The Big Box Stores

We've all shopped them and yet I hear painters complain all the time about Lowes and Home Depot. They say that they carry just enough paint supplies to keep the average homeowner happy and nothing more or the people working there wouldn't know a quality paint brush from a garden hose.
I can agree with some of the complaints but I also will point out that I have picked up some good deals on Ladders and Scaffolding,and their 5 gallon buckets of Olympic primer come in handy when I'm doing a 3300 sq. ft. house. The savings over SW looks a whole lot better in my pocket then the GC's. I guess all I'm saying is that don't knock the "Big Box Stores" all the time you never know when they'll come in handy.

Bargin Hunting

People will always continue to amaze me, hunting for bargains is fine when your shopping at Walmart but when your making a decision to make over the look of your home maybe cheap isn't the way to go.
Saving money is a natural instinct but you can carry it too far, cheap and quality do not go hand in hand, if I can pass along any advice to anyone in the painting industry it's when you run across a customer that is concerned about the "bottom line" more then the quality of the job just turn around and walk, you'll save alot of aggravation in the long run.
The old saying"You get what you pay for"still rings true.

Weather followers

With the cooler weather coming my thoughts turn to getting the exterior jobs done and then focusing on the interiors. We as painters are always conscience of the weather because our business depends on it so we have to make sure we follow it so we can give accurate estimates to our customers as to how long a job will take. Knowing if it will rain or snow that particular day will mean that we might have to reschedule a job for another day, then we can see if we can call another customer so we maybe could come over and work on a living room or kitchen that we have'nt gotten to. Ahh just another day in the life of being a painter.

Painter "Keep On Rollin"2

To go along with that last post I received very encouraging news from the local businesses that I get supplies from(Sherwin Williams,Benjamin Moore,Home Depot,Lowes,etc...)they keep telling me that business is picking up over what it was a couple of months back and they've seen a steady increase in the number of customers(Home owners,Contractors) that are purchasing painting products from them. I myself love to see HO's buying paint because I know they'll be calling me to repaint what they painted in the very near future.

Painter "Keep On Rollin"

Despite our tough economic time us Painters just keep hanging in there.
We keep on acquiring new business and we stay busy, I think that is the nature of the beast in our biz. While construction and real estate numbers have plummeted I have continued to stay busy. Home owners will always need painting work done and that is not because our work is so difficult to do it's just that it is work that not a lot of HO"S are equipped to do(Ladders, Heights,Clean up etc..)so we benefit from that. I've stayed busy and hired 2 new employees despite the grim numbers that the government has presented us with. So take heart painters everywhere if you are not busy now you will be in the near future just hang in there.

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I'm house Painter who works & lives in the great state of Delaware. I've been in the painting business for over 15yrs and have owned and operated my own biz for more then 5yrs. My company is Sun Coast Painting we specialize in all types of painting projects from: Interior/Exterior to Commercial/Residential to Faux Finishes to custom Murals, we also offer Drywall Installation, Finishing & Repairs as well as Powerwashing.

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