Well, just to be a smart-ass, here's MY last exterior paint job for the year. I wish I had taken before pictures. It was completely white, siding, trim, doors....everything. The front doors took 5 coats to get the finish looking good. Bright fire-engine red. We ended up having to go back and re-paint all the white trim because the local Benjamin Moore store mistinted (yes, mistinted) Cloud White. For those not familar with paint tinting....there are 4 drops of colourant in Cloud White. (2 yellow, 2 brown, not so difficult!). Not only that, but every paint company on the planet makes Cloud White. It's got to be the most common colour in the entire world. How do they mess it up???? Of course....I was the one who painted all the trim without checking! :-) But there isn't much difference between the two whites.
Wanna know a secret? I only painted half the front in the "new" white trim paint, the customer came home and LOVED how much nicer the new colour looked and commented on how much "cleaner" the new white was. After drying up my tears of laughter once she went inside, I told the crew that it was time to go home! I still can't believe it.
Friday, September 22, 2006
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Smartass LOL. Good one.
I once painted an entire house the wrong colour. Client chose gray #1, I mistakenly bought gray #3 and had just about sprayed the whole house before I realised. When she came home I opened my mouth to tell her I'd screwed up and would redo the whole thing but I was drowned out by her shrieks of joy and wonder at how incredibly good her house looked.
Gawd I just LOVE when that happens...!
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