Paint Sniffer

Random topics about painting. Seems that neither of us have been stuck yet on an exterior... If there's a will there's a way!

As always, more screwing around and a few gold nuggets.

Catch up time and random topics...

We get caught up and dig into why even if you knew all of my exact pricing, you still might not be able to complete with me...

We get caught up on our week and touch a little bit on accounting and what its good for.

We give a little insight into our downloads/viewership of the podcast, touch on SWP stock woes and get into our own numbers and where we think we'll finish out the year in our painting businesses.

We get caught up on projects, discuss why our employees are not as fast as us and go bad on exterior stains...

We get caught up on weekend shenanigans... We take a deep dive on exterior Sherwin Williams products.

We get caught up and talk a bit about SWP interior products we like and don't like and when we use them. We also touch on our "Walmart is taking over" ideas from a few episodes ago!

Ep 15

We have a discussion about marketing for painting companies. Conversation at on overview level about how we would/could market our new companies.

If you haven't started stock piling cash use this as your reminder to start now! We discuss the impending drop off in sales that's bound to happen. Painting companies are not notorious savers, but let's change that now. In this episode we're getting caught up on projects and dig into the economic outlook a bit.

We round out the last episode with discussion about painter pay across the United States. Discuss US averages and low end and top end pay. We also dive in a bit on some conspiracies and fun talk about robots replacing low skill jobs...

We get into the topic about whether or not you should be sharing your pay as an employee... Johnny The Happy painter reached out and had some questions about pay scales, so our part two is going to be a deep dive into what average pay ranges are across the US.

Guests on this episode are Danny @topline_psc and Sam @therightpainter. We discuss how John is going to change his whole company over to Fine Paints of Europe and the benefits he expects to see. We go deep into Centurion, 2k poly's and of course FPE. House Keeping Notes: We are now posting all video content to the Paint Sniffer Podcast on YouTube. Check it out and subscribe for notifications.

In this episode we go deep into what Sam's, Aaron's and John's 5 year plan looks like as a painting contractor and a few side track topics along the way. Enjoy!

We open up with some dog talk and round it out with a full estimating conversation about how we're coming up with our pricing. We discuss a bit about John's production rates and the pros and cons.

We spent some time catching up on current projects with Sam The Right Painter. Also got into some deeper topics... an old lawsuit resurfaced for John and a quick talk about having pawned stuff to get by...

This question was from our competition from a few weeks ago and Mcguire Painting on instagram @mcguirepainting submitted this question "What makes a high quality painting company". We obviously have thoughts on this and just touched on some general aspects of being high quality.

This question came from our Graco gun giveaway and is featuring the winning topic: What are some of your biggest wins and biggest unforgettable losses? We had some fun with this one! Thanks on IG @tim_seaton_painting

We discuss increasing speed by breaking down processes. How can you cut time in half? How do you go about figuring out where you can save time onsite?

We jump right into discussing pricing strategy, Sam's use of Envirolak, Aaron's big Centurion project, Walmart's takeover of the paint industry and more... This one was a lot of fun for us. Write in questions at hello@paintsniffer.com

Recap projects and get into viewer question: What business mistakes did you make early on and how do you get out of the field? Don't forget to write in with questions to hello@paintsniffer.com

Recap Aaron's FPE project and a discussion on an email write in about a WoodScapes failure. How to prevent the issue next time, how to handle it in the middle of it and how to get through it.