2nd one today - Anyone can recommend a good painter

[sjpthsuk]

We're in need of getting the house outside and perimeter walls painted and would like to know if anyone has had good experiences with the local trades that do this. If anyone has info they can pass on it would be gratefully appreciated.

[hhfarang]

We have had experiences with several local painters, but unfortunately, none of those experiences have been good. Good luck and if you find a good one (you won't know until six months after the job is finished), let us all know.

[Nereus]

We have had experiences with several local painters, but unfortunately, none of those experiences have been good. Good luck and if you find a good one (you won't know until six months after the job is finished), let us all know.

I thought that you had you own "in-house" painter?

[hhfarang]

I thought that you had you own "in-house" painter?

That's the reason. We had such bad experiences with painters with the original paint job, when we had the outside redone earlier this year, and with several smaller jobs that we decided to hell with them. We can do the inside ourselves. Job is better and we saved about 40k baht!

Here's my little painter hard at work on an 8 meter high wall...

painting3 (Medium).jpg (32.69 KiB) Viewed 809 times

[Nereus]

I thought that you had you own "in-house" painter?

That's the reason. We had such bad experiences with painters with the original paint job, when we had the outside redone earlier this year, and with several smaller jobs that we decided to hell with them. We can do the inside ourselves. Job is better and we saved about 40k baht!

Here's my little painter hard at work on an 8 meter high wall...

painting3 (Medium).jpg

I like the "we" bit!

Dread to think what OSHA would think about your safety provisions.

[hhfarang]

I like the "we" bit!

I was moving furniture, removing and protecting window coverings, and holding that ladder (except when I walked away for a few seconds to take that photo).

I told her that if I actually applied brush to wall I would have to have a work permit, or risk losing my visa...

Dread to think what OSHA would think about your safety provisions.

Hey, that's the best professional extension ladder money can buy (and ship in a container from the USA...) much better than the cheap ladders or tied together bamboo poles they use here! You should have seen the solution I came up with for the high wall over the stairway. One ladder leg was on a stair tread while the other was on a cement block on a lower tread. When solving this type of problem, I'm learning to think like a Thai

[Aussie Mark]

Got a few quotes to paint my house and outside walls .First one was 95 000 bht then a quote from Campbell from Complete Maintenance 0843160260 he was way cheaper

[PeteC]

You need to make sure of the paint type/brand selection, and be sure they prepare/seal the walls properly especially if your going to change paint types, say from a latex to an epoxy as an example. I've also learned that many painters like to add water to everything even if it isn't called for or in the spec. Must be a bad habit left over from trying to save money when they are supplying the product rather than the customer buying it themselves. Pete

[alleykat]

We got my wife's brother to paint our townhouse several years ago, (yeah, I know, silly me!). Unfortunately it wasn't a good job, and there was very little prep work done, so the paint started flaking off 6 months later.

We decided to do it again a few years later and I was introduced to a couple of younger Thai guys who had some painting experience. However I told them that their job was only to prep it and get it ready for painting, and that there was someone else coming to do the actual painting. So they spent about three days sealing, prepping etc and they did a good job. Then I gave the painting job as well.

I think if you give them a fixed price for the whole job they will be tempted to rush through the preparation and not do it properly.