Commercial Paintersin Longmont, CO

A city that makes things

Longmont has long had a manufacturing and technology streak, with data storage and electronics firms, food and beverage producers and a crowd of small fabricators spread through its industrial and business parks. The city straddles the Boulder and Weld county line, and the east side keeps filling in toward I-25 along Highway 119 and Highway 66. Downtown, the historic Main Street keeps its older brick storefronts, restaurants and upstairs offices.

For a commercial painting contractor in Longmont, that means plant exteriors, production interiors and flex buildings make up a bigger share of the work than in most suburbs, with storefront and office projects alongside.

Metal panel and flex building exteriors

A lot of Longmont's industrial space is pre-engineered metal buildings and tilt-up flex. Factory-finished metal panels hold up well for years, then chalk and fade, and the fasteners, cut edges and panel laps start to rust before the faces do. Recoating them is a good way to add life without re-skinning the building, as long as the prep is right.

• Wash off chalk and test adhesion on the old factory finish before choosing a primer.
• Treat rust at screws, laps and base trim, where water and snow collect.
• Use a primer rated for the existing finish, since some factory coatings resist ordinary paint.
• Finish with a coating chosen for color retention on the sunny elevations.

Structural steel, process piping and equipment inside a plant are a separate scope under our industrial painting services, where preparation and film builds are written down and checked.

Fitting the work to the production line

Plants rarely shut down for painting, so the plan follows the production calendar. Interior work in a running facility is fenced off from forklift lanes, overspray is kept away from product and equipment, and any odor that might reach a clean or packaging area is cleared with the plant manager first.

Historic brick and storefronts on Main Street

The older buildings along Main Street need a lighter touch than a warehouse. Many have painted brick, wood storefronts and decorative cornices, with many layers of old paint, some of it likely lead-based. Prep is careful hand work with testing up front, and it has to fit around sidewalk dining and shop hours.

For storefront and upper-floor office upkeep on these buildings, a steady repaint schedule for older properties is cheaper than waiting for wood rot and failed glazing.

Weather in the St. Vrain Valley

Sitting near 5,000 feet out on the plains, Longmont is a little warmer than the foothill towns but still sees strong sun, summer hail and plenty of freeze-thaw nights. West winds come off the mountains here too, though usually with less force than in Boulder. Exterior jobs are planned with weather days, and coatings go on only inside the temperature range on the product data sheet.

This page also covers Erie, Firestone, Frederick and Niwot. Every job starts with a site walk and a written scope, and our step-by-step project approach explains what follows. For work nearer the foothills, see our Boulder page.