Haven't had any time whatsoever to update the blog with anything for the last while....been way to busy, and therefore very tired. But here are some pics of more work from the last month or so....
First up, a giant Spanish-style stucco mansion. This is the before picture, I won't be posting an after picture because the owner is paying us $14,000 to repaint it the SAME COLOUR.




Second up, a military battery factory/lab floor. One of three sections I've done so far. We charged them $1200 for this one. The next one they wanted done over the easter long weekend, so we doubled the price to $2400 and said we needed more paint, plus weekend work costs more in labour. They went for it! Price gauging is acceptable when you're dealing with government contracts so I don't feel bad. The best part......24 hour labour budget - 4 hours labour cost included emulsifer wash and acid etching........BONUS!!!







More to come in the next few days...........

Well, it's been quite awhile since I posted anything here, but that doesn't mean I've been in hibernation...I've actually been quite busy. I've finished a bunch of projects, here are some pics....

Fake wood grain, these doors are actually solid MDF. Probably the hardest thing I've ever done in my painting career. The rest of the place was black and white........ the job was generally a pain in the ass, we had to be at the ferry (an hour and half away from my house at 6:15am, to catch the 10min ferry across, to be on site for 7:30am. Plus we were called out 6 different times only to arrive with either the drywallers not done, or the flooring guys in the way, or power outages (we had some pretty nasty windstorms in december). Gorgeous property right on the water overlooking the water....

This next one is a shot of the main lobby/seating area of a McDonald's Restaurant Renovation, I did the whole thing - primer + 2 coats, then they decided the drywall sucked (after I told them it did and they said paint it anyways), and skim coated the whole thing, then had me do it all over again......looks good in the end though....

Completely non-work or painting topic, but I came across this "questionaire" on another blog, and I liked it. So....I stole it. Couldn't remember where I got it, so credit goes to whom ever made it up.......feel free to steal it from me......Ask me questions and I'll add them as well.....

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FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE
1.Painter (duh..)
2.Printing Press Assistant
3.Shipper/Reciever
4.Pager Operator

FOUR JOBS YOU WISH YOU HAD
1.Helicoptor Piliot
2.Fireman
3.Teacher
4.Bartender/Pub Owner

FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN
1.The Shawshank Redemption
2.White Men Can't Jump
3.Transformers - The Movie
4.Any James Bond movie

FOUR CITIES YOU'VE LIVED IN
1.Richmond
2.North Vancouver
3.Langley
4.N/A

FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH (current or old)
1.X-Files
2.Anything on Discovery Channel HD
3.Rescue Me
4.HNIC (Hockey Night in Canada)

FOUR FAVORITE BOOKS
1.Ishmael (or any Daniel Quinn book)
2.Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)
3.Surfing the Himilayas/Snowboarding to Nirvana (Fredrick Lenz)
4.Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Perzig)

FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION/TRAVELLED TO
1.Maui
2.Mayan Riveria (Mexico)
3.Cannon Beach (Oregon)
4.Clearwater Beach (Florida)

FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY
1.ESPN
2.Various Blogs
3.My Yahoo
4.Future Shop/Best Buy

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS
1.Pizza
2.Shepards Pie (only Mom's homemade)
3.Teriaki anything
4.Spicy Chicken & Rice (Wife's homemade)

FOUR THINGS YOU WON'T EAT
1.Peas
2.Meat Loaf
3.Liver
4.Artichokes

FOUR THINGS IN YOUR BEDROOM
1.My Wife
2.Books, Books, and more Books
3.Dirty Laundry
4.A largely ignored alarm clock

FOUR THINGS YOU WISH YOU HAD IN YOUR BEDROOM
1.Rachael McAdams
2.About 400 extra square feet of floor space
3.A walk-in closet
4.Bigger Flatscreen TV

FOUR THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW
1.Jeans
2.Tshirt
3.Rolex watch
4.Wedding Ring

ONE PLACE I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW
1.Mayan Riviera (mexico)

ONE FICTIONAL PLACE I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW
1.The Shire (Lord of the Rings)

FOUR PEOPLE YOU’D REALLY LOVE TO HAVE DINNER WITH
1.Robin Williams
2.Courtney Cox
3.Eddie Vedder
4.Bill Clinton

FOUR THINGS YOU ARE THINKING RIGHT NOW
1.I need to feed the kids soon
2.My son is really enjoying his new Star Wars Lego Video Game
3.I want to be making dinner in Mexico right now
4.I'd like to be golfing right now

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE THINGS/PEOPLE
1.My kids
2.My wife
3.Golfing with the guys
4.Painting without time/budget limits