Painting Books, Painting Estimating, Plastering and Wallpaper
Books on Painting, Paint Estimating, Decorating,
Finishing Techniques, Plastering and Hanging Wallpaper

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Painting Estimating

2009 National Painting Cost Estimator
A complete guide to estimating painting costs for just about any type of residential, commercial, or industrial painting, whether by brush, spray, or roller. Shows typical costs and bid prices for fast, medium, and slow work, including material costs per gallon; square feet covered per gallon; square feet covered per manhour; labor, material, overhead, and taxes per 100 square feet; and how much to add for profit. Includes a CD-ROM with an electronic version of the book with National Estimator, a stand-alone Windows estimating program, plus an interactive multimedia video that shows how to use the disk to compile construction cost estimates

Painting & Wallpaper

1001 Ideas for Color & Paint
Great Ideas on Color Schemes That Work and How To Achieve Them
Painting a room is the "quickest and most cost-effective way to dramatically transform the look of your home," says Callery (Right First Time Decorating). For those ready to take the plunge into color, the author explains how colors are perceived, what color schemes work and how to achieve them. Using that classic elementary-school art class prop, the color wheel, Callery illustrates the differences between primary, secondary and tertiary colors, as well as harmonizing, contrasting, warm and cool colors. She then addresses various schemes, starting with naturals and neutrals, moving through "Mediterranean magic" and "exotic looks," and into "period colors" which, when used in a historic home, create a link with the past, but when used in a modern home, lend "a whole new feeling of identity."

American Painting Contractor Magazine - 12 Month Subscription
Get the Best Magazine Dedicated to the Painting Contracting Business
8 Issues / 12 months. Deals with general management, health and safety, industrial maintenance, and subjects dealing with education and construction that are pertinent to the paint contracting and paint maintenance markets.

Color Idea Book
Teaches The Nuances of Improving Homes With the Use of Color
We all know that when it comes to room transformation one of the quickest ways to make a large impact is a change in color. What you may not know is that color is rarely straightforward. What impact does a room's lighting have on color? How can furniture shape or fabric texture affect color? Any chrome or brass accents in the room? Are the walls textured? And watch out for those deceptively simple neutrals... The Color Idea Book teaches you the nuances in playing with color and inspires and encourages you to experiment with color in your home. Trust designer Robin Strangis to steer you around "colorful" pitfalls while you go full speed ahead toward achieving exactly the results you desire!

Complete Guide to Painting & Decorating
A Step-by-Step Manual for Painting and Decorating Your Home
Illustrated guide to improving interior rooms with paint, wallcoverings, and other decorative materials using professional techniques. Beginning with an overview of color and decorating principles, this helpful reference demonstrates the basics of painting and wallcovering, including: selecting and estimating materials, preparing the room, removing existing paint and wallcovering, repairing damaged walls and woodwork, application techniques, and cleanup methods. The featured projects appeal to all skill levels. Experienced do-it-yourselfers will be especially interested in the advanced painting and wallcovering projects, including: sponge painting, block printing, stenciling, rag rolling, painting faux finishes, painting and staining floors, hanging specialty wallcoverings, and creating wallcovering cutouts. There are also projects for adding architectural elements such as cornices, wall moldings, and ceiling medallions.

Decoración del Hogar: Pinturas y Papel Tapiz (Spanish)
"Decorating with Paint & Wallcovering" is a new Spanish language book that takes readers, step-by-step, through a variety of decorating projects. Get expert advice on everything from what materials and tools you'll need to design help. This book is beautifully illustrated with detailed, full-color photos showing the key aspects of each project. Soft-cover, 128 pages

Decorative Painting & Faux Finishes
Turn Ordinary Rooms into Extraordinary Rooms
Decorative Painting & Faux Finishes shows how to turn an ordinary room into a modern work of art. Paint is the hottest design trend today. Exciting color photographs display the ways to use the magic of paint to create drama, texture, detail, and illusion around the house whether doing-it-yourself of working with a contractor. Easy step-by-step instructions walk homeowners through the process, from mixing paints and glazes to applying the techniques for sponging, ragging, stippling, color washing, spattering, combing, stenciling, marbling, and wood graining.

