Residential, commercial & industrial painting in Bakersfield, CA

Bakersfield is where this business is based and where most of the work is. It is also a genuinely demanding place to paint, and the two reasons are the summer and the dust.

The summer decides the schedule. Weeks above 100 degrees mean a west-facing stucco wall is far hotter than the air by early afternoon, and most coatings should not go onto a surface much above 90. Paint applied onto a hot wall skins before it can level or bond, which is what produces lap marks and early peeling. Working an exterior here in July means starting early and following the shade around the house, which takes longer than working straight through and is the only way to get a film that lasts.

The dust decides the preparation. This is the fourth most productive agricultural county in the country and one of the biggest oil-producing ones, and the valley air carries fine agricultural and road dust more or less continuously. It bonds onto stucco and siding rather than sitting loose, so paint applied over an unwashed wall is bonded to the dust and not to the wall. That is why an exterior job here starts with a washdown rather than a rinse.

On the inside the same dust settles on trim and around return-air vents and grays out a flat finish in hallways and kitchens faster than it would elsewhere, which is a good argument for a washable finish in traffic areas. And the daily swing between a 105-degree afternoon and an air-conditioned interior opens hairline cracks at drywall seams in the same places every year — filled and caulked properly, or they telegraph straight back through the new coat.

Houses, apartments, offices, retail units and industrial coatings, anywhere in the city. Call and describe the job.