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With the undivided attention the Nigerian government is giving to oil and gas in the country, one of the most ignored industries is the paint and coating industry. An industry where hundreds of millions of liters are sold yearly, accounting for about half a billion dollars in revenue. Ironically, this industry has proven over time to be very lucrative. One of the reasons why, is that there are currently non-existent government regulations or registration processes for starters and operators, driving the startup and operating cost to rock bottom. This and other reasons why this industry and business is lucrative are addressed in these report titled: 6 Reasons why paint production business is lucrative in Nigeria.

1. Low startup cost
Unlike so many other profitable businesses where the startup cost can be very discouraging, Paint Production Business is an exception and you will not be needing a loan, office, staff or even a factory to startup. Personally, in 2012 when I started my own paint production business, I started from the back of my house with just two drums that I bought for less than N10,000. The purchase of chemicals was the bulk of my startup cost, but the good news is that you can sell your first production. In my case, I needed it to paint my apartment so I used it for that purpose. However, anyone with the right training and materials can package and sell their first production without any challenges whatsoever.
If you are working with a really strict budget, find drums and buckets around you, forget about using an electronic mixer; just source for jobs, then use the money paid for the job to buy the chemicals required and the buckets for packaging. Use proceeds from the jobs you get to brand yourself and acquire equipment and materials required.

2. Very scalable
For so many businesses, scaling is their greatest challenge; however, this is not the case with the paint production business as it could be easier to scale in a short time. By scaling, I mean growing the business to a level where you do not have to do any work yourself anymore as you will have staff working for you.

In this business, one job, contact or positioning can guarantee you unimaginable growth. Picture yourself meeting the contractor that was given the job to build 100 schools in your state, and he signs an MoU with you to handle all the painting jobs. These schools can keep you busy for a few years and put a lot of income in your pocket.

3. Non-existence of government regulations or registration
There are no current registrations or regulations are paint businesses in Nigeria, this is good news to everyone thinking of venturing into the industry. But it is worthy of note that this might change at any time, so my advice is that you start your own Paint Production Business today, without delay. Even if you cannot start today, do something progressive about it today by CLICKING HERE for information on how to start and run the business.

4. It can be transgenerational
Paint production is a business that your children and children’s children can inherit as an asset, as long as you are willing to start and put in the necessary work required for you to sustain and scale the business as soon as possible. Scaling the business is important as your children cannot inherit a business that you operated alone, the business should have staff and some valuables on ground for it to be trans-generational.

5. You can start anywhere
I previously mentioned that I started my own paint business from the back of my house, you too can still do same as the customers are not concerned about where or how the paint was produced; their only concerns are the quality of paint and service rendered. Whether you have a backyard or not, you live somewhere and you have neighbors, friends and relatives. If you have to, approach them for a space to start production. With determination, accommodation really cannot limit anyone from starting this business.

6. You start earning immediately you start working
Where startup cost is a major determinant, it is advisable to get trained first then source for jobs before embarking on production. This will ensure that every paint you produce already has a recipient waiting to receive it. With this startup method, you start earning from the day you start producing and you grow from there without having to make major financial commitments beforehand.

Finally, in as much as the business is lucrative, it will be a disaster to venture into this business without proper training. Paint Business Academy a subsidiary of Expert Paint Advice, the foremost Nigerian Paint advisory consultants offers the best trainings in the business of paint production. Whether you want to start on a small scale or you want a factory setup, we are the solution to your desires. Just visit our website on www.expertpaintadvice.com.ng or email: info@expertpaintadvice.com.ng or call: 08150579497 for help on how you too can be a part of this lucrative business today.

