Professional Wood Refinishing Services

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. Custom finishing does not involve common jobs---Commercial finishing is common...

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

A. How long in business and location and seeing our sample products..

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

A. No secrets. If anyone wants to gain a little knowledge about finishing products, well there is always the internet..

Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?

A. My questions are answered by visiting our showroom and seeing the variety of samples and colors..

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

A. The internet is the best information seeker on the company that you want to deal with---51 yrs in business is my best reference...

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

A. Service-Pricing-Quality-Professional craftsmanship..

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. Starting on a unfinished product and creating an artistic illusion that can only be mastered by a professional craftsman

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

A. Where did I learn my trade--Answer--I learned it from my father in the early 50's..

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

A. No time for stories.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. The cost of materials and the workmanship involved to achieve a beautiful finish..

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

A. Family business owned & operated..

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. Faux finishing a wood grain effect on beams that were of drywall..

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. Yes,yes,and yes.New products, lacquers,paints, eco-friendly materials, VOC ratings...

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. Latest is the E.P.A, which has become more stringent on us, a legitimate finishing company. It is about all the emissions that are going into the enviroment. Paint thinner is no longer available, the new one is worthless---As for the next decade, Good Luck!!!

Q. Describe your most recent project, what it involved, how much it cost, and how long it took.

A. Those things I do not discuss because answering this question at this time is irrelevant..

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. On Custom finishing there is no pricing system, it is all about material & time on a product.

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

A. Go to School, hook up with a finishing business and hope you like inhaling fumes and getting dirty.

Q. What is your greatest strength?

A. Mental Concentration and humor..

Q. What are you currently working on improving?

A. Variety of faux finishes on walls,beans, and furniture..

Q. Write your own question and answer it.

A. How long have I been associated with the refinishing business? Since I was 10 yrs. old in 1948--- that is a long long time...

Q. Write your own question and answer it.

A. When am iI going to retire? When I no longer function physically and mentally...

Q. Write your own question and answer it.

A. If I could picked another profession what would it have been?--When i can truthfully answer, I will edit my question and give an answer..