QUESTION; anyone can
paint as long as they take the time to do it properly?
ANSWER:
A good professional painter can make your home look better than you have ever
seen it before. Provided that they are qualified, they know how to repair walls,
possibly some dry wall work, trim work, plastering, they use the right
materials. A good professional painter is much more than just a painter. They should
be capable and well versed in a few trades that pertain to their work and big finishes. They
should know what it takes to do all those things along the way for a proper
prep job. The paint and finishes should be of the utmost quality.
The retail world has a view in mind that may
not be the one you have, it’s simple, make you a perennial consumer.
What that means is
this:
You go to the local box
store and get some "high quality paint" for your home. The paint sold to you is
really good (because that’s what the administrative types tell the associates), BUT IT IS
NOT REALLY MEANT TO LAST MORE THAN TWO YEARS. That is when you should be coming back to buy more paint and doing the
job all over again(in their mind
at the corporate level) .
The retail market wants you to repaint your home every two
years or so because it’s good for business (for them, not you). The color tones
fade and the overall durability is lacking. It is made to supply a mass market
cheaply, with a lot of variations in the specs, but somehow you as a consumer get to pay so much more than what it is really worth. In addition to that most
homeowners really don’t know all that it takes to bring the walls to a perfect
prep state and the box stores don’t have the time or in many cases, the knowledge to
tell you. That’s why they are called associates, not experts(legal stuff) .
There is a real
skill to straight paint lines and not having run lines on your walls. A half hour
seminar on a big board in front of a crowd doesn’t begin to cover it. The
tools they sell you to do your home projects with reflect this outlook. A real
pro uses the best quality tools and product colors for their work, period!
So if everyone re-did
their homes on a two year schedule using retail based products, we would be
running in masses to their retail stores for products that are timed to wear
out and in my mind cost too much to begin with. We would all be doing
substandard work on our homes that would show badly in no time.
Hint: the T.V. shots
are done by pros!
Our paint projects have
a warranty for 4 years against fade and reasonable wear, treat your walls
nicely and they will last for ten years or more. We prep every surface properly
before we even think about colour. All work is done to provide the best
possible finish and durability. We don’t mark up our products in the cost of
the project; we don’t play the mark up game. What we pay is what you pay. We
pass any discounts on to you. The products we use are specific to the surface
we are working on and they are all environmentally friendly, no generalizing
allowed, no VOC’S (volatile organic compounds), no carcinogens allowed. We want the maximum lifespan, beauty and tone for
every room we work in;
Because that’s the way any home improvement project should be done.
-----WE DON’T DO
RETAIL-------
-----WE DO DURABLE AND LONG LASTING-----
-----WE DO DURABLE AND LONG LASTING-----
Phil
Phil the Painter
Renovations
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