College Works Painting always provides a quality service with high quality products. The standard paint job we provide is designed to last 5 to 7 years before a home needs to be repainted. This does not imply, however, that a paint job is bullet proof. After a couple of years, minor cracks and peeling will begin to show as the home shifts. High sun exposure areas also put a beating on paint.

Our premium service plan is designed to provide you with the absolute best products on the painting market today and even more extensive preparation to bolster paint adhesion to these surfaces. This upgrade will add 2 to 4 years to the life of the paint job as well as make the color you have chosen appear richer and brighter. This is what our premium service plan provides you with:

• Pressure Washing of Entire House
• Full Prime Coat
• Finish Coat
• The Guarantee
• Six-Year "Price Freeze"

Pressure Washing of Entire House
There is only one way to remove multiple years of dirt build-up on your home -- pressure washing. Using specialized power washing equipment enables us to remove dirt, salts, and other mineral deposits that are absorbed into the grain of the wood and pores of the stucco. The cleaner the surface, the better the paint will bond. We can also return your patio or driveway to its natural color by stripping away the dirt and grime.

Full Prime Coat
The purpose of paint is to beautify and protect your home. A second coat to your home provides an extra level of both. Paint is latex based, which means a thin layer of rubbery plastic is sealing your home. Two coats is like doubling up a plastic trash bag, which means it's a lot less likely to "break." Primer is used as a base coat because of its epoxy bonding agents which are designed to stick to the surface it is applied to like glue. This allows the finish coat to go on more evenly and provide a thicker outer surface.

Finish Coat
The top coat will be 100% acrylic paint. This is much more durable than vinyl or other latex based paints. As it dries and cures, it is providing a harder shell than other latex paints. This paint costs 50% to 60% more per gallon than any other top quality latex paint.

The Guarantee
We are so confident in these products and our workmanship that we have a 5-Year Guarantee on materials and 2 years on the labor. This means you pay nothing for any materials needed to repair your paint job. In years 3, 4, and 5 you only pay the cost of labor at $20/hr. We will challenge you to find any professional painter to come out for less than $25/hr. for minor repairs. As we mentioned before, no paint job is bullet proof. There may be minor cracks and peeling that could occur. An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure, however. A quality paint job will last for up to 10 years if every year minor paint failures are scraped, sanded, primed, and touched up with the original paint. The problem is that most people allow the problem to get worse by not touching up the job. Moisture and exposure from the sun make these minor problems worse and extensive peeling and damage to the surface occurs exponentially over the next few seasons. Our average warranty claim takes only 2 to 4 hours. Most painters are not willing to come out for such a small job. We will be willing to come out every year if you call us, and we'll inspect the job and do the necessary touch ups.

Six-Year "Price Freeze"
If you decide to paint your home again at the end of our service plan, we will paint it for the same original contract price. That's right, paint industry averages, including inflation, show prices rising approximately 5% a year, so your next paint job will be 30% less than our average customer six years from now.