Right now is an excellent time to start promoting awesome glow-in-the-dark star mural ceilings. Kids, teens and adults as well will be thrilled to get an exciting night sky ceiling in their bedrooms.

If you want to make hundreds of dollars daily during the holidays a glow in the dark business is a great way to do it. http://star-mural.com Birthdays are good for this too.

A fellow painter was just asking if you can make a decent living year round in Pittsburgh. He lives in Florida and is moving to Pittsburgh soon. (Why he wants to leave sunny Florida for cold Pittsburgh sounds crazy.)

One of his friends told him that he couldn't make a living there from November through March. He said it was dead that time of year. Another guy told him the opposite with which I totally agree from my own experience.

The truth is, you can get just as much painting business during the winter months as you can during the summer months. As a matter of fact, I started my painting business in the end of summer and stayed busy that winter.

I did have a few rough Holiday times though until I learned how to remedy that. If the painting season stopped at winter time until March I guess all the paint stores would close at that time every year for the season - except in Florida.

Many painters that do new construction like to take the doors down and paint them in an empty room. Some like to leave them up and switch the hinges for temporary old ones while they spray. But that's new construction.

I do mostly re-paints where I have always brushed my doors because you cannot spray in someones home of course. If I had a pole barn or a shop at home and I had a lot of doors to do on a particular job, you can bet I would clear out my van and go and pick those babies up and bring them to my shop.

I would prep and spray them with an enamel under-coater primer first and then top coat them using a top-of-the-line satin enamel. Once dry overnight, I would carefully wrap each one in my van with drop cloths and cardboard and bring them back to the home I'm painting in and re-hang them. Spraying latex enamels, the right ones anyways, is supposed to look pretty good if done right. This would save time also making you more profit per hour. This is how to paint doors the fastest.

Many painting business owners (as many as 60%) have no business plan. If you want maximum profits from your painting business you may want your own business plan.

The good news is that it doesn't have to be a complicated plan to work well. Most business plans are too complicated. Yours can be four basic parts: Where are we going?, Where are we today?, What goals must we meet to get where we want to be? and What are our time limits?

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If you have always wanted to start your own painting business and have it run smoothly and profitably right from the start…, if you would like to go home at night and relax in your easy chair with a smile on your face and the sweet feeling of having your entrepreneurial desires accomplished, below are 6 tips that can get you there fast.

1.) Use the best paint available for residential painting – I use Benjamin Moore paint in people's homes. The new latex version of their famous Satin Impervo for woodwork and trim is outstanding. Their Regal wall paint in the Matt finish is very good also, especially when it comes to wash ability that doesn't leave burnishing marks like with cheaper paints.

You just can go wrong using a high quality name like Benjamin Moore – especially when the products are excellent and user-friendly. This brand name is always welcomed in the finest of homes (million dollar homes) as well as everywhere else! READ MORE

Anyone who really wants to make a lot of money working from home can do it if they really want to. The secret is commitment. Here are some things that will help you.

1.) Grab a hold of a rock not a marshmallow – if you want to be a success in your niche listen to and study the people who make the most money. Learn from the best.

2.) Become a firefly – READ MORE

Is there any money in painting apartments? The answer is can be yes, but it's mostly no. For example, if it's new construction, the answer is yes. If it's your basic apartment "give it a fresh coat of paint" before new tenants move in, the answer is NO. There is no money in this kind of painting. The name of the game for apartment rental painting is cheap and fast.

It's usually reserved for a part-time painter or someone who works for peanuts. I have done classy condos. There is money in them. I have done rental properties also, but not for a realtor. Realtors want it all done dirt-cheap as well usually. Again, there are exceptions. If you want to make good money in light commercial painting visit http://painting-business.com

Making $350 - $500 a day as a house painter is not as easy as some would have you believe in the residential/commercial realm - even if you are a larger contractor with a crew. But if you know a few drywall/plaster repair secrets, making this kind of money is very possible. I know. I have done it. Let me explain. Read More Here

If you have been in the painting business very long you will know that your top customers will not be pleased unless youuse the best paints on the martket.

I just finished a job using Benjamin Moore's Regal line of wall paint in the "Matt" finish. Very nice. It goes well with their latex version of their premier product called Satin Impervo.

While I am not new to using Benjamin Moore products, I must say that these two paints together (Regal Matt Finish and their Waterborne Satin Impervo) will be welcome in any home - even if it's a million dollar home.

I am truely in love with the new latex Satin Impervo. This is the second time I have used it in my painting business and I am very impressed how it performs and looks and feels after it dries.

2 Types of Ceilings To Paint:

1.) Washable (Kitchens, Full Baths, Hallways)

Kitchen and bathroom ceilings should be painted using a gloss sheen level for wash ability. Satin is the best sheen level for today's homes. The exceptions are newer homes that the ceiling continues throughout the house. These are usually a flat white. The other exception would be half-baths. Since there is no shower the ceiling is usually a flat or no sheen level.

In a bathroom or kitchen, before painting the ceiling it is best to wash the ceiling first to remove cooking grease or food spots. For the bathroom it would be to remove steam or water spots, hair, etc.

Here are 8 steps for how to paint kitchen and bath ceilings (gloss ceilings):

1. Remove smaller furniture from room. Move larger furniture to center of room, cover with painters plastic.

2. Put drops or plastic on floor.

3. Use a pole sander to clean away cobwebs and imperfections before painting ceiling.

4. Cut in the perimeter of the ceiling with a brush.

5. Always use a quality roller cover that is shed-resistant.

6. Take your time and roll out ceiling in small squares moving from left to right or vise-versa.

7. Let dry for 3 hours and re-coat for a good, solid, even finish.

8. Since many bathrooms, kitchens and even hallways may be a glossy surface, it is best to prime them first using a latex primer that "holds gloss". This way your finish coat of paint will "grab" to the surface good in case the old painted surface was alkyd or oil base. You may tint the primer to the finish coat if using a different color than white.

2.) Non-Washable (Living Room, Dinning Room, Bedrooms, Hallway)

These ceilings are best painted using 2 coats of a flat white, off-white or a color that is a couple of shades lighter than the walls.

Here are 7 steps for how to paint flat ceilings:

1. Remove smaller furniture from room. Move larger furniture to center of room, cover with painters plastic.

2. Put drops down or plastic on floor.

3. Use a pole sander to clean away cobwebs and knock down imperfections before painting ceiling.

4. Cut in the perimeter or edges of the ceiling with a brush.

5. Always use a quality roller cover that is shed-resistant.

6. Take your time and roll out ceiling in small squares moving from left to right or vise-versa.

7. Let dry for 2-3 hours and re-coat for a good, solid, even finish.

How To Paint Ceilings