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Painting Business - the Top 10 Things You Must Know to Start a Successful Painting Business
I started my own painting business back in 1991. As someone who had done painting off and on before I figured I knew all about how to paint. I was wrong.
So, exactly how much painting experience do you need to start a painting business of your own? Below are the top 10 things you should know to become a successful house painter.
1. You need to know basic stuff like when and why to use primers.
Example: You cannot paint latex over alkyd (oil base) unless it was a "flat" sheen like wall paint. Otherwise you will get "peeling".
Neither can you paint new alkyd enamels over existing alkyd enamel finishes without priming first with an enamel under coater primer (whew!). Otherwise "chipping" will occur. A common error with older alkyd enamel woodwork.
2. You need a system for getting your prep work done fast.
Example: For example, when painting walls, I like to apply the first coat of paint before I do any basic drywall repairs of things like holes, stress cracks, loose tape seams, etc. That way you get to know the walls and the trouble areas show up easier because of the fresh paint.
3. You need to know the best time-saving techniques or speed tips to make the most money per job. Things as simple as having a fan available to quick-dry freshly painted walls and ceilings so you can get on with cutting in the second coat.
4. You need to know which paints are the best to use. Once I find my favorite products I stay with them because I know them well and how they perform. Also, I like to use name brand leaders like Benjamin Moore. Name brands that represent high quality to the homeowner. Cheap paint takes more effort and doesn't make your job look as good afterwards anyways.
5. You need to know how to do basic drywall or plaster repairs. Basic repairs like loose tape lines, fixing water damage, etc. When I fist started my painting business I didn't even know how to fix a hole in the wall caused by a doorknob (a common repair).
6. You need to know about stain blocking. Stains like water spots, ink spots, etc. that permeate through latex finishes. Ignoring stains causes bleed-thru. I use a simple spray product for interior spot priming that stops ink and other spots dead in their tracks. It's called "Krylon Fusion". It dries to touch in just a minute or two, even though it's solvent-based.
7. You need to know about hard to cover colors. Certain colors can require multiple coats to cover well and you need to know what you can use to tackle this and speed things up. And even when to charge more for this also.
8. You need to know about staining and varnishing. Many painters cannot match stains properly. You can do it easily if you know just one simple trick. Staining and varnishing new windows or woodwork is easy once you have done it.
As a matter of fact, it's easier and more fun than painting the windows and can command higher profits because most people are afraid of staining. (Remember, everyone thinks they know how to paint right?, but staining is another story!)
9. You need to know effective advertising. A new painter cannot afford expensive advertising that doesn't always work well anyways. Placing a Yellow Pages ad can take 7 or 8 months to come out. You need fast, cheap, effective direct marketing secrets and alternative methods that get customers immediately like clockwork whenever you need them.
10. You need to know about estimating. Most new painters wind up eating their jobs and leave a lot of money on the table. Especially on exterior bids. When you know how to effectively estimate all your work you will make a lot of money as a painter, guaranteed.
About the Author
Lee Cusano has owned his own successful painting business since 1991. He has also helped many others to start their own painting business with his "Paint Like a Pro Estimating and Advertising CD-ROM". Lee also offers a new free report titled "How To Quit Your Day Job This Week and Double or Triple Your Income". To get it please go to http://www.Painting-Business.com
We painted a cabinet with flat black KRYLON Acrylic Latex Enamel two weeks ago.?
It is still too tacky to handle. We are in humid Central Florida so that is a factor but it appears that this paint is never going to kick. We brought the drawers indoors under air but they are still just as tacky. Any experts out there?
Some paints absorb moisture from the atmosphere and this causes the chemistry of the polymerization to change. Perhaps that is what has caused the slow setup of your paint. One very humid evening years ago I painted a truck with acrylic enamel automotive paint and it took 2 years for that to really set up. If it hadn't been my own truck I would have had to strip it and repaint it.
Did you use a primer compatible with the existing coating on the cabinets and also your paint? The wrong primer can cause all kinds of heartburn. Other possible causes could be an incompatible coating originally painted on the cabinets which has mixed with the acrylic paint to make a mess. Cooking oils can really screw up a paint job. Did you wash the cabinets thoroughly with TSP and thinner before painting?
You could have purchased a bad batch of paint from Krylon. I have used Krylon quick dry lacquer based paints for years with good results but recently I have had trouble with being able to apply a second coat without it lifting the first. I think they have changed the chemistry.
There is a customer service number on the can if I'm not mistaken and sometimes a call to them actually ends up helping.
Unfortunately, sometimes with paint jobs, if the coating you apply does not do what it is supposed to do, all you can do then, is clean it all off and start over with a paint product which you know works, applied on a properly prepared surface.
Every painter knows that 90% of the paint job is preparation of the surface for the paint. Applying the paint is the easy part. The importance of preparation is the part they leave out of the instructions.
Hope some of this is useful to you.
John
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