Impressed Reflection Painting

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. If you have questions and are given answers, most of the time confidence outweighs truth. Trust your feelings when your questions are being answered. Never to many questions.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. There are a few things that I know people hiring contacted services would want to know. One is the quality of the products being provided. So many painters just want to buy low, cut it with water, color the walls and make proffit. Some home owners just don't care or just don't know until the paint starts to fade, breakdown, keep waterstreaks. NEVER mix the paint with water if your a proffesional! Unless the limate is extreme or its a special application. Caulking on the baseboard, doors, windows etc., start to split and crack. It is cheap product! It is truly not that much money in difference to buy a 45 year caulk then to give 15 year garbage. Just an opinion.

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. Knowing exacly what you want is difficult sometimes. A free consultation always helps, especially with colors, proper accents and what pieces of what rooms you want. Its really a collaboration in a way.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. I would say as humbly as I can represent myself, that it is common practice to go beyond what is expected from a painting agreement. I don't try to finish my scope of work and run with the money. I love the reactions of my customers when they see great changes.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. I like detail. Anyone who has seen my websit(s) has seen the detail in the art and the technique. To do that, one must have a passion for what they are doing. If one does not, the end result and experience someone has with that person is always less than pleasing.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. What is it that most people want? A fair price. "How much do you charge?" Well the average that I can find usually ranges from $.55 sqft wall space and up. I ask .49 sqft wall space. But when it boils down to large surface such as an entire house, doors, trim ect., its more cost effective for the customer to transfer measurement to liveable sqft. Generally that ranges, for me, from .75 -.85 which if you've done some shopping is very competetive.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. There was a guy named Johnathan who was painting with this particular painting outfit for more that two years. His job was to paint a grey epoxy onto stairwell steps. I asked him if he needed anything or had any questions about it. He camly and confidently said no. At the end of the day I noticed that his arms up to his elbows were grey, covered in epoxy! He asked for some laquer thinner. I never thought foe a minute he would start to scrub his forearms and hands like soap and water.... Really really bad for you. Imagine what the stairs looked like.

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. I was never interested in painting to be forthwright. A friend of mine mentioned to me that his company was hiring and he thought I would be good at the trade. The money was better and sounded more stable, so I changed my field. Turns out I would make it into a career.

Q. What are the latest developments in your field? Are there any exciting things coming in the next few years or decade that will change your line of business?

A. I am in costant contact with my painting representative, asking questions about new and current products. One can never assume they've learned everything. I learned about a newly developed paint additive that is an insulator that is mixed into an exterior paint. It acts just like wall insulation to keep your house up to 30% warmer or colder so your air conditioning unit doesn't have to work as hard. Basicly it lowers your electric bills.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. Well, like most people know, you have to start at the bottom like everyone and do what your told within saftey and reason. The pay is always low and don't try to learn fast to get to the top. Pay attention to what your being taught. Hardest of all is finding a good teacher.