PaintingBossPro Blog — Running a Painting Business

Hiring Painters and Growing From One Crew to Three

The jump from one crew to two is where many painting companies stall. The owner cannot be at every job anymore.

Hire for Attitude

Skills can be taught. Showing up on time and caring about the customer's house are harder to teach.

Make a Crew Lead

Each crew needs a lead who can talk to customers and make small decisions.

Standardize the Work

The painting checklist makes your standard the default for every crew. See The Painting Checklist.

Give the Crew the Details

Rooms, colors and prep on every job card.

Watch Quality From the Office

Finished checklists, photos and reviews tell you how each crew is doing.

More on this topic: the Painting Business Software page and the rest of its guides.

Keep Quality as You Grow

The same checklist on every crew.

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