Are you in Port Harcourt and ready to paint that building, but you are worried about cost and modalities? Worry no more, just contact us for quality paints and trained painters for that impeccable finishing you deserve. Get the best quality of work while you save up to 50% on the total cost. Also, we have a money back guaranteed. Call 08150579497 to get started

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Are you in Port Harcourt and ready to paint that building, but you are worried about cost and modalities? Worry no more, just contact us for quality paints and trained painters for that impeccable finishing you deserve. Get the best quality of work while you save up to 50% on the total cost. Also, we have a money back guaranteed. Call 07014593743 to get started

So you feel the need to paint your walls, whether all or some parts of it. You are excited about the new look and feel that will bring to your space(home/office). Whether it’s a virgin wall or previously painted, in order not to cut short your excitement AND ensure you get desired results, please read through the following nuggets;

• Cost – Luke 14:28 (Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?). As cliche as this may sound, a lot of us fall victim to this blunder.

Advice: It is good to call different paint companies / painters to give you an estimate; when you do, inform them you won’t be paying any hidden or unforeseen charges so everything should be put into consideration. Remember to point out that wastes will not be condoned as well. When they get the idea that they will have to foot any extras, they will do a more accurate evaluation. However, getting several estimates does not guaranty you would get a good job at the best price; so, just book a free site visit for estimates/quotation here. Also, if saving cost is important to you, read this…

• Creativity – Even though it is seems cheaper to deal with road side paints and painters, it might cost much more on the long run. When quarks with little or no creativity are left to manage your important finishing, you will have to contend with whatever you see. From poor finishing to low quality products, you name it.

Advice: Get creative professionals that will advice you on the right products, suggest best application combinations, and good painters that will give you the finish you desire. Click Here to access professional painters guaranteed to satisfy you.

• Quality of materials – Have you ever rested on a wall or seen someone rest, and noticed bad paint stains from that wall? That’s a low quality paint product that should be avoided. Also you might have noticed a wall painting that faded after a few months, that’s a low quality paint also.

Advice: Whether you desire the best qualities or you are working with a tight budget, Click Here for a catalog of local and foreign paint products.

• Quality of finishing – A badly done finishing is an eye-saw to every beholder, it can even warrant re-doing the job with more skilled artisans. This can have grievious implications financially.

Advice: It’s added advantage if previously completed jobs can be seen. Choosing from our list of certified professional painters is an advantage.

• Time required – Except you have people available all the time to monitor the work in progress, you might want to agree on a time frame for the job to get to completion. If that is the case, how do you guarantee that the artisans(who are mostly illiterate) will have as much value for time as you do?

Advice: Give a stern warning to them while negotiations are in progress, an explanation of how important it is to adhere strictly to the time frame is necessary as well. Threatening to shut down the site and employ new workers can further motivate them. BUT ensure the quality of your job is still not compromised; getting extra competent hands will reduce the amount of time taken for the job to come to completion. However, with our certified professional painters, your time is highly respected.

• Security – Stealing is one of the oldest indecent acts of men and it’s not really written on anyone’s fore-head so care must be taken to curb the menace in your space.

Advice: Employ the services of people you trust and can find when there’s need to ask questions; remember you might not notice a missing item until after days, weeks or more.

I’m sure you learned something from this post, feel free to share with family and friends. Thanks!

Source: https://expertpaintadvice.com.ng/before-you-paint-your-house-read-this/

So you or someone close to you is about to undertake that paint project, but you know little or nothing about it except for what you have been used to;

Find someone to get you a painter
Get an estimate from the painter or whoever you are buying the paint from, and then
purchase the paint.
Permit me to further guess (in more details) the ways you’ve gone about these processes in the past; you either got someone take care of everything or you contacted a family member or friend who paints/manufactures paint to hook you up or you just snatched a painter off the street to get the job done? These ways of handling your paint project are good but there are better ways to go about it without facing the wastes, risks and uncertainties accompanying the methods I already mentioned.

This post may be a little too long, but our aim is to ensure you understand all the pitfalls. So this post – 10 pitfalls to avoid in your next paint project will be as elaborate as possible, please be patient. Below are some tips that can help you understand what not to do in your next paint project and assist you in handling same just like a pro and for way less than you could have.

1) Not understanding the different types of paints and their usability: There are several types and classes of house paints in the Nigerian paint industry, however the primary types include emulsion, texcote (textured, texcoat), gloss (oil), silk, matt, sandy trowel, screeding, etc. These distinctive paints types/classes should not be compared as they all have different uses. Some can be combined to give a more distinct paint type usually referred to a secondary type. For example, textured matt is a combination of texcote (textured, texcoat) materials and matt materials, so it qualifies as a secondary type of paint. Also, different paint types are further classified into water-based and oil-based (i.e. water soluble and oil soluble for science-inclined persons), the only oil based paint listed previously is the gloss paint. Oil-based paints (gloss) are more suitable for metalworks such as windows and doors protectors (burglary proof) while water-based paints are most-suitably applied on concrete walls.
PS: I personally don’t advice the use of silk paint on the exteriors of buildings and on fences, because it doesn’t react well with diverse weather conditions



2) Not knowing that there are no “best paints” only different brands: Every time I am asked which paint is the best? My impulse response remains the same – there are no best paints. There are only different qualities and different brand names. For example, I’ve met people that are of the opinion that foreign made paints are of a better quality than Nigerian made paints. This is highly untrue. Most foreign paints are a lot more expensive because the manufacturers have been in business for decades, their advertisement budgets are huge, they have success stories in several continents and they have made a name that sells itself thereby affording them a status symbol. Sadly though, the same cannot be said for most locally manufactured paints, except for a handful that have been around for decades. Most locally manufactured paints suffer from the assumption that they are all inferior to their foreign counterparts. This is as a result of several factors enumerated below.
Low advertisement and marketing budget
Low brand quality
However, given the same conditions as their foreign counterparts, some locally made paints might just surpass the qualities some of the finest foreign paints pride in. In most cases, we get what we buy; the cheaper paints are usually of lower quality. If integrity wasn’t an issue, give the local manufacturer more money and get a better quality.

3) Not understanding that different qualities have difference life spans: In reality, we buy what we get. See below a case study.


Case study: I have seen a local manufacturer whose 20 litres emulsion paint cost about N3,000 (three thousand naira) sell a ‘high quality emulsion’ for about N20,000 (twenty thousand naira)”; the customer was aware that pricing influence quality, so he requested for a paint that would last for 8years and he was billed for that quality. If this same manufacturer samples this paint quality in the market, it would most likely not sell in time and tie down the working capital of the struggling entrepreneur. So for your next paint job, if you want a very good quality paint with a long life span, communicate this to your supplier and be willing to pay the cost.



4) Getting the wrong advice: There is an African proverb that says, ‘the fly that does not heed advice will go down the grave with the corpse’ while this is true, it is important to realise that there are some wrong advice out there. For example, you can shot yourself on your feet when you depend on the painter or the paint supplier for an estimate. They would most likely inflate the price and wrongfully keep the excesses. Get free paint here: expertpaintadvice.com.ng.


5) Soliciting estimates from non-professional: Wondering where to obtain straightforward advice and accurate estimates for your paint project? Expert Paint Advice is your choice and where there are excesses, our suppliers take back the paint and the customer gets a refund. This curbs inflation and ensures zero waste. Get free site visit and estimate here: expertpaintadvice.com.ng.


6) Not setting a time target: Embarking on a paint project without giving all parties involved a time target will be a huge mistake. Giving the painter(s) a target time helps for professionalism, orderliness, and I’m sure you don’t want the painter(s) to abandon your job for another, just because there is no urgency in yours. However, quality finishing shouldn’t be jeopardised in the process.

7) Not employing the services of certified professional painters: When you employ the services of certified professional painters, you enjoy rest, impeccable finishing, security of property and professionalism. On the other hand, getting a road side painter or the one recommended by someone would not guaranty the aforementioned. Do the right thing, get certified professional painters from https://expertpaintadvice.com.ng/directory-1/.


Not considering the security of the lives and properties of the people in your site: Paints have a pungent smell and is unhealthy for the human body; even if the building was already inhabited, it’s not advisable to spend the night in a room that was just painted. Especially, pregnant women and children should not be in an environment where paint is being applied.