Decorative Painting Techniques for Walls, Ceilings & Furniture
Learn Decorative Painting Techniques For Beautiful Results
Offers concise illustrated instructions on the most employed painting techniques for the most important parts of the home: walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture. These are the techniques that create instant impact. There is the well-known sponge painting, color washing, wood graining, and age distressing amongst other faux styles—all of which are simple to learn using this book. These techniques are essential for any faux painter that hopes to graduate to more complex, involved paint designs for spectacular home décor.

Drywall: Professional Techniques for Great Results
Professional techniques for walls and ceilings
This is the definitive guide to drywall, now updated and revised. Longtime drywall contractor Myron Ferguson spells out the full range of information on installation and materials. You'll learn everything from how to choose the best wallboard for any job to tips and tricks for creating attractive textured finishes.
Companion Video>> Available on DVD or VHS

Drywall Companion Video: Hanging and Taping DVD
Companion Video to Drywall - Learn By Watching a Pro
Here's your chance to watch an experienced pro at work and to learn all the tricks and techniques he uses to create smooth, unblemished walls and ceilings. Veteran drywaller Myron Ferguson shows you how to measure, estimate materials, cut and hang drywall panels, tape and finish, sand and prepare walls, correct mistakes and make repairs. - DVD 59 minutes

Drywall Companion Video: Hanging and Taping VHS
Companion Video to Drywall - Learn By Watching a Pro
Here's your chance to watch an experienced pro at work and to learn all the tricks and techniques he uses to create smooth, unblemished walls and ceilings. Veteran drywaller Myron Ferguson shows you how to measure, estimate materials, cut and hang drywall panels, tape and finish, sand and prepare walls, correct mistakes and make repairs. - VHS 59 minutes

Exterior Siding, Trim, and Finishes
Essential design and installation information
A home’s appeal depends a great deal on its exterior paint or stain, brick and stonework, siding, trim, and other details -- and it’s not just the type of finish that’s important. It’s also how well the job was done. This first-ever collection of Fine Homebuilding magazine’s most popular articles on the subject provides you with ideas for choosing the correct finishes for exteriors, plus solid how-to information covering everything from building shutters to the much debated use of PVC.

How To Start And Run A Painting Business
Learn How To Start Your Own Painting Contracting Business
If you want to be you own boss, make $900 to $1200 per week, and can paint a house, this is the book for you. Inside you'll find all the nuts and bolts of starting and running your own painting business from scratch. It will show you how to: . advertise . answer the phone . estimate jobs . negotiate prices . conduct yourself professionally . collect payment . get repeat business . build a network of steady customers If you've ever painted houses, you can run the business. How to Start and Run a Painting Business provides a solid foundation for anyone who wants to get one off the ground.

Paint Contractor's Manual
Running a Profitable Paint Contracting Company
How to start and run a profitable paint contracting company: getting set up and organized to handle volume work, avoiding mistakes, squeezing top production from your crews and the most value from your advertising dollar. Shows how to estimate all prep and painting. Loaded with manhour estimates, sample forms, contracts, charts, tables and examples you can use.

Paint Effects Bible: 100 Recipes for Faux Finishes
A Library of 100 Faux Finishes with Step-By-Step Illustrated Procedures
The Paint Effects Bible is a library of faux finishes: 100 of them. Each is described on a single spread with a large photograph of the finish plus step-by-step illustrations, an ingredients list, and detailed instructions for creating the effect. A valuable source for professional and amateur decorators alike, this book comes in a handy, pocket-sized format with a concealed wiro-binding that lays flat during use

Paint Transformations
Quick and Easy Paint Projects You can Do Yourself
Change the mood, express your sense of style, create beautiful decorative effects and complete other paint makeover projects. Paint Transformations features high-impact paint projects for every room in your home. More than 300 step-by-step photos help you to quickly and dramatically change the look of a room with a can of paint and a few basic tools.. All projects can be completed in 1-3 days.

