April 29th, 2009 by admin
Hi Deane
Further to our earlier conversation today regarding the notion that: “painting is messy”, I wanted to share with you what I have observed over the last 25 yrs in regards to this issue.
First off, *painting* per se, is not messy; *painters however, can be. It really just comes down to the attitude of the painter.
Prior to just having met you I completed a job for a young chiropractor who called me up in a panic at 9:45 one evening and told me she wanted to fire her painters who had created for her “a living knightmare”. She asked if I would come over the next morning to go over the job and counsel her on how to proceed. I agreed. (for a small fee of course).
As I pulled my truck up in front of her house I noticed a number of fresh cigarette butts conspicuously strewn about her front sidewalk. Messy I thought. As I approached her door I noticed some faint white footprints heading away from her home; drywall dust and yes, messy. I noticed some fresh overspray on her front door; messy. The painters it seemed had been courteous enough to spin the brushes and rollers outside but had not ventured far enough away from her abode to keep that area free from unwanted product. I hadn’t even entered the house yet but had given her crew life imprisonment for their egregious three strikes. I wonder what the inside has in store for me I thought.
I met “Satra” and walked through the job with her. This is what I pointed out to her. The painters had not used drop clothes, or IF they did in fact use them, they didn’t utilize their full potential, as evidenced by all the overspray on her hardwood floors and carpet. Messy. There was mud on the carpet; these guys had not worn any “interior” shoes. Messy. There was dust everywhere and paint overspray on her kitchen and bath countertops, stove and fridge. Messy. I found out that the painters had been there 8 days thus far and had taken down the doors of the kitchen cabinets the first hour of the first day on the job and had left them all on the kitchen counters where they remained. This I found particularly troublesome…to not enable a person to use their own kitchen counter-tops for more than a day was completely unacceptable. To add insult to injury they were’nt even stacked neatly, they were thrown on top of one another (without anything protecting them from scratching one another) half hazardly. Messy.
The Crew Kit area (the discreet spot in or outside a persons home where the painters lay claim to, in order to store their paint and tools) was, as it turns out, the living room. All the paint, trays, uncleaned roller sleeves and garbage was sitting there, right in the living room for yes, 8 days. Big time messy.
All the blinds were taken down the first day and carelessly placed on the floor in the hallway which had everyone in the house basically negotiating land mines. They were in the wrong spot and they were not even wrapped with their own chord the way any rookie *should be taught. Messy. (and dangerous)
The sad thing is that a lot of painters behave this way. Not at Vancouver’s Best Painters though, painters painting in the Vancouver area. Call: 604-PAINTER for all your painting needs or visit www.vancouversbestpainters.com
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March 9th, 2009 by admin
Time to start blogging again about the Best Painters in the Vancouver area, painters painting in Vancouver…604-PAINTER….how easy is THAT to remember?
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March 21st, 2008 by admin
Love this three tone effect. Working in harmony and complimenting one another the way a close family should.
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March 20th, 2008 by admin
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March 20th, 2008 by admin
This picture almost makes me ill.
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March 19th, 2008 by admin
two shades of pink for the 14 year old girl
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March 19th, 2008 by admin
one of the best, ever
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March 18th, 2008 by admin
Greens are a tough colour. It’s easy to go too dark or too lime’ish or too pastel. This is probably the nicest green I have ever painted with. Very comforting and optimistic. Impossible to be surrounded by this colour and not be upbeat.
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March 18th, 2008 by admin
I like to dress according to the colour of paint I’m using at any given time. I bring 4 complete outfits to every job so I can change outfits as I change colours.
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March 14th, 2008 by admin
I love booms….booms make me happy.
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March 6th, 2008 by admin
Drop and give me 50 by 50 private!
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March 6th, 2008 by admin
I just want to snuggle up with these things of beauty.
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February 29th, 2008 by admin
Trade secret: How to get the perfect line.
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February 27th, 2008 by admin
Another nice angle for the work we did for Westcoast Express, Waterfront Station
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February 26th, 2008 by admin
Nice backdrop to a jobsite.
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February 26th, 2008 by admin
Who ya gonna call?
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February 26th, 2008 by admin
Another angle for work done at Waterfront Station for WestCoast Express. Vancouver’s Best Painters
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February 11th, 2008 by admin
nice truck and nice
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February 6th, 2008 by admin
crist new corporate look happening at Richmond Acura courtesy of Vancouver’s Best Painters. Thanks to Martin H who had the chuttzpa to go with the high quote.
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February 4th, 2008 by admin
nice new wash bay
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February 4th, 2008 by admin
i love the smell of crushed glass blasting in the morning….smells like victory
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February 2nd, 2008 by admin
Love the truck and gear
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February 2nd, 2008 by admin
New site new monitors
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January 28th, 2008 by admin
Imad makes a Filipina chambermaid look like a sloth
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January 28th, 2008 by admin
…buy him a trailer.
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December 27th, 2007 by admin
barry mowhatt interior…plenty of colour for this guy. 
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December 27th, 2007 by admin
Blonde Johney is #1. Maybe the best painter in Vancouver’s Best Painters history
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December 15th, 2007 by admin
Nice looking floor done by Richmond’s Best Painters.
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November 4th, 2007 by admin
Power Washing Skytrain
Power Washing SkytrainVancouver’s Best Painters powerwashing Skytrain
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November 4th, 2007 by admin
Booms are a great way to advertise. Here’s our banner hard at work during the Westcoast painting project.
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November 3rd, 2007 by admin
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November 3rd, 2007 by admin
Vancouver’s Best Painters painted Waterfront Station for Westcoast Express recently. A boom lift operation involving direct to metal paint, spray application and co-oridination between three govermental agencies: WestCoast Express, Skytrain, and CN Rail.
Rick Anderson
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