[oneelwayfan_com]

Before reading this thread, I was thinking about getting a decent suit for when I give estimates, but now, I'm thinking a logo'd polo (yet to create a logo) and jeans.

I would definitely not hire a decked out business man with a laptop, nor would I hire a guy who had cans, paperwork, and cigarette packs fall out of his car. If he can't keep his truck clean, or even half-way decent, what makes me think he would be able to keep a job organized?

 

[Steve Richards]

Before reading this thread, I was thinking about getting a decent suit for when I give estimates

Aren't you the guy in the last thread I read that don't know how to paint yet?

If you showed up in a suit for the estimate, and get the job...and then don't know how to paint anything on the first day...

those customers are gonna think they're on Candid Camera or something.



To the OP..

I wear my whites for estimates, and I always have. If I'm not working that day, I put my whites on before I leave home.
Client's gonna see me in whites everyday, they might as well start getting used to it.

 

[Mr. Mike]

To the OP..

I wear my whites for estimates, and I always have. If I'm not working that day, I put my whites on before I leave home.
Client's gonna see me in whites everyday, they might as well start getting used to it.

If your out in the field painting, then yes you should wear your whites. It would not make since for you not to be in them if you are the company. I run the company and don't paint anymore so it is easy for me not to wear whites and be able to explain to the customer we have a very organized company.

 

[CLASSY COLORS]

Always wear whites. Just wear your new whites,shoes,hat,etc. Cover tatoos and remove piercings. Only one chance for first inpression

 

[premierpainter]

My painters don't even wear whites, so I most def don't wear them. I wear a collared polo with co name and a fleece with the same. Nice jeans and a pair of boots. I don't paint, so I don't wear whites. We have our logo's on everything that we have.

 

[Mr. Mike]

My painters don't even wear whites

Wow!:laughing:

 

[WisePainter]

My helpers and I are painters, we wear whites.

 

[premierpainter]

Wow!:laughing:

They wear tan colored Carharts or carpenter pants.
Painter whites are the most uncomfortable pants made.

 

[Dave Mac]

They wear tan colored Carharts or carpenter pants.
Painter whites are the most uncomfortable pants made.

:thumbsup: us to

 

[vandyandsons]

My painters don't even wear whites, so I most def don't wear them. I wear a collared polo with co name and a fleece with the same. Nice jeans and a pair of boots. I don't paint, so I don't wear whites. We have our logo's on everything that we have.

I sent a guy home for not wearing his whites after we'd discussed it once before.

 

[rbsremodeling]

Buck Nakid

Nothing like painting and estimating in the nude. Frees a man up to express himself.

 

[jhark123]

typically, i bid jobs after work so am usually in my whites. i never seem to have a problem sealing the deal.

however, i prefer business casual. nice jeans or khakis (not suit/ dress slacks) and a collared shirt.

i have learned that you don't want to project that you are living too large or have too much overhead.

i was working in a flip house once and a conteactor showed up to bid on the windows, siding, and roof. he rang the doorbell and the HO took one look at him and told him no thanks. the confused contractor inquired as to why he didn;t even want to hear entertain his bid.

**the HO looked him up and down observing his "overly professional" appearence with his laptop and Gucci shoes. the HO then looked at his brand new RAM 3500 dually diesal truck with matching 24 ft equipment trailer and said this.... "I am not interested in paying for your fancy outfit, computer, or $70,000 rig sitting in front of my house...no thanks"

so, I show up clean even if in whites, with a clipboard, and talk like I know what i am talking about.

That HO is a fool, I get some of my best bids out of a sub who owns a 2 million dollar house and drives new rigs, etc, etc. He also runs twenty crews.

 

[WisePainter]

That HO is a fool, I get some of my best bids out of a sub who owns a 2 million dollar house and drives new rigs, etc, etc. He also runs twenty crews.

Wonder what an amazing sub like that pays his workers?

Wonder if he is hiring?

 

[WisePainter]

I sent a guy home for not wearing his whites after we'd discussed it once before.

meanie.

 

[Mr. Mike]

That HO is a fool, I get some of my best bids out of a sub who owns a 2 million dollar house and drives new rigs, etc, etc. He also runs twenty crews.

I don't feel that the HO is the norm, not maybe a fool but stuck in bad ways and that is causing them possibly to miss out on a very good if not the best paint job. The home owners I think I deal with would rather see me in my estimating gear than whites, it feels much more organized and professional to me than when I was wearing whites back in the days and that makes me feel in charge, = contracts.:w00t: