Painting Tips
How to Price Color Consultations
Every painter is asked the same question sooner or later: what color should this be? Most answer it for free, standing in the hallway of…
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How to Price Masonry Sealing
Brick, block, stone and concrete are often sealed rather than painted. Customers ask for it after a wet winter, after efflorescence appears, or because a…
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How to Price Epoxy Floor Coatings
Epoxy floors look like a natural extension for a painting business. The customer wants the garage floor done, the painter already has rollers and a…
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How to Price Skim Coating
A customer points at a wall and asks for it to be made smooth. The painter says yes, adds a figure for patching, and then…
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How to Price Popcorn Ceiling Removal
Popcorn ceiling removal looks like one of the simplest jobs a painter can be offered. Wet it, scrape it, paint it. In practice it is…
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How to Price Wallpaper Removal and Installation
Wallpaper jobs arrive in two directions. A customer wants old paper off so the room can be painted, or a customer wants new paper hung…
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How to Price Pressure Washing Before Painting
Almost every exterior repaint starts with a wash, and almost every exterior estimate hides it. The wash is folded into prep, priced as a vague…
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How to Price Historic Home Painting
An old house with original wood siding, decorative trim, wavy glass in the windows and a century of paint on every surface is a beautiful…
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How to Price a Painting Job Done in Phases
A customer who cannot afford the whole house at once, cannot face living with painters for two weeks, or wants the front done before a…
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Customer Supplied Paint on Painting Jobs
Sooner or later a customer asks whether they can buy the paint themselves. Sometimes it is a way to save the markup, sometimes they already…