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I am going nuts trying to figure out an estimate for painting ceilings. When I do a normal job, which includes walls doors, trim, etc. Cutting the edge and rolling the rest seems to take no time, especially for flat ceilings. Any work I did to tarp or tape paper to the floor serves as protection for each painting stage, walls, baseboard, doors.
But what if you are contracted to paint just ceilings? All the work you do to protect floors, sofas, tv's - gets cleaned up after the ceiling is done. And not to mention - how do you cut in the ceiling without getting paint on the walls now? I was thinking of those automatic paper + tape machines, and doing that all around, and then spraying the edge. And what about protecting the walls?
All in all there seems to be a ton of extra prep work that goes into painting a ceiling, when you aren't contracted to paint everything else in a room. Before I was happy with $70-$100 to slap a coat of ceiling paint per room. Now it seems I will lose my shirt. Any ideas? I know this is has been long winded, but this is a estimation problem I haven't been confronted with before, any tips, advice, pricing? Abosolute pricing numbers are ok, even if you are in a different area, just as long as you compare to your price to do a ceiling when contracted to paint everything as well in the room.
-PlainPainter
But what if you are contracted to paint just ceilings? All the work you do to protect floors, sofas, tv's - gets cleaned up after the ceiling is done. And not to mention - how do you cut in the ceiling without getting paint on the walls now? I was thinking of those automatic paper + tape machines, and doing that all around, and then spraying the edge. And what about protecting the walls?
All in all there seems to be a ton of extra prep work that goes into painting a ceiling, when you aren't contracted to paint everything else in a room. Before I was happy with $70-$100 to slap a coat of ceiling paint per room. Now it seems I will lose my shirt. Any ideas? I know this is has been long winded, but this is a estimation problem I haven't been confronted with before, any tips, advice, pricing? Abosolute pricing numbers are ok, even if you are in a different area, just as long as you compare to your price to do a ceiling when contracted to paint everything as well in the room.
-PlainPainter