NYC Skim Coating Contractor 

West Village is dubbed one of New York City’s most beloved neighborhoods for a modern melding of its rich history in architecture and cobblestone streets with contemporary vibes in boutiques, music, restaurants and nightlife. It’s the kind of place you want to step out in style and step back in to a graceful, residential interior. These homeowners were exceptionally clever in changing out the flooring, adding new baseboards and wanting the walls to appear perfectly smooth and painted like new.

Well, that’s one place we shine with our skim coating experts who work with the finest tools available. Skim coating is a precision method of smoothing walls of all imperfections by applying multiple light coats of joint compound or comparable plaster product. Level 5 skimming blades are the best in the business with high precision 0.3mm or other small blade inserts. The proprietary blade edge and unique shape – in the hands of an experienced skim coat tradesman – offer consistent, high quality results.

When the skim coat process is complete, the top coats of paint produce museum quality walls or ones which look like they were put up yesterday. In fact, many of the historical homes in Manhattan are more than 100 years old. This living room space exhibits a sleek, flawless, fresh appearance with the superior wall finish, updated flooring and new baseboards. It is indeed a graceful, residential interior to step into.

skimming in process

heavy mismatched textures on walls

Grand piano parlor, aka living room, with newly repaired and painted walls and ceiling

Freshly plastered and painted after mega scraping and prepping

New plaster, skim coat and paint - no more unsightly peeling, flaking, cracking walls and ceiling

Lower East Side Scraping and Plastering 

What do sneakers, paint, heat pumps, teddy bears, plaster and wood fences have in common? They all experience significant wear and tear across 25 years. Some need replacing. Some can be fixed. And in the case of paint and plaster, all can be made like new! This apartment in Manhattan was ready for the “make-it-new” outcome. Protecting furniture, fixtures and floors is imperative in our line work, and here we had a grand piano in the mix.

Once things were wrapped and covered, we scraped and scraped and scraped some more. Ceilings are always a challenge, but our arms are strong, our eyes are keen, and our experience is vast. The whole place, walls included, needed work, and when working with plaster, using the correct plaster weld product ensures that new plaster will bond well and hold a long time – ideally another 25 years. We skim coated ceilings and walls before applying final coats of paint. The client was thrilled with the results. We were thrilled with the whole project, especially not to have gotten a flake or spot of anything on the grand piano.

Flaking paint on your pillow, anyone? We fixed this ceiling like new.

Not exactly what you want to come home to, right? Right. We made it all new again.