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Homeowner Assisted or Contractor Assisted Painting Projects.

What this means is simply a Homeowner would like a painting contractor to help with their painting project but they homeowner wants to save money by doing some of the project themselves.  Well, our company offers such a service.   Here’s an example.

Let’s say your home is peeling badly and needs lot’s of scraping, sanding and priming.  You need the job done but need to keep the cost down as much as possible.  So, you want to know if a contractor would mind working with your or helping you paint your home if you do all the prep.  My answer to that is – yes.  I am happy to teach you how to prep the home, sand, scrape, prime, etc.. correctly to prepare the walls and trim for our high quality custom paint job.  Thus, saving you money.

Be aware that this is hard and tedious work and must be done correctly for proper adhesion of the finish coat(s) of paint.  But, if you do prep it correctly that you will certainly save lot’s of money.

Another example is:

Homeowner wants to save money by moving the furniture, removing and replacing switchplates,  fixtures, vents, taping windows, baseboard, trim, etc… Yes, that is fine.  It will save money since all that prep work is done for us.  Our bid can be lower than it normally would be to paint your home.   There are things to be aware of in this example. If the taping is done incorrectly or if the wrong tape is used the paint will leak underneath it and it will have been a waste of time and now there is paint to remove from  the trim, cabinets, windows and so forth.  As easy as it seems to mask a window to do it correctly actually takes some learning.   It takes a bit to learn to tape it nicely so that the tape is on the window frame only and not encroaching onto the wall – little pieces of it.. or being done sloppy and some of the window frame is not taped or it is loose on the edges…  But, you can learn and we can show you the basics in order to help you save money on your paint job.

I’ll put in a plug for professional painting contractors right now:   We give your home a new look.  No one knows we have been there – accept by the new paint smell and color and high quality workmanship.         What they don’t know is the amount of time, knowledge and craftsmanship it took to get to that point.   It’s about understanding proper preparation procedures to ensure that the surfaces are truly ready to receive paint, other surfaces are properly covered so they don’t receive paint, applying the paint material properly to attain an even appearance and sheen without leaving roller marks, sags, runs and high and low areas.  Being able to cut in the line that divides the wall and the ceiling so one color flows into the next without it looking uneven.  Or cutting in the wall color against white trim and making the line crisp and clean.  Knowing which surfaces need to be primed and what the correct primer would be as each primer serves a different function.  All this boils down to the final product and a professional paint finish.    These are the types of paint jobs you come to and say – wow – ths is the nicest paint job i have ever seen.. but you don’t know why it is different – you can’t really put your finger on what makes this paint job look so much more lovely than the other homes or buildings you go into.    In short – it is because the home or building was painting by a true painting professional – an old school craftsman – if you will.