SALINE WASHTENAW COUNTY MICHIGAN
Saline took its name from the salt springs French explorers found along the Saline River, and it was founded in 1832. Today 3rd Coat Restoration comes down from Whitmore Lake to paint its homes, coat garage and basement floors, remodel kitchens and baths, refinish worn doors and woodwork and repair drywall.
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French explorers called the river here Saline, meaning salty, after the salt they gathered from springs nearby. Government surveyor Orange Risdon, usually named as the town’s founder, helped establish it in 1832. Saline became a village in 1866 and a city in 1931, and the 2020 census counted 8,948 residents, with Saline Township bordering it to the southwest.
The Saline River still runs through the city, and US-12 passes through the center as East Michigan Avenue. The Davenport House, an 1875 Second Empire home, is one of its best-known buildings, and the town hosts a yearly Celtic Festival and has been paired with Brecon, Wales, as a sister city since 1966.
Sun and weather wear down exterior color, so exterior painting freshens the siding and trim while front door refinishing brings the entry back.
A dusty, stained slab can get a garage floor coating or a showier mica epoxy floor.
Choose a light refresh or a full rebuild through our kitchen and bath remodeling service.
Dings and cracks are handled with drywall repair, followed by new interior paint across the whole room.
Below are all ten things we do, sorted into outside work, inside work, concrete floors and boats. Each name leads to a page covering the process, the finish choices and answers to common questions. Pick one or several for your Saline estimate.
Exterior House Painting
Every surface scraped, sanded and spot primed as needed, then siding, trim and doors are finished in the colors you pick.
Pressure Washing & Soft Washing
Driveways, walkways, decks and fences cleaned, while painted siding gets a gentler, low-pressure soft wash.
Surface Restoration
Cabinets, doors, oak floors, railings and brick that was once painted brought back, along with repairs to rotted exterior wood.
Interior Painting
Rooms repainted top to bottom, from ceilings and walls to trim, doors and stairways, with floors protected.
Drywall Installation & Repair
Patching for holes, dents and popped nails that blends in, and fresh sheets hung and finished during remodels.
Interior Renovation
Kitchen and bath refreshes or complete remodels, basement finishing and new flooring, with licensed trades coordinated.
Garage Floor Coatings
Garage slabs finished in epoxy flake, mica flake, a polished surface or acid stain, with prep based on their condition.
Basement Epoxy Flooring
Flake, mica or acid-stained finishes for basements, always moisture tested first. We do not offer waterproofing.
Mica & Decorative Epoxy
Metallic-looking swirled mica or mica flake for basements, garages, entries and living spaces.
Can’t tell which service fits your Saline project? Tell us what you see, send a couple of photos and we will sort it out.
Saline Area Schools reach well past the city into Lodi, York and Saline townships, and the 48176 ZIP code crosses those lines too. Below we cover six parts of the Saline area, each with a bit of background and the kinds of jobs we handle nearby.
Don’t see your road here? Give us your address and a quick description of the house in the estimate request, and we will tell you whether it is within reach.
Winter driving around Saline means road salt, and the slush that melts off your tires settles onto the garage slab. Bare concrete absorbs that brine plus oil and grit, and over time the surface can scale and wear. A sealed coating or a polished finish gives you a floor you can simply hose or sweep clean.
For basements, we look the slab over for cracks, staining and leftover paint or sealer, and we run a moisture test before anything is applied. We are not waterproofers, so if water is getting into the basement, a waterproofing company needs to stop it before we start.
| Finish and appearance | Garage | Basement |
|---|---|---|
Epoxy Flake
Colored flakes broadcast over the base layer leave a speckled, slightly textured floor that hides everyday dust well, and extra slip resistance can be added.
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Offered | Offered |
Mica Epoxy
Mica pigments are worked through the epoxy by hand, creating a flowing, metallic-looking pattern that comes out differently on every floor.
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Offered | Offered |
Polished Concrete
The concrete itself becomes the finish after it is ground and refined in stages to a sheen. Available in garages, not basements.
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Offered | Not offered |
Acid-Stained Concrete
An acid-based stain gives the slab mottled, earthy color, and a clear sealer is applied once the color is set.
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Offered | Offered |
Each floor system comes in its own standard color range, and we review the choices with you as part of your Saline estimate.