9) Not saving cost to the barest minimum: In this recession, it’s only right that we cut down waste and save cost in every ramification of our lives; painting is not excluded. To figure out how best to save cost in recession read this https://expertpaintadvice.com.ng/8-ways-to-reduce-painting-cost-in-recession.




10) Not getting the painters to clean up after their mess: It is just right and responsible for everyone to clean up after their mess. So, just before you contract the painter(s), inform them of the need to clean up after themselves; except you don’t mind the pain of scrubbing the dried up paints off the ground or paying professional cleaner, have the painter(s) do it. Read: https://expertpaintadvice.com.ng/who-cleans-the-mess-after-painting/ for more on this.


If this tips were helpful to you, they would be to your friends and family, so kindly share with them. Request a free site visit, expert advice and accurate estimate at www.expertpaintadvice.com.ng.


Our services include;
- Free site visit and estimates
- Quality local and foreign paints
- Trained painters
- Paint Production Business factory setup and trainings

www.expertpaintadvice.com.ng
Our services include;
- Free site visit and estimates
- Quality local and foreign paints
- Trained painters
- Paint Production Business factory setup and trainings

Recession is a term we have become familiar with in recent times, not only in our beloved country Nigeria but all over the world. It simply follows that reducing cost in whatever areas of our lives has become a global norm. Most families are learning to live within their budgets to avoid the pitfalls of lack or indebtedness. If you are a part of the majority being affected by the recession (and I believe you are), I advise that you create and live within your budget too. Hence, the need to reduce painting cost in recession.

Having to budget every income does not imply that you leave your walls a mess especially when children are in the picture. It just might be part of the learning process for the children to either write on the wall, place their hands and feet on it, or pill the wall paints off entirely. They are children so they are immune to the consequences, let the children play!

Whether you are painting a new building or remodelling an old one, there are things you can do to drastically reduce cost. Given that the cost of the paint project is the major determinant, here are some tips to help you get the job done without digging a hole in your pockets.

1. Use emulsion paint: This is relatively the cheapest house paint type in the market and it has nothing to do with the product brand; so whether you are interested in foreign paints such as Dulux, Berger, or to further save cost, you buy a local brand – emulsion paints are relatively cheaper than the others types of paints such as Texcoat (texcote), Silk, Matt, etc…


2. For a very small project – Do the painting yourself: This means labour cost will be zero. When your paint project requires less than 5 buckets of paint i.e. 20 litres each, and you or someone you can use has some form of painting experience, just go for it i.e. do the painting yourself. However, ensure its normal emulsion paint because it is the easiest to apply. My first attempt at painting was a terrible one, I had seen people paint and it seemed as easy as dipping the roller into the paint bucket and rolling it on the wall. Even though this is correct, it happened that the paint type was texcoat (texcote) so by the time I was done with the first bucket, almost half of the entire paint was on the ground; I made a great mess and the level of waste was enormous. As if that was not enough, while trying to be firm on the roller, I mistakenly broke 2 different rollers. At the end of the day, the budgeted 2 buckets wasn’t enough so I had to get another bucket; and with the help of a professional painter, the job was concluded the next day. The project was a small one, just a room which two (2) 20litres buckets of the paint brand would normally cover. However, I ended up using 3 buckets and 3 rollers (2 rollers broke beyond repair).


3. For a sizable project – Get certified professional help: With a paint project of more than 5 (20litres) buckets or paint types other than emulsion, it is advisable to get certified professional help. Before now, I am sure you probably got painters either via recommendation, off the street or through advertisements and most often than not these actions were regretted. I advise that for your next sizable paint project, you enlist the help of certified professionals; by ‘certified’ I mean, a painter that is certified professional by a paint advisory outfit such as Expert Paint Advice. This is extremely important especially given that we now have major cost constraints. There are so many dubious practices painters indulge in that will leave you in a state of deep chaos. I have taken out the time to under list some of them.
– Stealing: Except you have a trusted supervisor and one that is quite thorough, a painter might just move some paint away from your site without your knowledge. House belongings can also be stolen, this is especially true when you enlist the help of road side painters that you have no trace of.

