A Fresh Coat Painting
We transform living environments with paint

Interior painting, exterior painting, and faux finishing throughout the Portland, OR metro area

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It went great! This was simply one of the best experiences I've had with a contractor. Deb Alexander

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It was a pleasure working with you and your personable crew. They were on time, enthusiastic, accommodating, professional and SOOO tidy (greatly appreciated!) The paint job was challenging with all the delicate specialty paints and I am thrilled with the results. I look forward to working with you on “phase two” in my home. Thank you again, Shelley Laurance

These guys have old fashioned business values: attention to detail, insistence on quality and communicating with the customer daily. They are truly a rarity.
Deborah Ohlsen

Thanks a lot, guys. You do perfect work.
Robert Stoll

Kurt and Paul were both a pleasure to work with. They are attentive and responsive to customers' wants. They are ready to offer helpful suggestions if asked, but are always willing to do things your way. They show up on time every day, take extreme care not to damage or soil other surfaces, and always leave your home uncluttered and clean at the end of the day. What more can you ask?

You impressed us from the start because you spotted areas that we were aware of that needed special attention and which others estimating our job never commented on. True to our first impression, we found your crew to be meticulous, fast and hard working.
Exterior Painting from A Fresh Coat Painting, Portland Painting and Drywall Contractor

A Fresh Coat Painting LLC transformed my house! From the biding process through the final walk through, Kurt and the crew were responsive, professional, and performed high quality work.. . Sabrina more...

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Portland, Oregon Wallpaper Removal

Do you have old, tacky or failing wallpaper in your home? No one really seems to like the work of removing wallpaper but it is definitely worth doing.

Leave the tough work to us. We carefully protect everything; use a variety of techniques and tools to remove the wallpaper; repair any resulting drywall damage; apply texture as needed; then prime and paint the walls. From just one layer of wall paper to multiple coats we can remove it for you.

This wallpaper removal job in Blue Lake, Oregon was a bit further than we normally drive and the wallpaper was in horrible shape. But, our customers were a very nice older couple who had started doing the wallpaper removal themselves and now with just a couple weeks to go before Christmas really needed help to get it done. In less than a week we removed all the old layers of wallpaper, repaired all the lath and plaster walls, prep, primed and painted.

Should you strip or paint over wallpaper?

You can definitely paint over wallpaper. We have mixed feelings about it.

One can paint over well adhered wallpaper by removing any areas that are not well glued down and cutting out the seams. Then you prime with an oil based primer or better yet shellac. Water based paint or primer can make your wallpaper bubble.

Even if the paper is vinyl it is important to prime because using a good oil-based primer-sealer or shellac will insure that the paint will stick to smooth vinyl surface.

One reason we don't suggest painting over wallpaper is that over time the wallpaper could fail. The resulting repair is not difficult, just cut out all the loose areas, prime and float wallboard compound. Since wallpaper failure once it starts tends to be progressive, this process of failure/repair could continue on and on over the years. If you spend the time now to strip the paper, you save yourself future disappointment.

Schedule your bid for wallpaper removal, painting over wallpaper or wallpaper installation.