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This
Old House
There are 16,789 painting contractors in California. When "This
Old House" went to work on this historic residence they could
have chosen any of them, but when 10 million viewers will see
your work you want the best. That's why This Old House chose Armstrong.
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Energy magazine
 Armstrong
has been installing sprayed polyurethane foam (SPF) since 1980,
and is the largest residential installer of SPF in the United
States. In addition to having excellent insulating and reflective
properties, SPF has a much longer life span, as a waterproofing
membrane, than traditional tar and gravel roofs.
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The
Oakland Tribune - Saving the planet one paint at a time
 If
Mitch Fine has his way, the painting, roofing, and window business
soon also will be recognized as a leader of ecologically sustainable
paints and building styles.
After almost 40 years in San Francisco, Fine recently relocated
Armstrong’s corporate offices to the old Berkeley Farms
building on San Pablo Avenue in Emeryville. At first glance, the
mustard-hued building looks like any other commercial structure.
It is anything but. Read
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Peninsula Home and Garden
 At
the corporate headquarters of Armstrong Painting, Roofing, and
Windows, the 40 species of shrub, tree, and flower surrounding
the building are more than just a pretty view. These plants form
the foundation for a new, all-natural brand of Temescal Creek
interior paints and stains. Read
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San
Francisco Bay Guardian - Detoxing Industry
 “Oil
based paint is a toxic bomb in a can,” said Mitch Fine.
That’s the kind of declaration you might expect to hear
from an environmentalist activist’s soapbox. But Fine was
sitting in the Harrison Street office of Armstrong Interior Painting,
a contracting company of which he is the president. Even latex
paint is toxic, Fine told the Bay Guardian. “Latex paint
is oil suspended in water,” he continued, “It contains
solvents like ethylene glycol, which can cause irritation to the
eyes and respiratory tract, or anemia. Read
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The
Earthwise - Pioneering New Paints
Mitch Fine, son of Howard fine who owns the 20-year-old Bay Area
painting company, Armstrong Painting, has a passion for paint!
But not just any paint. Last year he started a new division of
his fathers company and called it Armstrong Environmental Painting.
Fine Jr. is concerned about the chemicals in paint. He is one
of a new generation of business owners who, as David Spero of
The San Francisco Bay Guardian recently wrote, "is setting
out to prove they can have profits without pollution and production
without poison.
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