Some weird news from a few years ago……………. The latest guerilla marketing campaign for Sto Corp, a maker of coatings and paints for the construction industry, features “Ben the Bucket Drummer,” a YouTube video submission contest and, of course, Sto paint buckets.

Enquirer Message: We had our house painted with Primrose Wall coating in December 2001. We have been very pleased but now feel it needs freshening up either with another coat or with proper cleaning (I believe you can do this too?) Could you advise? We are not quite ready to do this work but would [...]

Enquirer Message: we have a “terylene” sprayed coating to original house, and an extension in Durox block with render and paint on it. Initially I was just going to somehow renew the painting over the “terylene” coating, but it MAY be cost effective to do the whole house Can you, as a minimum, advise on [...]

Russell Freeman writes…….Most basements are made of concrete or masonry block. In a good many cases the masonry (or concrete) is completely dry. If no water problem exists, a simple paint job can often take care of all decorating. Here’s where Portland Cement Paint comes into the picture. Available in white plus tints or various [...]