I'm wondering if I hold the record for lurking on this forum. I've been a member for....oh I don't know...something like FIVE YEARS, but never posted, hah! Some of you I've met on contractor talk forums years ago, when I had my last business. I had to shut that down due to health reasons, and we were grossing $20K month, so I'm not new to all of this. My last business was mostly painting and pressure washing, but I also did wood care and concrete acid staining.
I know more about coatings than most people out there, both due to experience and reading the labels, and manufacturer's specifications. I've been certified with Wolman and Penofin for about seven years, and just went and recertified with both of them under the new company name. I don't know everything, but I understand coatings and their properties better than most.
I decided this time going back into business I am not going to be doing painting anymore. The work is just a little more than I can handle with this peripheral artery disease. I'm trying to avoid all the ladder work that comes with painting, the old legs can't really take it anymore. I am also hoping to avoid a lot of the low ball painters and illegals by doing strictly wood care, and some pressure washing. We have a sizable market for these things here (Jax, FL) and instead of spreading myself thin doing all types of coatings, I chose the niche of wood care, and we're going for it.
I've got my new website up and running, almost 100% complete, and I am working out some of the other things that are needed. Unfortunately, when you are out of business for a few years, it doesn't matter how much money you USED to make...So I am starting my new business on a shoe string, JUST LIKE LAST TIME! Yay!
I don't know how much I'll post, but I figured I'd drop a line and say THANK YOU to most of you here. You've been a great source of information over the past seven or eight years, and I figured I'd break my streak of five years of lurking to say thanks. Also, having a forum signature with a link or two won't hurt my search engine rankings either. :D
Here are a couple shots from a deck I just recently completed. There are a couple more scrolling on the home page of my new site as well. This was Behr Acrylic we stripped, did a fair amount of sanding when we were surprised by remnants of a solid underneath it (mostly under the handrails, go figure), and then stained Ready Seal Dark Brown.
I only wish I had a lot of the before and after from my last business to use on the website. I'm working on getting some stuff up for the gallery page, but everything else is in order for now. Give our site a once over and let me know what you think. The entire thing was done by yours truly.
I'm wondering if I hold the record for lurking on this forum. I've been a member for....oh I don't know...something like FIVE YEARS, but never posted, hah! Some of you I've met on contractor talk forums years ago, when I had my last business. I had to shut that down due to health reasons, and we were grossing $20K month, so I'm not new to all of this. My last business was mostly painting and pressure washing, but I also did wood care and concrete acid staining.
I know more about coatings than most people out there, both due to experience and reading the labels, and manufacturer's specifications. I've been certified with Wolman and Penofin for about seven years, and just went and recertified with both of them under the new company name. I don't know everything, but I understand coatings and their properties better than most.
I decided this time going back into business I am not going to be doing painting anymore. The work is just a little more than I can handle with this peripheral artery disease. I'm trying to avoid all the ladder work that comes with painting, the old legs can't really take it anymore. I am also hoping to avoid a lot of the low ball painters and illegals by doing strictly wood care, and some pressure washing. We have a sizable market for these things here (Jax, FL) and instead of spreading myself thin doing all types of coatings, I chose the niche of wood care, and we're going for it.
I've got my new website up and running, almost 100% complete, and I am working out some of the other things that are needed. Unfortunately, when you are out of business for a few years, it doesn't matter how much money you USED to make...So I am starting my new business on a shoe string, JUST LIKE LAST TIME! Yay!
I don't know how much I'll post, but I figured I'd drop a line and say THANK YOU to most of you here. You've been a great source of information over the past seven or eight years, and I figured I'd break my streak of five years of lurking to say thanks. Also, having a forum signature with a link or two won't hurt my search engine rankings either. :D
My new site is up at http://www.weatheredwoodrestoration.com
Here are a couple shots from a deck I just recently completed. There are a couple more scrolling on the home page of my new site as well. This was Behr Acrylic we stripped, did a fair amount of sanding when we were surprised by remnants of a solid underneath it (mostly under the handrails, go figure), and then stained Ready Seal Dark Brown.
I only wish I had a lot of the before and after from my last business to use on the website. I'm working on getting some stuff up for the gallery page, but everything else is in order for now. Give our site a once over and let me know what you think. The entire thing was done by yours truly.
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