Painters in Toronto
Absolut Painting paints homes in Toronto: interiors, exteriors, trim and kitchen cabinets, from century semis in the old city to condo suites downtown. Painting in Toronto is a prep problem before it is a colour problem. Plaster walls carry hairline cracks and old patches, the trim has a dozen coats built up in its profiles, and the ceiling may still be the original textured finish. We walk the house with you, note what needs filling, caulking and priming, and write a quote that lists that prep so you can see what you are paying for. Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams paint, two full coats, lines cut by hand.
Toronto, on the ground.
In a brick semi on a downtown side street the walls are plaster over lath. Plaster takes paint well once the cracks are opened, filled and sanded, but bare patches need a bonding primer or the new coat flashes in raking light. Trim from the 1910s and 1920s has paint thick in the mouldings, so the crew sands it back, fills the chips and brushes or sprays an enamel that levels out. A condo tower on the waterfront is drywall on steel studs with builder flat paint that scuffs if you look at it, and the job runs on the building's hours, with [the elevator booked through the property manager].
Every Toronto job runs the same way. Furniture is moved to the middle of the room and covered, floors are protected, holes filled, cracks caulked, everything sanded and spot-primed before the first coat goes on. Two full coats, rolled and cut by hand at the ceiling and the trim. Tape pulled while the paint is still soft. The crew cleans up at the end of each day, so an occupied house stays liveable, and walks the rooms with you before leaving. A touch-up visit follows, and the work carries a [2-year] written workmanship warranty. John Kotlar quotes the job, leads the crew and is there for the final walk-through.
Painting in Toronto usually starts with an older wall that has cracked and been patched before, so the quote is built on prep rather than on colour.
Toronto's stock runs from century brick semis with plaster walls and heavy painted trim to level drywall condo suites downtown with builder flat paint.
A downtown job means either a booked service elevator and a certificate of insurance for the building, or a narrow front hall, street parking and a crew that works around a family living in the house.
Full interior repaints, century trim and doors, and kitchen cabinet refinishing lead the Toronto work, with condo repaints before move-in close behind.
Inside, outside and the cabinets.
Also in Toronto: Ceiling painting · Wallpaper removal and painting
Questions from Toronto
The plaster in my Toronto semi keeps cracking along the same lines. Will paint hide that?
Paint alone will not. Hairline cracks in plaster move with the house, so the crew opens each one, fills it with a flexible compound, embeds mesh tape where the crack is long, then sands and primes before colour goes on. That treatment holds far longer than a skim of filler under paint, and it is written into the quote as prep so you can see it.
Can you paint my downtown condo, and what does the building need from you?
Yes. Condo work is drywall, level ceilings and a lot of builder flat paint, so the prep is light and the job moves quickly. The building sets the rules: [typical move-in hours, elevator booking and a certificate of insurance filed with the property manager]. We confirm those with the manager before the date is fixed, and the crew carries everything in on protected floors.
There is old wallpaper under the paint in my front hall. Can you deal with it?
Yes. Painted-over wallpaper is common in older Toronto houses. Where it is sound and tight to the wall, we seal the seams, skim the edges and prime with an oil-based or shellac primer so the paper does not bubble. Where it is lifting, it comes off, the plaster behind it is repaired and primed, and the wall is painted as new. We tell you which case you have at the walkthrough.
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