Painters' Handbook
Loaded with How-To Information on Getting Professional Results
Loaded with "how-to" information you'll use every day to get professional results on any job: the best way to prepare a surface for painting or repainting; selecting and using the right materials and tools (including airless spray); tips for repainting kitchens, bathrooms, cabinets, eaves and porches; how to match and blend colors; why coatings fail and what to do about it. Lists 30 profitable specialties in the painting business.

Painting and Decorating
One Stop Resource for Painting & Decorating Occupations
Assuming no prior experience of the trade, Roy Hughes details the underpinning knowledge of the materials, tools and techniques required for successful painting and decorating, and provides step-by-step guidance towards developing the essential skills required for anyone wishing to embark on a career in decorative occupations. The reader is guided through each of the key areas and processes in the field, with additional emphasis placed on Health & Safety. Written by the author of the CITB/City & Guilds Level 2 Technical Certificate, the book fully covers the syllabus requirements for the Intermediate Construction Award (painting and decorating route) and the Decorative Occupations NVQ at Level 2.

Painting and Decorating: An Information Manual
Provides Students and Apprentices The Resources to Learn the Painting Business
This book provides all the technical information needed by the trainee painting and decorating student and supports knowledge evidence for NVQ Levels 2 and 3. The new edition includes new developments in tools and equipment, materials, scaffolding and health and safety.

Painting and Finishing - Build Like A Pro
A practical painting and finishing guide for the homeowner
Painting and finishing around the home can be daunting, both from the scale of the work and the bewildering array of finishing options available. But you can save yourself frustration, time, and money with the help of Build Like a Pro: Painting and Finishing. Written by a finishing professional, it’s an authoritative and practical guide to accomplishing the major finishing tasks around the home.

Painting & Wallcovering Magazine - 12 Month Subscription
Terrific Magazine Dedicated to the Painting & Wallcovering Business
8 Issues / 12 months. Offers information for those involved in the professional painting and wallcovering industry. Official publication of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America.

Painting Contractor's Business Plan - MS Word / Excel
Comprehensive Painting Contractor's Business Plan Software
The Painting Contractor Business Plan is a comprehensive document that you can use for raising capital from a bank or an investor. This document has fully automated 3 year financials, complete industry research, and a fully automated table of contents. The template also features full documentation that will help you through the business planning process. This is a full and complete business plan with original research, financial models, and marketing/advertising plans that are specific for a Painting Contractor. Since 2005, BizPlanDB and its parent company have helped raise more than $100,000,000 through its developed plans.

Painting Contractor's Handbook
Learn How To Setup and Run Your Own Painting Contracting Business
Turn your paintbrush into big profits. Whether you own a paint contracting business or you're ready to start one up, Paint Contractor's Complete Handbook, by Dennis D. Gleason, will help make the difference between flat growth and a glossy profit picture. From bidding on jobs to estimating wallcovering, this business-building advisor helps you make profitable decision on costs, materials, equipment and prep work for any type of job - repaint work, new construction, commercial and industrial projects, even government contracts. You'll see how to prepare winning bids...promote and market your services...estimate labor, equipment, overhead and profit...prevent legal disputes...read blueprints...select the right materials...and much, much more.

Painting Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
Step-By-Step Guide For Painting Your Home With Beautiful Results
Painting your home yourself can be faster, more affordable and even easier than hiring professionals—but only if you get it right the first time. Painting Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, helps you do just that with easy-to-follow, step-by-step procedures for giving your, floors, walls, and ceilings the extreme makeover of your dreams. More than 500 photos and illustrations show you exactly how to perform each step of each procedure the right way and avoid drips, smudges, and ugly surfaces. You'll find out how to choose the best paint for the job, figure out how much paint you'll need, and use rollers, brushes, and other painting tools with skill and precision. Before you know it, you'll have the confidence and ability to tackle any household painting project with ease.

