Painting Tips
How to Handle Painting Job Delays
Quick answer: Handle a painting job delay by identifying the real cause honestly, telling the customer as soon as you know rather than when it…
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Tips, guides, and advice for painting contractors on pricing, estimating, and growing your business.
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How to Do a Final Walkthrough With a Customer
Quick answer: The final walkthrough is the closeout visit where the customer inspects finished work and signs off, which is a completely different event from…
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How to Create a Painting Punch List
Quick answer: A painting punch list is a written, photographed, room by room record of the defects in your own work that must be corrected…
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How to Manage a Painting Crew (Without Standing Over Them All Day)
Quick answer: Manage a painting crew with three habits: assign specific work to specific people every morning with a stated target, check quality during the…
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How to Set Up a Painting Job Site (The First Hour That Prevents Damage Claims)
Quick answer: Set up a painting job site with a fixed first hour routine: walk the space with the customer and document existing damage, agree…
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How Many Painters Do You Need for a Job? (Crew Sizing Math)
Quick answer: Size the crew from the man hours in your estimate and the deadline you have to hit, not from how many painters happen…
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How to Schedule Painting Jobs (Turning Estimated Hours Into a Real Calendar)
Quick answer: Schedule a painting job by converting the man hours already in your estimate into crew days, adding a buffer for dry time and…
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How to Raise Your Painting Prices
Quick answer: Raise painting prices on new estimates first, in steps rather than one jump, starting with the job types you like most or that…
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How to Compete With Lowball Painting Bids
Quick answer: You do not beat a lowball painting bid by dropping your price. You beat it by making the two bids impossible to compare…
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How to Follow Up on a Painting Estimate
Quick answer: Send the estimate fast, ideally the same day you walk the job, with a clear next step written into it. Then follow up…