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Ralph Stephens' Residence (Solon, IA)

Check out this recent job we did for Ralph Stephens in Solon, Iowa.
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A Gorgeous Lakeside Home

Before photo of a beautiful handmade home beginning to weather.

Ralph Stephens, who lives at the end of Cottage Reserve Road in Solon used his engineering skills to build this magnificient A-frame house right on Lake Macbride.

Uneveness in the House's Exterior Color

Before photo of some uneven color on the home's exterior.

After seeing some colors in the exterior body of the house becoming uneven, Ralph decided it was time to have the whole house and deck restained.

Prepping the Surface by Power Washing and Masking

Photo of Scott masking off the front windows of the A-Frame.

Photo of staining above the masked off portions of exterior.

Photo of starting to restain the massive 3-story deck.

After the house was power washed with a Jomax, bleach, and water solution it was then ready for staining; all of the windows had to be masked off, as well as the roofs tarped.

Restained and Recoated to Rustic Perfection

Beautiful after photo of the home's refreshed exterior.

Another after photo of the home's restained front exterior.

The house and the top hand rail of the deck were brushed with an oil-based grain stain by Diamond Vogel.

The actual rails of the deck were coated with Wolman's cedar tone sealer.

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Scott's Painting & Drywall

Ralph Stephens' Residence (Solon, IA)

A Gorgeous Lakeside Home

Ralph Steph­ens, who lives at the end of Cot­tage Re­serve Road in Solon used his engin­eering skills to build this magnifi­cient A-frame house right on Lake Mac­bride.

Uneveness in the House's Exterior Color

After seeing some colors in the exter­ior body of the house becom­ing un­even, Ralph de­cided it was time to have the whole house and deck restain­ed.