Colors are all around us! They are part of all aspects of our daily lives and a big part of how we learn and remember things. Red means stop. Green means go. Colors send signals to our brains that make us hungry or sleepy. They can help us focus or distract. According to a study […]
The fundamental difference between paint and stain is the way it adheres to the cedar. Paint is a pigmented, opaque (solid color) coating that comes in almost any color, and acts as a coating applied over the shingles. It completely covers the old wood and lets less grain of the wood grain show through. Stain has less pigment and is more translucent. It allows some of the wood’s original color and grain to show through. If the shingles are porous, the stain will soak into the wood rather than coat it, making it last longer than paint.
I’m sure you are seeing the signs of it now… as you see your kids bouncing off your walls (literally) , you have wiped things down so many times the paint is actually wearing off, you can’t stand the colors that you loved so much a few weeks ago… AND it is only going to get worse! However, if […]
