<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[HL Remodeling Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[Painting and remodeling company offering services to residential and commercial clients.]]></description><link>https://www.hljax.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:55:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.hljax.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why Paint Fails in Jacksonville, and What We Do About It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paint that would last a decade in a dry climate has a harder life here. Northeast Florida throws humidity, heat, sun, rain, and in some neighborhoods salt air at every exterior surface. Understanding what actually causes coatings to fail explains most of the decisions a good painter makes. Humidity and the dew point Coatings have a dew point rule. Apply within a few degrees of the dew point and moisture condenses on the surface while the paint is curing. You get blushing, poor adhesion, and a...]]></description><link>https://www.hljax.com/post/why-paint-fails-in-jacksonville-and-what-we-do-about-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a887d766e0b89a9217bdbea</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:31:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Hector Aranda</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Store Never Closed: How an Overnight Restaurant Remodel Works]]></title><description><![CDATA[A restaurant remodel has a constraint a house never does: the building is still making money. When we remodel a home, we work during the day and the family works around us. On a quick-service restaurant, that is inverted. The store opens in the morning whether we are finished or not, and every hour it stays dark is revenue the operator does not get back. So the work happens at night. What an overnight actually looks like A typical night runs from close to somewhere before the morning crew...]]></description><link>https://www.hljax.com/post/the-store-never-closed-how-an-overnight-restaurant-remodel-works</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a887d766e0b89a9217bdbe8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:31:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Hector Aranda</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Things a Cheap Exterior Paint Job Skips]]></title><description><![CDATA[When two exterior painting bids come back and one is dramatically lower, the difference is almost never that one painter is more efficient. It is that one of them left steps out. Here are the five that usually go missing, and what happens when they do. 1. Pressure washing In Florida, exterior surfaces grow things. Mildew, algae, and pollen build up on siding and stucco, especially on shaded and north-facing walls. Paint over that and you have not removed the problem, you have sealed it under...]]></description><link>https://www.hljax.com/post/five-things-a-cheap-exterior-paint-job-skips</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a887d766e0b89a9217bdbe9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:31:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Hector Aranda</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>