Paint Prep pricing

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I have been asked to look at a painted brick building. The painter asked me to wash the brick so he can paint it, because he saw we were cleaning a vinyl house. I know paint prep and exterior cleaning are 2 very different things. I normally charge $2-$2.50 per linear foot for a 2 story home, if I am doing an exterior cleaning. How do you charge for a 2 story "paint prep"?

Thanks,
Danny
 
Around here paint prep means a lot of different things so I always have to ask them what EXACTLY they want a price on.

Sometimes they just want a quick wash so they can paint, sometimes they want you blasting all the loose paint off the surface (nobody around here wants to sand and scrape to do a great job anymore....which does an excellent job of prepping the surface vs. power washing) but the problem with blasting all the loose paint off the surface is that it is very messy, paint gets everywhere on you, out in the grass, just everywhere and they want you to clean up all the mess and do the job for about $100 to a maximum of $150 for just about any house in town. I don't do those jobs as that is less paying for what it would cost just to clean up the paint mess, not even for cleaning the house.

I had a painter want me to clean up the paint chips after the job was done one time and I reminded him that I told him that I would only remove the loose paint and he would have to do the cleanup. I guess he did not realize that there would be such a huge mess there or have not done that kind of job before. I got my money and did not do any cleanup because he did not want to pay for a cleanup.

Always ask to know exactly what they want as many painters want different things based on each house.

Good luck.
 
I did a small garage floor 'paint prep' last week. I started getting the old paint to come up rather easily, but the painter stopped me and asked if he could "show" me what he wanted. I let him and he basically rinsed the floor. I was somewhat surprised by what be considered 'paint prep'. In some places I had to hold the wand a couple feet from the surface to avoid peeling the old paint.

Where the paint came up the easiest I could see old oil stains. It didn't make sense to me why he would want to apply fresh paint to old paint that wasn't sticking very well and oil stains that wouldn't (in my opinion) stick at all. I'm not a painter, so I guess I don't understand their methodology.
 
"Red" said:
I did a small garage floor 'paint prep' last week. I started getting the old paint to come up rather easily, but the painter stopped me and asked if he could "show" me what he wanted. I let him and he basically rinsed the floor. I was somewhat surprised by what be considered 'paint prep'. In some places I had to hold the wand a couple feet from the surface to avoid peeling the old paint.

Where the paint came up the easiest I could see old oil stains. It didn't make sense to me why he would want to apply fresh paint to old paint that wasn't sticking very well and oil stains that wouldn't (in my opinion) stick at all. I'm not a painter, so I guess I don't understand their methodology.
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They just want a fast dollar!
 
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