Antimicrobial Paint Destroys Bacteria

When it comes to choosing paint, color is not your only decision. Finish surface like matte, glossy, eggshell or semi-gloss needs to be considered. And perhaps as important, or more so in our newly adjusted environment, is considering the constitution of the paint itself. Sherwin-Williams has developed an interior latex microbicidal paint dubbed “Paint Shield” which has the power to kill some bacteria like Staph, E. coli and MRSA within two hours of application. It comes in an eggshell finish and 550 colors. As long as the surface is clean and smooth, it continues to work killing around 90% of bacteria for up to four years. This can be shaken, stirred and tinted for your interior color scheme and applied by the professional painters at Paintworks & Decorating. Our slogan has not changed, while the world around us may have:

Painting is our passion – Making people happy is our mission.

 And contributing to making people safe is now a reality with “Paint Shield”. The formula is patented and has been registered with the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]. This novel paint product was developed for schools, health care establishments and athletic places, and now is available for your home. Walls, trim, doors and ceilings are good candidates and perhaps your kitchen and bathrooms should be painted first because of the volume of activity in those rooms. If cabin fever has set in, start thinking about coloring your space while adding a protective paint layer with bacteria-killing properties throughout your home, business and work and play spaces.

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West Village Commercial Remodeling Contractor

Less than 25% of Denmark’s 406 islands are inhabited, and residents strive for “hygge”, a uniquely Danish concept of life in which a mood of comfort, coziness and contentment reigns in daily life. The country is officially the Kingdom of Denmark, and Danish ingenuity is emerging in their RAINS [drip, drip, drip] stores. From Berlin, Paris, Shanghai and Antwerp to Vancouver, Amsterdam, Melbourne and New York City, people flock in for exceptional rainwear, backpacks and accessories.

 With just four weeks to prepare for its grand opening in Manhattan, the RAINS management team called us at Paintworks for help with remodeling. We got busy tearing down one wall, adjusting doors and installing J Bead to finish the rough ends of drywall corners. The Paintworks team did lots of plastering, smoothing, priming and painting, too, including a brick wall. Painting over brick requires special expertise which for us is all in a day’s work. Our experts crafted a piece of drywall to go neatly over an oddly placed window. The store opened as scheduled at 361 Bleecker Street, and with an average rainfall of 47 inches in the Big Apple, raingear is de rigueur (required).

NYC Commercial Building Painting Contractor

New office space can be personalized for the business, and we did just that for a customer who wanted its brand colors to make the new digs pop. With precision, we created a diagonal line split into two triangles of color for the entry. We worked after 6 p.m. so the employees involved in moving and setting up could manage that during normal business hours.

The prep - carefully masking all glass.

After spraying

Spraying Whole Foods Entrance Doors

The front door of any business can craft first and repeat impressions in the minds of consumers, and Whole Foods called us in to refresh their entrance with cleaning and painting. Our first order of business was to clean the metal door frame with denatured alcohol so the primer would adhere properly. We taped and protected everything not to be painted, precisely matched their color and sprayed with electrostatic paint after hours so business was not disrupted. Now customers step through clean, painted doors into Whole Foods, whose stated purpose is “to nourish people and the planet. Quality is a state of mind at Whole Foods Market.”

Painting the Girl Scouts Retail Store

For more than 100 years, the Girl Scouts have been inspiring girls to advance skills and reach for the stars. Their cookies are an American icon, and their NYC store carries sashes, uniforms, clothing, fun badges and all kinds of cool merchandise. So not to interrupt any business hours, our Paintworks crew worked overnight scraping and plastering damaged walls and refreshing white walls which had become scuffed and dirty. Sherwin-Williams has mixed custom colors specifically for the Girl Scouts, and we applied those as instructed. All the merchandise, shelving and displays had been protected by us, and it was business as usual the next morning in a wonderful, clean, freshly painted store.