All About Painting: Perfection In The Art of Painting

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It is impossible for the guy who races through a job in order to maximize profits to do a perfect job. He may be able to do a neat, fast job, but not a perfect job.

Still, there are times, with certain clients or when there is a certain application, when you know you have to be perfect.

What it takes

Perfection begins with patience. Some people have a calm,`steady-as-she-goes' disposition, while others go fast and let trial and error be their teacher. Whoever you are, you better find patience when you have to be perfect.

Perfection also takes superior selling skills, because if you want to be perfect and stay in business, you had better be able to sell to the high-end customers who can afford it. A rule of thumb is to expect that perfection will take at least twice as much work as a regular, middle-of-the road job. If you don't have the confidence to sell at that level, you are better off not to pursue perfection.

Getting there

No one starts at perfection, and getting there takes time. Assuming you are doing good work now, you're start is to kick in those sales skills and ratchet up your prices.

As your painting skills improve, you can wean yourself off average customers looking for inexpensive jobs and move up the scale to well-to-do clients. The harsh reality is, it is the upper- income clients who can afford the high prices perfection demands, and you must become familiar with the special sales style it takes to win them over. And remember, it's not always painting skill that is required to gain high-end clients. More often, the painter with a stable of high-end clients is the one who has learned to communicate well and has developed an eye for design and colour.

Your Definition of Perfection

Perfection is not a solitary goal. When you find that "perfection" client may find that, though you use the same word, you mean vastly different things. It will take time talking with the client to arrive at a definition of perfection that you both agree on and you can work towards together. If you run ahead without ensuring you are agreed as to what is expected, you will certainly run into trouble.

How not to find perfection

Whatever you do, don't be the painter who hires a crew and pushes and pushes for perfection-with-speed. That just doesn't work in the long run. Even if you get close to perfection (which is unlikely), you will end up with a bunch of frustrated, angry employees who will eventually move on to a new contractor. The short-term benefit will hurt your pursuit of perfection.

Look for a reasonable pace on your jobs. Hire conscientious painters who will work at a reasonable price and make their workplace safe. Begin to separate your crews into the grinders- those who will never have what it takes to be perfect-and the perfectionists.

When you finally get that job where you can afford to be perfect, you have the crew in place and ready to go.

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