If you have a finish you love and need more of it, or a section that was damaged, we match it. Antonio makes samples until the new work blends with the old.
Quick answer: Custom finish matching means recreating an existing wall or ceiling finish so new work blends with the old. That might be Venetian plaster, a glaze, a faux finish, a metallic, a lime wash, or a hand-rubbed stain. The goal is simple: you should not be able to tell where the repair begins.
Written by Antonio Benitez, owner of South Coast Quality Painting, painting Houston homes since 1999.
Most matching jobs start with a problem. A pipe leaks and a plastered wall has to be cut open. An addition needs to look like the original house. A remodel moves a wall. The painter who did the first finish is long gone, and no one wrote down how it was made.
We can also match a finish from a photo, a magazine page, a sample board, or a room you saw somewhere else. Antonio studies the color, the layers, the sheen, and the tool marks. Then he makes samples, and reworks them, until the match is right.
Antonio has painted Houston homes since 1999, including more than 2,000 custom homes for Kickerillo Companies. He has seen nearly every finish these houses were built with. You approve the sample first. Then you get a written price.
Matching is detective work. You have to read how a finish was built, layer by layer, and then rebuild it. Antonio has painted Houston homes since 1999, including more than 2,000 custom homes for Kickerillo Companies, and he is a certified plaster specialist. Few people have worked on more of the finishes in these houses.
Yes. Antonio is a certified plaster specialist, and matching Venetian plaster is work he does often. He studies the color, the layers, and the polish, then makes samples until the new plaster blends with the old. Aged plaster can be hard to blend in a small patch, so sometimes we finish to a corner or natural break.
Yes. After the drywall or plaster is repaired, we rebuild the faux finish layer by layer to match what is around it. Antonio makes samples first and checks them against the original wall in its own light. You approve the match before we start on the wall.
Yes, very often. A clear photo shows us the color, the movement, and the sheen we are aiming for. Photos can shift color, so Antonio makes physical samples and shows them to you in your room. He reworks them until they match what you had in mind.
Yes. That is one of the most common matching jobs we do. We study the original walls and trim, recreate the finish on samples, and check them side by side. The goal is for the new rooms to look like they were always part of the house.
Nearly any decorative wall or ceiling finish. That includes Venetian plaster, Marmorino, lime wash, Roman clay, glazes, faux finishes, suede, metallics, liquid metal, and stained wood. If we have not seen your exact finish before, Antonio works it out on samples first before he touches your wall.
You approve the sample before we start, so there should be no surprises. Old finishes can fade or age unevenly, which makes a tiny patch hard to hide. If that is the case, Antonio will tell you up front and suggest finishing to a corner or full wall so the change cannot be seen.
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