Comments on: Kirtz Shutter Craftsmanship; what a quality finish adds to your custom shutter http://www.kirtz.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/kirtz-shutter-craftsmanship-what-a-quality-finish-adds-to-your-custom-shutter/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 May 2012 06:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: heather http://www.kirtz.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/kirtz-shutter-craftsmanship-what-a-quality-finish-adds-to-your-custom-shutter/comment-page-1/#comment-403 heather Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:20:14 +0000 http://www.kirtz.com/blog/?p=293#comment-403 The primer we apply is a water borne primer, but all our finish coats of paint and all our stains are still a laquer finish. Humidity is a concern with for us in OK, and I imagine for you too in Dallas, and water based finish coats don't seem to dry as quickly, especially in the summer months. We are constantly researching products to try and improve our process, and we are able to recycle some too. We also use Sherwin Williams (not sure what program) and it is working out well. All our colors are custom mixed at the factory, since custom matching is a huge part of our work. We try to be flexible to customers needs. Right now I have a job going through and it will be finished with the customer custom mix latex enamel per his request. The primer we apply is a water borne primer, but all our finish coats of paint and all our stains are still a laquer finish. Humidity is a concern with for us in OK, and I imagine for you too in Dallas, and water based finish coats don’t seem to dry as quickly, especially in the summer months. We are constantly researching products to try and improve our process, and we are able to recycle some too. We also use Sherwin Williams (not sure what program) and it is working out well. All our colors are custom mixed at the factory, since custom matching is a huge part of our work.

We try to be flexible to customers needs. Right now I have a job going through and it will be finished with the customer custom mix latex enamel per his request.

]]> By: Stephen Wade http://www.kirtz.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/kirtz-shutter-craftsmanship-what-a-quality-finish-adds-to-your-custom-shutter/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Stephen Wade Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:38:33 +0000 http://www.kirtz.com/blog/?p=293#comment-394 Have you guys sprayed water based paint before? How do you like it compared to lacquer or oil? We shoot all three, but are trying to move completely to Sherwin Williams' ChemAqua program. It's eco-friendly advantages aside, we mix it in our factory and recycle all the left overs. Have you guys sprayed water based paint before? How do you like it compared to lacquer or oil?

We shoot all three, but are trying to move completely to Sherwin Williams’ ChemAqua program. It’s eco-friendly advantages aside, we mix it in our factory and recycle all the left overs.

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