The Low Down on Paint Draw Downs – When to Ask Your Painter for a Draw Down When I do colour consultations, I always specify that the painter should provide draw downs before painting. Simply put, a draw down is a large sample of paint from the actual can of paint being used for the […]
Is that Shiny New Stove Blurring Your Vision When You are Buying a New Home? Remember my post a few months ago about homeowner orientations? If you are in the process of buying a new home it is definitely worth the read. I happen to have friends that are buying a new home. A really […]
Your Brand isn’t What You Say it is, it’s What You Actually Do I read a great article this morning in the Financial Post, titled, “Lead by example, not words” on how companies need to focus on what they do and not just what they say they do. The article describes how Google has changed […]
Sending Business to the Competition Yup, the title is right. I gave a customer the contact information for another painter. I’ll explain why. I get lots of calls for all sorts of painting jobs. This particular lady saw our ad and called because she couldn’t get a hold of a painter she had used in […]
Exterior House Painting Tips – More Facing Off I am going back to this subject because it is exterior painting season and this is an important tip for when you are getting your house painted. There are two ways to paint the trim of your house. One is called facing off, which is essentially only […]
Please Don’t Make Me Paint Your House Cloud White Today is my first day of True Colour Expert Training with Maria Killam. I wasn’t actively looking to take time off during the height of our busy season at Warline Painting to spend three days learning about the undertones of colour, but when I read a […]
Should You Show a Contractor Your Other Bids? Have you ever gone through the process of getting estimates from paint contractors and shown the contractor your other bids when you met with him? Did you wonder if it was a good idea to show him other bids? Most of the advice out there is that it is […]
When Should You get the Outside of Your House Painted? I keep wondering when I am going to stop being surprised by what other paint contractors try and get away with. We just finished an exterior painting estimate for a small multi-family strata complex in Cloverdale. The strata council member that we did the on site walk around with, […]
The Magic Trick for Choosing the Perfect Colour A few of my friends and colleagues have asked me why I haven’t written about the True Colour Expert Course with Maria Killam that I took three (okay almost four) weeks ago. Gosh, time goes by fast. Well, I’ve been busy guys. I’ve been working on new colour consultations […]
The Million Dollar Red Flag When Hiring a Contractor I, unfortunately field a lot of calls from homeowners who call me because things are not going well with the exterior painter they hired. I say it’s unfortunate because they are calling me usually after they have given the painter money and are often at some […]