How much experience is needed to start a painting business?
I always tell people, the more experience the better as far as the physical skills. You want to be able to know what a quality product looks like. You want to be able to know the process to deliver that. It’s not saying that you can’t start a painting business with no knowledge of that, because you can always find a painter to go paint a job for you and take a commission off that. But I always tell people, you’re in the field with somebody with a good boss who’s going to develop your skills, who’s going to teach you the process involved, which is always beneficial. Once you have the basic skills down, if you can learn how to get jobs coming in on a consistent basis, and you can develop a system to bid and estimate them that get accepted, then you’re in pretty good shape to start a painting business. What are some of the costs involved to get started? That’s another great thing about painting businesses. The overhead and startup costs are extremely low. The basic tools like a brush, rol
