Brushtek · House painters · Independence, MN
Pick the color. We handle the rest.
Interior and exterior painting, cabinets, trim and built-ins for homes across the west metro and Central Minnesota. Every chip in this deck is a color from a house we painted.
Trusted by builders. Finish painting for four west-metro custom builders. How we work with builders.
What we paintSeventeen services, three chips to start with.
Interior painting
Walls, ceilings, trim and doors for a single room or the whole house, prepped properly and painted all year from our shop in Independence.
Exterior painting
Siding, trim, soffit, fascia and doors, washed, scraped, moisture-checked and primed for a Minnesota winter, painted inside the May to mid-October window.
Cabinet painting
Kitchen and bath cabinets degreased, sanded, primed and sprayed with doors and hardware off, plus a straight answer on which cabinets are worth painting.
How a job goesColor is the fun part. Prep is the part that lasts.
"Most of a paint job happens before the lid comes off the can."
We bring the fan deck, paint real samples on your wall, and tell you which one reads gray at 4pm in January.
Nail holes, screw pops, cracked caulk at the trim, glossy enamel that needs a bonding primer. Skipping this is how a paint job fails in year two.
Ceiling lines and trim lines are brushed, not taped, and checked in daylight before we call it done.
Furniture returned, outlet covers on, floors clean, touch-up paint labeled and left with you.
Recent workReal rooms, real houses, west of the cities.
Minnesota has two painting seasons
Exterior season runs roughly May to mid-October. Interior work runs all year.
Exterior paint wants the wall and the air above 50°F for a couple of days. Around here that is roughly May through mid-October, and low-temperature products stretch the shoulders. The other months are interior season: walls, trim, cabinets and built-ins.
Navy = exterior window · paper = interior season
Where we workBased in Independence. West metro and Central Minnesota.
The shop is in Independence on the Hwy 12 corridor, so the Lake Minnetonka towns, the Hwy 55 corridor and Wright County are all a short drive. Each town page says what we see in its houses and how far it is from us.
Questions we get on the phoneStraight answers.
How long does it take to paint the inside of a house?
A single room is usually a day, two if there is a lot of trim or repair. A whole-house interior repaint on an average west-metro home runs about a week, working room by room so you are never out of the whole house at once. We give you the schedule in the written estimate.
Can you paint the outside of my house in October?
Often, yes. The rule is that the surface and the air stay above 50°F for a couple of days, and some exterior products go lower. Early October usually works. By late October we are watching the forecast day by day and will tell you honestly if it should wait for spring.
Should I paint my oak cabinets or replace them?
If the boxes are solid and you like the layout, painting is the better answer and a fraction of the cost. We degrease, sand, fill the grain if you want a smooth look, prime with a bonding primer and spray the doors off-site. If the boxes are particleboard and swelling, we will tell you to replace.
Do painters need a license in Minnesota?
No. Minnesota has no state license for painters, so a license claim on a painter's website means nothing. What to check instead: a written estimate that says what gets prepped and how many coats, references you can call, and a crew that shows up when it said it would.
Do you work with builders on new construction?
Yes. We do finish painting for several custom builders in the west metro: primed walls, trim and doors, built-ins and cabinetry, on the builder's schedule. That is why so many of our photos are of brand-new rooms.
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Send photos. Get a straight number.
Text a few photos of the rooms or the house and tell us what you are after. We reply with a written estimate, no pressure and no invented urgency.