Rubbol® Solid Stain Selected by Contractors
A 1700-acre gated community, Geneva National has many structures to coat including new and existing townhomes and single-family residences. For the three painting contractors who perform the maintenance work, the coating choice is extremely important.
"Prior to last year, the contractors were using another product, but one of the contractors, who is a customer of ours, used Rubbol Solid Stain and loved it," said Jeff Peklo, Geneva Paints' Store Manager and stain supplier for Geneva National.

So Peklo and Geneva Paint store owner David Heidenreich met with Scott Lowell, owner of Lowell Management Company who manages the project, and explained the benefits of using Rubbol Solid Stain.

The project is on a four-year rotation schedule," explained Peklo. "Every four years, the contractors paint the outside of the structures to maintain their appearance. The project, still under construction, required 600-800 gallons of coating for maintenance last year for 27-30 units. This year the coating maintenance requirement is expected to be 1000 gallons. If the property owners get two extra years out of a coating, they save money because labor is the largest expense.

After meeting with Lowell, Peklo and Heidenreich met with the contractors and got Rubbol Solid Stain approved as the coating of choice for the next five years.

Geneva Paint, located in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, started stocking Sikkens two years ago. "We had Cabot Stains and were looking for something better so we tried Sikkens," said Peklo. "We believe in fair pricing and having a lot of product on hand."

Lake Geneva, WI, is an old resort town commonly called "Chicaogo's Playground" and is located 90 minutes from Chicago on Lake Geneva.