Commercial painting contractors clean, prime, and paint buildings, and may also waterproof and paint parking lot stripes. They work outside of business hours to avoid disruption and spend most of their time painting, often applying multiple coats. Preparation is essential, and waterproofing and striping require specialized care.
A commercial painting contractor is skilled at cleaning, priming, and painting. Additionally, he or she may know how to waterproof buildings and apply stripes in a parking lot. A lot of what commercial painting contractors do is wait because they can’t work on wet surfaces. For this reason, they can split their time between companies to complete projects when surfaces are wet. This type of contractor usually works outside of business hours to avoid disruption or danger to customers in a business.
Before starting, a commercial painting contractor prepares the work area by cleaning it. Dust, dirt, and debris can interfere with the way your primer and paint sets and stays put. The area must be completely dry before applying any primer or paint. If the work area is usually busy with customers, the business shuts down for maintenance or asks contractors to work at night.
Preparation is an essential part of all commercial painting jobs. A commercial painting contractor starts a work area after cleaning the surface and allowing it to dry, but before applying paint. Applying a primer improves paint adhesion, protects the painted surface and helps it last longer.
A commercial painting contractor spends most of his time painting. One layer is rarely enough to cover the last painting or to obtain the color chosen by the company. It’s common to apply two to four coats of paint, which can take a long time, but painting companies often have more than one contractor working at a time.
Waterproofing is another job that is often required of a commercial painting contractor to perform. This work requires specialized care, because the proper materials and application processes must be respected to successfully waterproof an area. Waterproofing is complicated by the expansion and contraction of materials due to temperature changes, and improper work can result in the area not being waterproofed. In the end, a lot of work could be done, only to have the contractor do it all over again because something went wrong.
Another job that a commercial painting contractor is hired to do is painting stripes in parking lots. This is not a job that any painter can do effectively, because asphalt or concrete surfaces must be clean and properly prepared for the strips to last a long time. Also, after the surface is prepared, the proper materials should be used to prolong the life of the strips. A company will typically have stripes repainted as infrequently as possible and may complain if the stripes in the batch do not last as long as promised or expected.
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