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Painting Pro Times, the source for paint professionals!
Rev your engines; the shopping season race has started. Among the craze to get deals and buy things, try to remember that there is a month left to get and finish work so end the quarter/year strong. Stay productive, every week counts toward sales and profit goals. Review the results and make adjustments for the next financial period. Savvy operators know and focus on the numbers.
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KILZ PRO-X paints are formulated for professional painters. We have partnered with Pro Painters for decades, Pro’s know when color, scrubs, sprayability and touch-up matter… who else would we ask? Come try what we’ve built together. KILZ PRO-X paints, painter approved and only available at the Home Depot.
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Good People Work for Profit
Contracting paint and coating application projects has risks; stuff may go wrong, jobs may cost more to complete than estimated, customers may not pay for one reason or another and sometimes employees make expensive mistakes. When you look around, there always seems to be a new competitor and one of the things that help you notice are the cheap prices. Mostly, every new company charges less money. So how do we compete, and still keep and attract good people?
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FrogTape® is the only painter’s tape treated with PaintBlock® Technology. PaintBlock is a super-absorbent polymer which reacts with latex paint and instantly gels to form a micro-barrier that seals the edges of the tape, preventing paint bleed. The result: Very sharp paint lines and less time spent on touch-ups!
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A Closer Look at the SW/Comex Deal
From Canada to Panama, SW is now the largest paint manufacturer in North and Central America. On November 12, the Sherwin-Williams Company announced that a definitive agreement had been reached to purchase Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. for 2.34 billion. We have not seen many paint manufacturer acquisitions lately, so the SW/Comex deal seems a little abrupt. SW is a well run fortune 500 corporation with a tradition of profit and growth through buying companies.
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Industry News & Market Trends |
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Product Introductions |
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Zinsser Peel Stop Triple Thick
Offering three times the thickness of regular primers, Rust-Oleum Zinsser Peel Stop Triple Thick High Building Binding Primer penetrates to seal, fill and level worn and weathered substrates to provide a more uniform surface for the topcoat with a smoother finish. It offers easy flow and leveling and can be applied up to 30 mils wet without sagging to make even the roughest surfaces smoother. For more information on Peel Stop Triple Thick Primer, and the complete line of Zinsser high performance primers, visit
www.rustoleum.com.
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FauxEffect’s LusterStone
LusterStone® is a revolutionary architectural coating that produces beautiful reflective stone-like patterns. This product is unsurpassed in its simplicity, versatility and ease of repair. The nature of the material allows it to be used to create a stunning variety of high/low dimensional finishes that do not require burnishing to obtain designer quality results.
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BEHR PREMIUM PLUS® Interior Paint
The new BEHR PREMIUM PLUS® Interior Paint is a self-priming, zero VOC, low odor coating that seals uncoated and previously painted surfaces without the need for a separate primer. Featuring a faster drying 100% acrylic formula, the improved line allows projects to be completed more quickly, so recoats can occur sooner.
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Introducing Emerald™ Paints
With revolutionary quality and best-in-class performance, Emerald delivers rich color with outstanding hide and durability. And thanks to our new breakthrough colorants, you can tint Emerald to any color - without adding to the VOC content of any coating when tinted. Nothing surpasses the performance of Emerald.
Learn more about these breakthrough products at sherwin-williams.com
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From the Blogosphere |
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Take Out the Trash Day
I am (still) a die hard fan of The West Wing TV series. One of the episodes was called "Take Out the Trash Day" and had to do with putting out a bunch of stories on a day when fewer people were paying attention. READ NOW
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Spill Response Training Federal Clean Water Act
The city needs to stay in compliance with the Federal Clean Water Act. And in an effort to make that happen, we’re giving out these free spill kits to businesses. You can have up to 2 through this program, and I can bring a second one in, if you like.
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