Starting A Painting Business - What Tools Do I Need?
You can start your own residential and commercial painting business with very few tools. I did and so can you!
I started out working out of my beater car. Surprisingly enough, no one cared or mentioned anything negative about it.
I scraped up the only tools I had at home and an old rickety ladder that I found on at someone's trash pick up.
As I started getting jobs and became more familiar with the tools at the paint store, it wasn't long before I began collecting tools.
I never bought a tool that didn't become a wise investment. If I bought a special ladder from a down payment that I got it wasn't long before I found it giving me more painting job opportunities and more money.
My suggestion for buying an inexpensive collection of tools for starting a painting business would be the following:
1.) a couple of good quality paint brushes. My favorite is the 2" angular "Allpro Stealth" for latex paints.
2.) Wooster has a roller bucket that comes with a lid. It has a built-in roller board inside just like a paint tray.
3.) Buy a quality cage-frame for your roller covers. Wooster and Purdy are the most common. Always use good quality (shed-resistant)roller covers too.
4.) You can get a lightweight aluminum 6-foot step-ladder for $29 at any home improvement store. If you can afford to step up to a fiberglass step-ladder I would suggest getting one of those for safety.
5.) Stack-on tools has a toolbox that also doubles as a step-stool for smaller hights. I use it to stand on quite a bit and I keep extra brushes and other painting things in it.
6.) Get yourself an empty 5-gallon pale to keep painting tools in.
7.) Get a fluorescent light for painting. You can get a 4-foot shop light with a 6-foot cord for around $12. Light is important for inside painting.
8.) Invest in some canvas drops. You can get 9 x 12 runners to cover the perimeter of any room your painting. They are inexpensive. Probably around $10 a piece.
9.) A small table fan works good for drying the walls quickly after rolling them out. I bought a Stanley blower fan for $39.
10.) A small shop vac costs around $25 at Wal-Mart. It comes in handy for vacuuming up areas where you have to sand.
11.) Last of all, I recommend getting my book "How To Paint Like A Pro". It will tell you how to get all the customers you want for free or through low-cost advertising right off the bat.
Plus it will show you my time-perfected, time-saving techniques for painting a room or for doing exterior work, how to bid your jobs, etc.
To find out more, go here now http://howtopaintlikeapro.com
About The Author
Lee Cusano is a self-employed House Painter for around 15 years now.
You can reprint this article as long as you don't change anything.
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Start A Painting Business
Make $875/wk part-time. Get all the
business you want for free.
www.HowtoPaintLikeaPro.com
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I started out working out of my beater car. Surprisingly enough, no one cared or mentioned anything negative about it.
I scraped up the only tools I had at home and an old rickety ladder that I found on at someone's trash pick up.
As I started getting jobs and became more familiar with the tools at the paint store, it wasn't long before I began collecting tools.
I never bought a tool that didn't become a wise investment. If I bought a special ladder from a down payment that I got it wasn't long before I found it giving me more painting job opportunities and more money.
My suggestion for buying an inexpensive collection of tools for starting a painting business would be the following:
1.) a couple of good quality paint brushes. My favorite is the 2" angular "Allpro Stealth" for latex paints.
2.) Wooster has a roller bucket that comes with a lid. It has a built-in roller board inside just like a paint tray.
3.) Buy a quality cage-frame for your roller covers. Wooster and Purdy are the most common. Always use good quality (shed-resistant)roller covers too.
4.) You can get a lightweight aluminum 6-foot step-ladder for $29 at any home improvement store. If you can afford to step up to a fiberglass step-ladder I would suggest getting one of those for safety.
5.) Stack-on tools has a toolbox that also doubles as a step-stool for smaller hights. I use it to stand on quite a bit and I keep extra brushes and other painting things in it.
6.) Get yourself an empty 5-gallon pale to keep painting tools in.
7.) Get a fluorescent light for painting. You can get a 4-foot shop light with a 6-foot cord for around $12. Light is important for inside painting.
8.) Invest in some canvas drops. You can get 9 x 12 runners to cover the perimeter of any room your painting. They are inexpensive. Probably around $10 a piece.
9.) A small table fan works good for drying the walls quickly after rolling them out. I bought a Stanley blower fan for $39.
10.) A small shop vac costs around $25 at Wal-Mart. It comes in handy for vacuuming up areas where you have to sand.
11.) Last of all, I recommend getting my book "How To Paint Like A Pro". It will tell you how to get all the customers you want for free or through low-cost advertising right off the bat.
Plus it will show you my time-perfected, time-saving techniques for painting a room or for doing exterior work, how to bid your jobs, etc.
To find out more, go here now http://howtopaintlikeapro.com
About The Author
Lee Cusano is a self-employed House Painter for around 15 years now.
You can reprint this article as long as you don't change anything.
-----------------------------------
Start A Painting Business
Make $875/wk part-time. Get all the
business you want for free.
www.HowtoPaintLikeaPro.com
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