inPAINT magazine’s recent annual reader survey confirmed that finding qualified workers remains the greatest challenge for survey participants. Resonating as the top challenge with 54% of survey respondents, finding qualified workers was well ahead of time management (25%), finding new business (16%) and estimating (13%). The subject of finding and retaining quality…
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Day-to-day interior and exterior paints are the coatings you and your crew typically spend the most time working with, but some jobs require specialty formulations to achieve a certain appearance, performance level, or attribute. Manufacturers are constantly improving and developing new products, so it can be hard to keep up with what’s…
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Believe it or not, millennials do ask their neighbors if they know a great painter. No different than previous generations, they value the opinions of friends and others they know. The difference is how they ask their friends, family and neighbors. Unlike their parents, who might have asked at the end of…
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Day-to-day interior and exterior paints are the coatings you and your crew typically spend the most time working with, but some jobs require specialty formulations to achieve a certain appearance, performance level, or attribute. Manufactures are constantly improving and developing new products, so it can be hard to keep up with what’s…
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A painting professional’s passion for brushes runs deep. Purdy, Wooster, Corona, Picasso … mention a brand and every paint pro has an opinion about which one is better and why. Brush manufacturers know this, and work hard to constantly use input from pros to improve their products. Here’s a look at two…
MoreJoseph Bartusiak is 3M’s Senior Research Engineer in the company’s Construction and Home Improvement Markets Division. He regularly fields questions about painter’s tape performance and product development. Here, he shares some technical insights on how UV-resistant technology can impact a pro’s bottom line. Q: Why is UV resistance important for painter’s tape,…
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