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O’Connor’s Painting Service, Inc. has served the Montgomery County, Howard County, and Frederick County areas in all their painting needs for over 25 years. We are a family owned company with David O’Connor as the owner. Our company specializes in interior/exterior painting, residential homes, commercial spaces, deck cleaning, power washing, and wallpapering/removal. Customer satisfaction has always been the number one priority of O’Connor’s Painting Service and we can prove that with our long list of happy customers. Welcome to the world of O’Connor’s Painting Service.
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 4M ago

Old paint cans hanging about that you want to get rid of in a responsible manner?

Whenever O’Connor’s Painting Service completes a job, any unused paint we leave with the customer with a description of where the paint was used in the house written on the can. These paints come in handy if there is ever a need for the homeowner to touch up a spot here or there years later. [...]
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 9M ago

Why Consumer’s Checkbook in the Washington DC Area is a Great Way to find a Painting Contractor

Locating a competent professional for your home improvement project can be a shot in the dark. You might call a few listings in the phone book, randomly picking names, hoping you are choosing a reputable company. There are plenty of “so-called” professional painters out there that are more than happ
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 11M ago

Painting Cabinets

Often a stain on older cabinets can start to look dirty and grungy. In an attempt to freshen older cabinetry, customers often ask me what it would take to paint over the existing surface. Here is a step by step explanation of the process O’Connor’s Painting Service uses to paint cabinetry. Remove ol
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 11M ago

Deck Finish – Clear, Solid or Semi-Transparent Stain?

When I get a call to bid a deck staining job, often the homeowner asks me my expert opinion on whether to use a clear, solid or a clear semi-transparent stain. It all depends on the level of maintenance and investment you are prepared to commit to over the years. Clear finish deck stains only [...]
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 1Y ago

Trying to Decide between Power Washing or Hand Cleaning Painted Surfaces?

Often it takes a trained professional painter to determine if the exterior paint of your house should be cleaned by hand or power washed and to what extent. Scenario 1 – Your paint job was done about two years ago and you decide to change the color. If there is very little mildew, you may [...]
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 1Y ago

Waterbased Alkyd Paints Replace Oil

In the good old days, people used oil or alkyds paint because they liked the smooth finish on wood trim inside their home. But over time, paint companies have fazed out oil paint to help protect the environment. Fortunately a few paint companies are now carrying a waterborne alkyd enamel product. He
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 1Y ago

Happy New Year

From our family at O’Connor’s  Painting Service to yours, we would like to wish everyone a prosperous 2011.
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 1Y ago

Switching from an Oil-Based Interior House Paint System to a Latex System

Over the past several years due to government regulation in the Mid-Atlantic region, paint manufacturing companies have slowly phased out oil-based paints. Back in 2005 when the new regulations were starting to be phased in, you could even find painters and homeowner trying to stockpile oil-based pr
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 1Y ago

Painting Aluminum Siding

I’m often asked by customers who have very old aluminum siding if it’s a good idea to paint their siding. I was at a paint trade show recently where I met a large company that manufacturers raw materials for paint. They informed me that paint will hold up on aluminum siding for a good 15 [...]
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O'Connor's Painting Service · 1Y ago

A Decorator’s Website O’Connor’s Painting Follows

Young House Love is a fun blog website written by a husband and wife team  chronicling their DYI home renovation and redecoration. They offer some great tips on color. Check out this current article on working with color swatches.  Here at O’Connor’s Painting Service we always like to pass along res
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