Many surfaces in a Saline home that seem ready for the dumpster are only tired on top. Hardwood with dull traffic paths, cabinet doors that have lost their color and weathered entry doors can usually be sanded, repaired and given a fresh finish instead of being torn out. When something truly needs to be replaced, we say so in the estimate.
Pull the handle left or right to compare, or select the slider with Tab and use the arrow keys.
Wondering if something can be refinished? Send photos along with your estimate request, or learn how our surface restoration works.
Whether your Saline kitchen just needs new color and flooring or your bathroom is due for a complete redo, our interior renovation team can take it on. The first conversation is about scope: what stays, what goes and what the finished room should look like.
Electrical or plumbing changes? We schedule licensed electricians and plumbers for those parts of the job and pull any permits the remodel requires.
If your boat waits between trips on a trailer at your Saline home, your driveway, barn or side yard is where we do the work. If it spends the season tied up at a dock, we can come there instead.
A hull that leaves white, powdery residue on your fingers is oxidized. A machine polish removes that weathered layer and restores a glossy finish.
How boat polishing works
Scrapes from trailering, chips and minor cracks are filled, faired and blended into the surrounding color. Structural fiberglass repair is not something we offer.
Read about fiberglass repair
Aluminum tubes clouded by lake water and weather get polished until they reflect again, right where the pontoon is kept.
Pontoon polishing detailsAll boat work happens at your home or dock, so there is nothing to tow. Tell us where the boat sits and add a photo of the hull to your estimate request. More about on-site boat work.
Use the form to share your address and the work on your list. Once we have read it, we reach out with questions if we have any, then put together an estimate that includes every prep step and the final coats. It costs nothing, and booking is entirely up to you.
Call 248-692-3655 Email [email protected]Anthony Williams runs the company from Whitmore Lake, MI 48189, about 26 miles north of Saline on the other side of Ann Arbor.
Homes in the city of Saline and in Saline, Lodi and York townships are all part of our area, along with the other towns on our service areas page.
Include the street address and every service you are thinking about, because a single request can cover more than one job. Photos can also be sent by email to [email protected].
Saline sits in southern Washtenaw County on the Saline River, south of Ann Arbor, with US-12 running through town. It is about 26 miles from our Whitmore Lake base, and the area we serve runs north from here through Washtenaw County into Livingston County and South Lyon.
Saline is one of the nine communities on our list. Tap any town for details, or open the full list of service areas.
A house near downtown and a farmhouse out in Lodi Township are handled the same way. You send us the address with a few photos, we review them and follow up on any open questions, and a free estimate arrives listing each step of the work.
Want more than one job done? A bathroom remodel plus interior paint, or a mica garage floor plus front door refinishing, can share a single estimate.
Enter your street address in the form above. If you are south of Saline Township or in between the towns shown here, we will tell you whether we can fit the job in.
Quick answers for homeowners in Saline and the surrounding townships who are planning a project with us.
Yes. Plenty of homes with a Saline address sit outside the city in Lodi, York or Saline Township, and we cover all three. Add your street address to the estimate form so we can confirm the location.
Yes. Saline is about 26 miles from our base by road, roughly a 35-minute drive through Ann Arbor, and it sits among the nine towns in our service area list.
Yes. Brick is one of the exterior surfaces we paint. Bare brick gets cleaned and prepped before any coating goes on so the paint holds. See our exterior painting page.
Yes. Mica flake and swirled mica are both options for a garage floor, and you choose the look. Compare the looks on our mica floor page.
Yes. Workshops and barns are among the spaces we coat with mica, as long as the floor is concrete. The slab is checked first, and the prep is planned around its condition.
Yes. Interior painting can be as small as the baseboards, casings and doors, with the walls left as they are. More details are on the interior painting page.
Yes. Interior doors can be painted throughout the house, or refinished with stain if you prefer the wood look. Details are in the interior door section.
A basement finish can include drywall, trim, flooring and paint. The concrete is moisture tested before flooring goes down. We do not provide waterproofing. Read about basement finishing.
Yes. Cabinet refinishing and interior painting can be handled together as one project. See our cabinet refinishing section.
Yes. A bathroom refresh leaves the tub, shower and toilet in place and freshens up the vanity, flooring, paint and trim. A full remodel replaces more. Both are described in our kitchen and bath section.
Did we miss something you wanted to know? Give us a ring, or note it on the estimate form so it reaches us with your details.
