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Help Ease Your Customers’ Color Journey with the 2024 Colormix^® Forecast

As a professional painting contractor, you know that color selection can be one of your customers’ biggest pain points. With so many color options available, it’s easy to see why. So how do you help your customers make informed choices and get your jobs started quickly?

The good news is that you and your customers don’t have to be color experts. You can rely on the experienced color professionals at Sherwin-Williams, who have developed easy-to-use tools and resources to help make the color decision process faster and easier.
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BUSINESS BUILDERS, COLOR, PRODUCTS

Here Are Three More Great Ways to Work Smarter with PRO+ductive Solutions

Want to get the job done faster? Want to save money and time with services and tools that make your entire business run smoother? Want to build your business with the services and tools you need today plus cutting-edge solutions for tomorrow? PRO+ductive Solutions is an ongoing initiative started by Sherwin-Williams to help contractors save time, complete jobs quickly, and save money to generate more profit.

The latest additions to this part of the company’s PRO+ program include a time- and labor-saving pressure washer, virtual color consulting resources for homeowners and an advanced weather-adaptive paint that helps you be more productive on exterior projects.
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ONLINE EXTRAS, PRODUCTS

Understanding Gloss and Sheen: A Guide for Paint Professionals

In this article, we explore the importance of sheen and gloss, and how those qualities impact both the longevity and appearance of the paint finish. Continue reading Understanding Gloss and Sheen: A Guide for Paint Professionals →

BUSINESS BUILDERS

Never Guesstimate Again: The Foolproof Way to Estimate Painting Projects

Once again in 2023, PPC is teaming up with the Painting Contractors Association (PCA) on a series of articles to help you grow and improve your painting business. This year’s theme: Productivity is the path to profitability. In this article, Jon Bryant, CEO of Paint Scout, shares his secrets for foolproof estimating.
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PRODUCTS

Top 10 New Tools for Pro Painters in 2023

Each summer, we take our annual look at all the best new equipment and supplies available for pro painters. This year, that includes high-performance airless sprayers, low-pressure spray tips, advanced patching compounds, supplies to improve efficiency on the job site and much more. Continue reading Top 10 New Tools for Pro Painters in 2023 →

BUSINESS BUILDERS

Louisiana Painter Wins a New Truck in 3M Sherwin-Williams Sweepstakes

Kirk Thibodeaux is the winner of a new truck in the 2022 ScotchBlue® Pro Painter’s Tape Sweepstakes co-sponsored by 3M and Sherwin-Williams. He’s pictured at left in the photo above with his new Ram 1500 Rebel at the Sherwin-Williams Baton Rouge Nicholson Drive store with his sales rep Joey St. Pierre.

Here’s the story behind his win, plus details on how to enter this year’s sweepstakes for a chance to win a new Ram truck of your own.
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WHAT I'VE LEARNED

Failing, Learning and Sharing: The Idaho Painter’s Tips for Succeeding in the Industry

For more than 30 years, PPC magazine has been on job sites throughout the U.S. and Canada asking residential and commercial paint pros to share their stories. This issue: Chris Berry, owner of B&K Painting, Boise, Idaho.
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PROJECTS

Giving Back: Church Restoration Exemplifies Arkansas Painter’s Commitment to the Community

When he began his painting business in 1983, Joel Turpin made a commitment to excellence through quality work that both he and his customers could be proud of. That reputation has been a cornerstone of the company since the beginning and continues to hold true today.
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BUSINESS BUILDERS

Build Your Business Chops with Free PRO+ Training Webinars

Running a successful painting company. It’s more than just how to hold a paint brush or how to cut in a wall. There’s estimating, sales, marketing, accounting, managing people, and so much more. Sharing ideas about how to excel at the business side of painting is the concept behind the new PRO+ Training Series on the Sherwin-Williams YouTube channel.

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Get it Right the First Time: How to Choose the Best Paint and Coatings for All Your Exterior Projects

Professional painting contractors all have their everyday go-to products, but sometimes a situation calls for you to step outside your comfort zone to get the best results for your customer.

For this article, we sat down with paint pros and the experts at Sherwin-Williams to get their insights about the best coatings for five different situations that you may encounter on your next exterior job, from severely weathered siding to dealing with moisture and temperature extremes to best overall performance. Continue reading Get it Right the First Time: How to Choose the Best Paint and Coatings for All Your Exterior Projects →

PRODUCTS

Paint Peeling? Follow These Four Steps to Ensure the Best Results on Your Repaint Job

Got an exterior job where the paint is peeling? It’s a common conundrum encountered by professional painting contractors when repainting wood siding. But by arming yourself with the right tools and knowledge, it’s also a problem you can solve.
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PRODUCTS

Summer 2023 Editor’s Pick: A Powerful Pressure Washer

As part of our ongoing mission to help painting professionals maximize their job site productivity, each issue of PPC magazine features our favorite application tools and essential job site equipment and supplies.
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PRODUCTS

Summer 2023 ProBuy^® Specials: Save 20 Percent or More Off List Price on Select Painting Equipment and Supplies

Each issue of PPC magazine includes a roundup of special ProBuy® pricing on some of our favorite application tools and essential equipment and supplies. Continue reading Summer 2023 ProBuy^® Specials: Save 20 Percent or More Off List Price on Select Painting Equipment and Supplies →

BUSINESS BUILDERS

My 5 Biggest Mistakes, and the Lessons I Learned from Them to Improve My Business

In this article, PPC contributing writer Terry Begue talks about the biggest mistakes he made when he started his Ohio-based residential painting company, and what he did to correct them and turn his business around.
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PROJECTS

Jobsite Journal: Keeping Crews Safe and Productive on the Hollywood Sign Repaint

Painting the towering letters of the world-famous Hollywood Sign is no easy task. In this article, we take an in-depth look at the measures a California painting company took to deliver a beautiful, long-lasting finish while ensuring that the job site was as safe as possible for its workers.
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PROJECTS

Painting It Forward: Paint Pros from Across the Nation Team Up to Give Back in Albuquerque

The Painting Contractors Association’s PCA Expo started a day early this year for one group of painters, who united to give back to a local community in need. On February 21 – the day before the 2023 PCA Expo kicked off in Albuquerque, New Mexico – more than 100 volunteers from across the United States gathered at the historic Gibson Health Hub for the PCA’s first annual Paint It Forward event.
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PROFESSIONAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR