St. Louis Painting Tips & Articles

Welcome to the St. Louis Painting Contractor Blog provided by Kennedy Painting. Topics blogged about below include many painting tips and articles from our expert contractors, resources, specials, news and other updates from our team here at Kennedy Painting.


Exterior Painting And Wood Repair In Ballwin, Mo

A big part of any quality exterior painting job should be to make sure that what is under the paint is healthy and strong, not just hidden. If rotting or damaged wood is ignored, it creates larger issues down the road and really makes painting pointless! Think of it in terms of a car with […]

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Three-Story Facade Painting In St. Louis City

We recently had the opportunity to finish a really cool project in St. Louis City, involving bringing some new life to the outside of a historic, three-story home with facade painting. Exterior paint, when done well and carefully planned, is about more than just choosing a color you like. It even involves more than careful […]

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Chevron & Stripe Nursery Painting In Des Peres

CHEVRON & STRIPE PAINTING PROCESS This fun recent project was in Des Peres for a customer with a toddler and a baby on the way. For this project: We applied a base color to entire room in each room and let paint dry overnight. Then next day we laid out horizontal stripes in one room […]

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Full Deck & Lattice Refinishing In Webster Groves

Deck Refinishing Process This project was in Webster Groves, and we were asked to freshen and refinish the deck and other surfaces (including rails & spindles, stairs, skirt boards, posts, decking, both sides of lattice, privacy wall, and pergola). This deck cleaning and staining project took about 3 days total and cost around $2,300. Our […]

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Entryway & Cornice Painting In Central West End

Repair and Painting Overview  For this entry and cornice painting project in Central West End, we cleaned the rust on the double steel cornice, primed and painted. We also scraped the loose paint on front entry, spot-primed the raw wood, repaired the rotted areas on crown moulding and finished with a few coats of paint. To […]

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Aluminum Patio Furniture Refinishing In Brentwood

Patio Furniture Refinishing Project Overview One of our great customers in Brentwood had an aluminum patio set (2 chairs, 2 glass top tables & 1 ottoman) with failing coating. They asked us to refinish the patio furniture, so we inspected for rust and prepared with a scraper, wire brush and sandpaper before refinishing. The project […]

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Historic Exterior Painting In Webster

Historic Home Repainting in Webster Overview For this historic exterior painting project, we were asked to do a full wash and repaint of this 100+ year old home in Webster. The approximate cost for this project was $13,000. The project included: Full pressure washing and cleaning of the exterior Surface preparation Full prime with PPG […]

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Tudor House Painting In Sunset Hills

Tudor Trim Painting and Exterior Pressure Washing This customer in Sunset Hills wanted us to refresh their home by pressure-washing and by just repainting the tudor trim to help stay in their budget. The house painting project took a total of about 5 days and included: Pressure washing to clean all surfaces. Applying stain to […]

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Exterior Painting And Color Consulting In St. Charles

Gray House Painting Project Overview This project in St. Charles took a week in total and involved color consulting and painting the complete exterior: siding, doors, shutters and trim. The homeowners were looking for a richer color for their home and wanted to get away from basic beige. They decided on a bluish-gray and we painted […]

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Front Door Rejuvenating In Glendale

Door Refinishing Project Process This front door refinishing project was in Glendale and it took about two days from start to finish. The front doors were faded and damaged from the weather and had little to no maintenance for approximately 7 years. Our door rejuvenating process involved: Sanding down failing coatings Thoroughly cleaning the doors […]

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