VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

Gerloff Painting’s work on the Top-golf entertainment venue was asinteresting as it was challenging.

This fast track, high-profile projectrequired careful coordination of paint andwallcovering finishes while workingaround the other trades.

“During the year, we complete a largenumber of projects all over the board,

from repaints to new construction,” saidcompany owner Joseph Gerloff. “Althoughthe individual challenges we faced with theTopgolf project weren’t difficult by them-selves, the coordination required toaccomplish all of them in a very short timeframe, under very stringent safety regula-tions, and with a near zero punchlist, wasquite a feat,” he said.

Highlights of the project included: • Huge exterior steel targets coated with

Corothane I Aliphatic MIO Aluminumwith a Corothane II Satin PolyurethaneFinish. Prepped with a 3,500 PSI Powerwasher using TSP.

• Three-story steel overhangs coated withSherwin-Williams Kromic primter andDTM Acrylic semi-gloss. Included in theoverhangs were galvanized decking, steelbeams, conduit, utility piping, floatinggypsum accent clouds, and more.

• Painting various stencils of Topgolflogos throughout.

• Painting all interior exposed steel ceil-ings with Sherwin-Williams Dryfall

Flat. Many areas were difficult to access,with two-story and higher atriums,monumental stairs, etc.

• Installing many different wallcoverings,some of which included two-story high,ribbed material above a monumentalstair and three-story curtainwall glass.

• Installing various colors of safety linestriping (more than 5,000 lineal feet), toguide patrons safely around the tee lines.

• Staining large amount of difficult-to-access exterior wood siding with Sher-win-Williams Woodscapes.

• Performing remedial caulking, treatingrusted areas with power tool cleaning,Kem-kromic spot priming, andrepainting of all steel with Sherwin-Williams DTM Acrylic Eggshell.

• Custom staining interior wood tomatch prefinished items.

• Sealing concrete floors with H&C Sealer. • Painting fiber cement columns with

Sherwin-Williams Superpaint. • Painting multi-colored interior drywall

walls and ceilings with various sheensof Sherwin-Williams Promar 200.

• Painting interior hollow metal doorsand frames and steel stair assemblieswith Sherwin-Williams DTM Acrylicsemi-gloss. APC

pLarge wallcoverings in tricky areas addedto the difficulty of the job.

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24 April 2016 • APC

Virginia Beach, VAwww.gerloffpainting.com • 757-857-4880