Painting Techniques and Faux Finishes
Learn Beautiful Paint Techniques such as Color Washing, Sponging, Ragging, Stippling, Dragging, Solvent Release, Splattering and Flogging.
A colorful, inspirational, and practical book that offers beginners and more advanced decorators invaluable advice. You will learn how to create more than 20 beautiful paint effects. Information on materials and equipment, advice on surface preparation, and an introduction to color theory provide you with the knowledge you will need to create the desired effect. All of the basic techniques - Color Washing, Sponging, Ragging, Stippling, Dragging, Solvent Release, Spattering, and Flogging - are demonstrated with step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions. More advanced techniques, such as Tortoiseshell, Faux Lacquer, Lapis Lazuli, Stone Blocking, Marbling, Aging, and Antiquing, are presented in the same format.

Point 'n Paint Set - As Seen On TV
Saves Time When Painting and Edging
No tape! Just point and paint! Paint an entire room in less than an hour! Point 'n Paint saves you a fortune on professional painters. Get perfect results with this sleek, innovative design that masters corners and molding. No need for tape to get those perfect lines as you glide around fixtures and curves. Two ergonomically shaped pads puts the control in your hands to paint an entire room in less than an hour. Holds seven times more paint than standard tools. Works with any pole so it's perfect for ceilings. Also great for stains and to run circles around fixtures. Includes: Large painter Mini painter Paint tray 2 x Small Pads 2 x Large Pads

Professional Painted Finishes: A Guide to the Art and Business of Decorative Painting
Comprehensive Decorative Painting Resource Guide
Drawn from the authors’ 30 years of experience in the field, these painted finishes simulate a wide variety of wood grains, stones, and marbles. More than 55 techniques are explained in depth, with hundreds of step-by-step color photographs and complete lists of the materials and tools needed. Everything that a professional or hobbyist needs is here, from basics to specific techniques such as marbling, glazing, and graining, to an overview of business practices, including startup, preparing estimates and contracts, and getting the job done. A comprehensive decorative painting resource, ideal for professionals, aspiring professionals, and committed amateurs, Professional Painted Finishes packs the combined knowledge of three top experts into one indispensable reference.

Scale Master ProXE with USB PC Interface
Portable, Blueprint Digital Take-Off Tool With 91 Built-in Scales
The newly designed Calculated Industries 6335 Scale Master ProXE with PC Interface Cable allows you to export take-off and count values to your favorite application. The Scale Master Pro XE gives you simplicity, versatility and accuracy with a new ergonomic design with comfort grip, improved weight balance, dedicated function keys and a new dual LCD display for left- or right-hand use, while maintaining the same award-winning ease-of-use, quality and reliability you expect from a Scale Master. No other plan measure gives you more for less!

Scale Master ProXE
Portable, Blueprint Digital Take-Off Tool With 91 Built-in Scales
The newly designed Calculated Industries 6335 Scale Master ProXE with PC Interface Cable allows you to export take-off and count values to your favorite application. The Scale Master Pro XE gives you simplicity, versatility and accuracy with a new ergonomic design with comfort grip, improved weight balance, dedicated function keys and a new dual LCD display for left- or right-hand use, while maintaining the same award-winning ease-of-use, quality and reliability you expect from a Scale Master. No other plan measure gives you more for less!

Surface Preparation for Interior House Painting
Professional Results Begins With Proper Surface Preparation
Surface Preparation for Interior House Painting is the easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to preparing surfaces for paint, decorative paint and faux finish. The author, Steve Broujos, is a house painting contractor, decorative painter and instructor of interior surface preparation at The Finishing Schoo, one of the nation's finest schools for the art of decorative painting and faux finishing.

Ultra Scale Master Pro with protective hardcover case
New Area, Digital Take-Off Tool and Digitizer System With 72 Built-in Scales
For Construction Estimators, Contractors or Anyone Who Works with Blueprints
Ultra Scale Master® Pro is an affordable and portable stand-alone, digital area takeoff and digitizing system. Ultra Scale Master® Pro allows you to measure plans at your office or on the job site without the need for additional computing devices or software. Ergonomic design with large targeting window allows you to accurately measure areas, segment lengths, perimeters, and volumes for simple or complex polygons, polylines, irregular shapes, arcs and circles. 72 built-in architectural and engineering scales allow you to measure plans and drawing up to 24" x 36" in size. Four custom scales allow you to measure out of scale drawings.

