Geelong, VIC · Case study
Exterior Painting in Geelong — 164 Bellarine Street
Exterior timber repaired, primed and repainted in the building's colours
- Location
- Geelong, VIC
- Project
- Commercial exterior restoration
- Scope
- Exterior timber
Project overview
About this project
Highlight Painting restored and repainted the exterior timber of the shop at 164 Bellarine Street, Geelong. Boards that could not be saved were replaced by a carpenter. The remaining timber was bogged, patched and sanded, coated with an exterior primer, and painted in the same matched colours.
The City of Greater Geelong recognised the restoration of this shop with the 2025 Geelong Heritage Award for Restoration of a Heritage Place. The citation describes a Federation-style timber building, built in 1892 as a bakery and later used as a shop. The award is for that restoration. Highlight Painting's part was the exterior painting.
Scope of work
What was painted
Exterior
- Exterior timber
- Boards that could not be restored, replaced by a carpenter
- Remaining timber bogged, patched and sanded
- Exterior primer
- Finish coats in the matched colours
The brief
Match the colours and restore the timber
The exterior had to come back in the building's own colours. The colour was matched, and the timber was repainted in those same colours so the shop looked like itself again.
Some boards were past painting. Those had to be replaced before the remaining timber could be prepared.
Preparation and painting
Replace, prepare, prime and repaint
A carpenter replaced the boards that could not be restored. The remaining timber was bogged, patched and sanded back to a sound surface.
That timber was then coated with an exterior primer and painted in the matched colours.
Colours and finishes recorded
| Surface | Colour or product | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Exterior timber | Matched to the existing colours | Exterior primer, then finish coats |
On site
Boards that could not take another coat
The council citation describes a timber shop that had fallen into poor condition, and records the works as restoration, repair and painting. On this job, boards that could not be saved were replaced rather than painted over.
No product brand is recorded for the primer or the finish coats, so none is named here. The colours were the building's existing colours, matched and reapplied.
Related painting services
The services behind this project
This was commercial painting on a timber shop. The commercial interior in Geelong is Captains Bar.
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