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Are you still doing exteriors?

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#1 ·
Just curious how long of a season the rest of you get? (and dont even rub it in Aaron ;)) It varies here in the pacific northwest. I have managed to go as far as Thanksgiving during some years and other years it starts raining in September and doesnt stop. :( Almost halfway thru Sept with 5 or 6 still lined up and calls still coming in. Hoping for an indian summer around here :thumbsup:
 
#36 ·
SouthFloridaPainter said:
Year round here, but you probably knew that already.
It seems like it would be pretty easy to start up a painting business in Florida because you can work outside all year long.

Up here in the north, the winter can kill new businesses if they are not crafty enough to keep busy with interior work only.
 
#41 ·
Yup, after a few weeks of sunshine the clouds today made me nervous. We need this Indian summer to last well into October to get everything done.
http://www.warlinepainting.ca/snapblog/readblog.asp?blogid=1409
Yeah, the last two mornings here started out early with a light drizzle but then cleared off to perfect painting weather.

I remember two years ago I bid against a guy for an interior job in early March. Two weeks later I start the job and three houses down he has a crew doing an exterior on a cold, windy day. The day before it had been raining and the day after it was raining - hard. Hope the HO got a great warranty.
 
#42 ·
BC_Painter said:
I'm up in Canada and boy was I sweating today!

I've got exteriors til the end of Sept. where I try to cut it off.

I had an issue with a product last year having horrible surfactant leaching that actually left a permanent sheen difference in the finish so I had to scrub down all the siding and recoat it this summer! :( It seemed to be the late season painting that did it!

This job I'm using 2 degree paint anyways so it's all good :p
Do you have any pictures of this. I think I might be experiencing the same problem.
 
#47 ·
Year round except I try to avoid doing them in the summer if i can help it.
Have some easy exterior work going on this week, cinder block wall and a couple metal gates. Trying to beat the homeowner before he throws down grass seed and cranks up the sprinklers:rolleyes:
 
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