Bessie Grier
Owner and lead finisher
Runs the shop and mixes the first batch of every limewash job. Does the patch walls with you standing there.
The shop
Eleven of us, and one material we know well
We coat plaster, brick and stucco with limewash and mineral paint. We do not paint drywall, trim or cabinets.
Four Lakes Lime & Mineral is two crews, an estimator and a small plaster shop on Fordem Avenue. Bessie mixes the first batch of every limewash job herself. Ante decides whether a wall needs patching, a skim coat or replastering. Most of our work starts with a wall someone coated wrong, which is why we paint the patch first.
At a glance
Two crews and a plaster shop
One estimator who visits every wall
No drywall, trim or cabinets
Who you will meet
The people who lead the work
Ante Horvat
Lead plasterer
Repairs lime and gypsum plaster and says whether a wall needs patching, a skim coat or replastering.
Areli Pulido
Estimator
Visits every wall, sets the test patch and writes the estimate.
Khoi Bui
Exterior crew lead
Leads the masonry crew: washing, wall checks, and limewash and mineral paint on brick and stucco.
Lane Chapman
Surface preparation
Takes old paint off brick and plaster by the method each surface allows.
On the record
Registration, certification and insurance
What we hold, with the numbers you can check on the issuing board's own site.
Registration
Business registrationVerify
WI Registration 000000 · Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions
Registered to do business in Wisconsin
EPA certification
EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (Renovation, Repair and Painting rule)
Firm number added by the owner
Insurance
General liability
Carrier name added by the owner · Policy # 000000
Covers damage to your home from our work
The test patch
See it on your own wall first
We paint a square of mineral paint or limewash in a spot you pick, in the coats the wall would get. Look at it for a week, in morning light and under lamps, then decide.