Blue Ocean Painting

Blue Ocean Painting is a Melrose, MA painting company run by Lucas Prates — and if there's one theme across four years of reviews, it's that the crew treats prep work like it matters more than the paint itself. Reviewer after reviewer calls out filling, sanding and priming before a single coat goes on, the kind of detail homeowners tend to notice mainly when it's missing. The reviews also describe work that goes beyond straightforward painting: Lucas and his team have replaced clapboard mid-job, fixed a threshold at an exterior door, repaired tile and drywall, and refinished cabinets — often for repeat customers who've brought him back for three separate projects. The company's own site adds cabinet refinishing and deck repair to the list, done with Benjamin Moore paints. Scheduling comes up almost as often as the paintwork. Multiple reviewers across different years describe the crew finishing ahead of the agreed timeline rather than running late, and in a 2024 review one homeowner said the finished job "brought our house from the 1960s right up to modern times." A June 2026 review describes the same responsiveness holding up on a job that combined power washing and carpentry with the paint work. All 19 reviews on file, spanning 2022 through mid-2026 across Google and Thumbtack, are five stars, and Thumbtack lists Lucas as a background-checked Top Pro with eight years in business. There's no complaint on record to weigh against that. Before booking, it's worth confirming current lead times — a company praised this consistently is likely to be in demand.