We work as a painting contractor in Loma, out along the I-70 corridor west of Fruita, where the valley opens into farming country.
Being further west does not change the price of the work or the terms of the guarantee.
Why a painting contractor in Loma works differently
Most Loma work involves agricultural structures alongside the house, and they are not a residential repaint at a larger scale. They are a different kind of work.
Barns and equipment stores are usually bare, weathered or previously coated with something that has long since failed. Metal siding and roofing is frequently rusting at the fixings. Fence runs are measured in hundreds of feet rather than panels.
Each of those needs the right system. Weathered timber wants a penetrating stain or an oil-based primer, not a film-forming paint that will sit on the surface and peel. Rusting metal needs treatment and a direct-to-metal coating, not paint over rust. Long fence runs are priced by run and condition, not by an averaged rate.
Exposure out here is total
Loma has effectively no shelter. Open agricultural land, minimal tree cover, and full exposure to sun and wind on every side of every structure.
The consequence is that the elevation-specific approach we use everywhere matters more here than anywhere else in the service area. There is no shaded side. With the UV index we get here, the whole envelope works hard, all year.
It also means dust. Constant, wind-driven, agricultural dust on every surface. Washing before coating is not a nicety out here, it is the difference between a coating that bonds and one that does not.
Metal buildings and what they need
Metal is common out here and it is the substrate people most often get wrong.
Rust does not stop under paint
Painting over rust does not stop rust. It hides it for a season while it continues underneath, and then the coating lifts in patches as the corrosion expands beneath the film. Rust has to be mechanically removed or chemically treated first, and then coated with a direct-to-metal product rather than a standard exterior paint.
Screws, seams and roll-up doors
Fixings matter too. Screw heads and seams are where corrosion usually starts on a metal building, and they need attention individually rather than being sprayed over with everything else. The sequence on a metal building is: wash the whole envelope and let it dry, wire-brush or mechanically abrade the rusted areas back to sound metal, treat or prime those areas, prime any bare metal, then two coats of a direct-to-metal acrylic or alkyd. Fixings and seams get brushed by hand before the main passes go on. Roll-up doors and tracks are done with the door in the position that lets us reach the whole panel.
Talk to Us About Your Painting Project
Work we do most often in Loma
House exteriors and interiors. Barn, shop and outbuilding coating. Metal building work. Long fence runs. Deck staining. Stucco repair where present.
When to book Loma work
Exterior work here follows the same seasonal logic as the rest of the valley, with one difference: wind. Spraying in open country on a windy day wastes material and puts overspray where nobody wants it, including on vehicles, stock pens and the neighbour’s fence. Above roughly ten miles an hour we either mask far more heavily, switch to brush and roller on the affected elevation, or move the day. Which of the three depends on what is downwind, and we agree it with you on the morning rather than guessing.
Late spring and early autumn are the two best windows for exteriors out here, the same as the rest of the valley. Interior work, cabinet refinishing and drywall repair carry on year round, and winter is usually the easiest time to get a slot.
Getting a repaint to last out here
The exposure in Loma is as hard as anywhere we work, so the things that extend coating life matter more.
Film thickness is the main one. Two coats applied at the manufacturer’s stated spread rate give you meaningfully longer life than one heavy pass, because a single thick pass skins over and traps solvent underneath instead of curing evenly. The difference shows in years rather than months. Back-brushing or back-rolling after spraying is the other, since it works the coating into the grain and into the joints rather than leaving it bridging across the surface.
The third is the detail that gets skipped when a surface is large: the underside of laps, the end grain at siding ends and rail ends, and the top edge of horizontal trim. End grain drinks coating and is where water enters timber, so it gets primed and coated the same as a face. None of it is glamorous and all of it costs time. It is also the whole difference between a coating that reaches the guarantee and one that does not, so it stays in.
Common questions from Loma customers
Do you actually come out this far?
Yes, regularly, and without a travel charge.
Do you coat metal buildings?
Yes, including rust treatment before coating.
Can you do several buildings over a few years?
Yes, and we will help you sequence them sensibly.
Is the guarantee the same on a barn?
Yes, nine years on our workmanship.
Nearby Areas
Planning a repaint in Loma this season? Get a free quote, or call (970) 201-3798. No deposit, and nothing is due until you have walked the finished work with us. See every town we cover on our service areas page.
