Commercial Spray Painting
For commercial spray painting, we are the acknowledged experts. We have many years of experience in providing our business customers with our commercial spray painting services. It is important to note that not all painters offering this service are the same, and not all can deliver the consistent, quality results that we can.
Commercial spray painting is as much an art as it is a science. By that, we mean that someone could study many books about spray painting, watch some instructional videos showing exactly what to do in order to operate the equipment, and perhaps even watch in person as an experienced painter performs the work. He could have all of the “head knowledge”, which is certainly required, but it is doing the actual spray painting - over and over again – that will make him good at it. Don’t settle for a residential painter that “also” does commercial spray painting. Having done many of these jobs over the years, our crews are very experienced and skilled at this work.
Some of our customers are surprised to find out that when we do commercial spray painting, the actual application of the paint takes very little time (as a percentage of the overall job). For example, let’s say we estimate a job will take 7 hours from start to completion. The biggest part of the job, probably the first 5 hours, would be spent in preparation. We painstakingly tape and mask the entire area; any part of the surface that is not meant to receive paint must be covered. The final hour is spent un-taping and un-masking, and cleaning up any debris. That leaves just an hour in the middle for the actual spray painting – that’s the quick and easy part!
The chemical process of spraying paint can be achieved in one of two ways:
- The paint can be combined with air, and then compressed inside a can (that’s your standard can of spray paint that can be purchased off the hardware shelf).
- The paint can be converted to tiny droplets, and then those droplets are put under pressure and accelerated out of a small nozzle. This is the procedure that we use.
On the surface, this seems like a pretty easy, straightforward process. That mindset is sometimes further propagated by the commercials seen on television for the hand-held power paint sprayers. There’s Mr. Average Guy, just spraying the paint on and having no problems to speak of. You can imagine him finishing the job in a few minutes, then sitting down to a nice glass of lemonade to enjoy his handiwork.
Don’t be fooled; commercial spray painting is most likely not something you will want to attempt. Here’s why:
- Those ads don’t show anything other than the glorious spraying of the paint. So you don’t see when the paint gun “spits” paint at the wrong time, thinning the paint before starting, dripping the paint on your shoes, or the messy cleanup process.
- In commercial spray painting, risk of injury is a big factor. A lot of people are not aware of this. When the paint is landing on the surface to be painted, it is a fine mist. However, immediately in front of the nozzle, that paint is coming out at an extremely high pressure – usually around 2000 PSI (pounds per square inch). When you read the warning disclaimer, it will tell you very clearly that if your hand or finger happens to be in that spot, you are at risk of having the paint actually injected into your skin or a finger amputated. We are trained with the use of our equipment so that this can be avoided.
- Perhaps most importantly, you have a business to run. Every hour that you spend trying to figure out how to do this type of work is time that you could have spent more effectively doing what you know how to do – make money with your company. It’s best to leave this type of work to the professionals, who do it regularly and can get the job done the right way.
We can provide a free estimate, set up a time for the commercial spray painting work to be done, and complete the job efficiently and professionally. Give us a call to talk about how we can help you.
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