Painting Business Startup Guide
Build a painting business around lead-safe certification, real prep pricing, and repeat accounts. This 30-page guide walks through getting RRP certified before you take your first pre-1978 job, pricing from production hours instead of guessing at square footage, and working safely on a ladder — plus six working templates to run it with.
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What It Covers
Get EPA RRP lead-safe certified before you advertise pre-1978 work — and understand the separate OSHA lead-in-construction obligation almost nobody mentions. Estimate from production hours, not square footage, and price prep as its own line item. Work safely on a ladder in a trade where falls are the leading cause of fatality. Sell to property managers, not just homeowners.
Six Working Templates
- Startup checklist
- Equipment and budget worksheet
- Pricing and estimate template
- Invoice template
- Job log and lead tracker
- Compliance and safety page
This guide gives you the framework. The full Painting Business Plan ($27) adds a lead-paint (RRP) job gate checklist, a production hour estimate worksheet, a full worked estimate, a starter equipment list under $1,000, and OSHA ladder-safety rules. See what’s inside the plan →