failing caulking from the joints in the frame and the areas where the frame meets the sill and where the frame and sill meet the siding. Finish the surface prep by removing all loose particles from the sill. Now the painting contractor must apply one coat of exterior slow drying alkyd wood primer, again paying special attention to the end grain and underside of the sill. After the primer dries, apply an acrylic latex caulk to the joints where previous caulking was removed in the frame, the space between the frame and sill, and the space between the window and the siding. The painting contractor must follow with one or two coats of a top-quality acrylic latex flat, or satin house paint.

Pressure Washing

• Residential Pressure Washing
  * Scrape — Remove loose paint with hand scrapers then re-scrape after power washing to ensure a tight, secure substrate.