Weekend Painter's DVD: How To Paint Like A Pro
Simple Methods for Reducing Your Weekend Painting Time
The host, Greg Martin, an actual Licensed Painting Contractor with over 34 years experience, has devised this simple method for all homeowners and renters alike to Speed-Up their Weekend Painting Time. Perhaps for the first time Weekend Painter's can learn exactly how the Pro's Paint, avoiding common mistakes beforehand, and accomplishing what they never thought possible before this! House Painting Instructional DVD. How to Paint Like a Pro! Lessons on learning and mastering the brush and roller. First Of It's Kind DVD! Step by Step Demonstrations! Tool list and patching too. Interior demonstrations. Easy to learn and Quick to do!

Plastering

Builder's Guide to Stucco, Lath & Plaster
Covers All Aspects of Design, Construction and Repair of Plaster
Builder's Guide to Stucco, Lath & Plaster Covers every aspect of design, construction and repair.... Plaster base (lath) and flashing; Mixing and application basics; Plaster finishes and how to achieve them; Decorative plaster work: implants, molds, etc.; Structural, thermal, water-resistant and acoustic properties of cement plaster; Scaffolding and safety; Cost estimating; Typical causes of plaster failure, and remedies; Repair and maintenance of stucco. COMPANION CD-ROM INCLUDED

Italian Plaster Techniques
Techniques for Creating Italian Style Plasterwork
Once reserved for highly trained artists, the techniques for creating Italian plasterwork are now available to all. With the help of the newest user-friendly materials, and these incredibly detailed and wonderfully illustrated instructions, do-it-yourselfers can easily create exquisite wall treatments. The focus here is on acrylic plasters--particularly Polished or Venetian Plaster and Textured Plaster--and their many possible applications. Find out about tools, color schemes, and surface preparation, as well as every single step involved in applying the plaster. Drying times, adding a topcoat, burnishing, polishing, and glazing: it's all covered. Do crosshatch, stenciling, Venetian lace patterns, and lots more.

Ornamental Plastering How To
How-To Book of Ornamental Plastering Techniques
Unique Guide to Ornamental Plastering Techniques

Plastering
Practical Handbook of Modern and Traditional Plastering Techniques
This practical handbook, now in its fifth edition, has been updated to acknowledge changes and developing trends in the plastering industry. It covers not only the wide variety of solid and fibrous plasterwork, but also provides details of traditional and more modern techniques with appropriate application techniques. Items covered in this edition are recommendations for floor laying techniques, changes in dry lining methods, a revised section on bonding adhesives, plus information on plastering materials

Plastering: An Encyclopedia
Introduction to Techniques of Modern Plastering
This book will serve as an excellent text for NVQ plastering students, whilst its encyclopedic structure enables the experienced plasterer to select information quickly on finer points when faced with an unfamiliar task. Architects and surveyors will welcome it as a guide to the scope of the craft and its materials, and as a reference for conservation work. It provides a thorough introduction to the techniques of modern plastering and a comprehensive treatment of present-day fibrous plasterwork

Plastering Skills
Learn Plastering Skills From Start to Finish
Plastering Techniques describes construction plastering techniques, from mixing plastering materials to special surface finishes. Solutions to common plastering problems, such as cracking and dryout, are given

The Natural Plaster Book
Earth, Lime and Gypsum Plasters for Natural Homes
For builders of natural homes (straw bale, cob, adobe, rammed earth, and other natural materials), this unique step-by-step guide takes the confusion out of choosing, mixing, and applying natural plasters. From principles to practicalities, and with every stage of the process illustrated, The Natural Plaster Book details the entire process of plastering with earth, lime, and gypsum for a long-lasting and durable finish

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