Painting Tips
Real Estate Investor Painting Jobs: Flips, Rentals and Repeat Work
Real estate investors are some of the most frequent buyers of painting in any local market. People who flip houses repaint almost every property they…
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Government Painting Contracts: Finding, Winning and Pricing Public Work
Government agencies own and maintain an enormous amount of painted surface: offices, courthouses, schools, public housing, fire stations, libraries, military bases, park buildings and utility…
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Retail Painting Projects: Pricing Stores, Chains and Rollouts
Retail painting covers a wide range of work: a single boutique refreshed overnight, a grocery store repainted section by section while it stays open, a…
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Industrial Painting Projects: Plants, Warehouses and Shutdowns
Industrial work is where many commercial painters go looking for bigger jobs. Manufacturing plants, warehouses, distribution centers and processing facilities have large surfaces, regular maintenance…
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Church Painting Projects: Pricing Sanctuaries, Halls and Committees
Churches, temples, mosques, synagogues and other houses of worship are some of the most memorable buildings a painter will work in, and some of the…
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Senior Living Painting Projects: Pricing Work in Occupied Communities
Senior living communities combine two kinds of work painters already know. The common areas look like a hotel: corridors, dining rooms, lobbies and activity spaces…
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Healthcare Painting Projects: How Painters Win and Price Them
Healthcare work looks attractive from the outside. The buildings are large, they are repainted on a cycle, the owners pay, and the same facility will…
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How to Price Dryfall Ceiling Painting
Exposed ceilings are everywhere in commercial buildings: warehouses, retail stores, gyms, offices with open structure and restaurants with ducts on show. Painting them is often…
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How to Price Metal Railing Painting
A metal railing looks like a small item on a painting job. A few runs along the porch, a stair rail, a balcony. Then the…
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How to Price Window Glazing Repair
Painters working on older houses meet failing window glazing constantly. The putty around the glass has cracked, shrunk or fallen out, water is getting in,…