– Waste: Out of wickedness or just being plain evil, painters have been seen to waste paints on site. This can be done either to justify his inflated estimate, prove a point, or just to be mean to you. Waste is a common practice among some painters.

– Cheating: If you get a painter and agree to pay him on a daily-pay plan; be informed that he could tactically delay the job for days, even when you never see him resting or playing.

These three (3) are the most popular wrong practices of painters that should not be encouraged. Get certified painters to ensure the project remains within your budget and does not overwhelm you even before it is over. There are tested professionals bound by a code of conduct that attracts strict penalties. To employ such painters in your area visit https://expertpaintadvice.com.ng/directory-1/.



4. Paint visible areas first: Since cost is an issue, you might have to start by painting where people can see. For example, you can paint the living room (parlor) and leave the rooms where visitors hardly enter. The children room should be the least considered when painting with cost in mind considering that it won’t take them long to mess it up. The exterior walls and walls covered by a fence should also be left for the least consideration.


5. Purchase average quality paints: There are paint qualities that are completely inadvisable; those very cheap road side paints might save cost today but in the long run, when they begin to chalk (bring out dust) and fade, you most likely would need a repaint. This is why it’s better to buy average quality unpopular paint brands. In the long run you will find out they are cheaper than the very cheap brands, popular brand and even the bigger brand names.


6. Purchase locally made paints: Locally manufactured paints are usually cheaper for obvious reasons. To cut cost drastically, I recommend its use.


7. Trade empty buckets: Further cost can be reduced if you negotiate to return the paint buckets for a discount; 20 litres can fetch you up to 500naira per bucket and a 5 litres bucket will fetch about 100naira per bucket. It is better to communicate your intentions to the supplier before payments are made to avoid being disappointed. Few companies can decline this offer; so to further save cost, find a company that is willing to trade its buckets. Also, prices might vary in different areas, but to increase the value of the buckets, ensure to wash them clean immediately after use; leaving them to dry will incur additional cost when it’s time to wash them.




8. Get expert advice: Most of these tips cannot be effectively achieved without the help of a professional paint adviser. Visit expertpaintadvice.com.ng for free paint advice, estimate, a list of certified professional painters and a catalog of local and foreign paint products to choose from. You can further ask for a free site visit, this will assist in increasing the accuracy of the estimate to about 98% guaranteed.
Please drop your comments, questions and observations – I will like to hear from you. Also, Share with your friends, you never can tell who might be in dire need of this.

www.expertpaintadvice.com.ng
Our services include;
- Free site visit and estimates
- Quality local and foreign paints
- Trained painters
- Paint Production Business factory setup and trainings

Recession is a term we have become familiar with in recent times, not only in our beloved country Nigeria but all over the world. It simply follows that reducing cost in whatever areas of our lives has become a global norm. Most families are learning to live within their budgets to avoid the pitfalls of lack or indebtedness. If you are a part of the majority being affected by the recession (and I believe you are), I advise that you create and live within your budget too. Hence, the need to reduce painting cost in recession.

Having to budget every income does not imply that you leave your walls a mess especially when children are in the picture. It just might be part of the learning process for the children to either write on the wall, place their hands and feet on it, or pill the wall paints off entirely. They are children so they are immune to the consequences, let the children play!

Whether you are painting a new building or remodelling an old one, there are things you can do to drastically reduce cost. Given that the cost of the paint project is the major determinant, here are some tips to help you get the job done without digging a hole in your pockets.

Use emulsion paint: This is relatively the cheapest house paint type in the market and it has nothing to do with the product brand; so whether you are interested in foreign paints such as Dulux, Berger, or to further save cost, you buy a local brand – emulsion paints are relatively cheaper than the others types of paints such as Texcoat (texcote), Silk, Matt, etc…


For a very small project – Do the painting yourself: This means labour cost will be zero. When your paint project requires less than 5 buckets of paint i.e. 20 litres each, and you or someone you can use has some form of painting experience, just go for it i.e. do the painting yourself. However, ensure its normal emulsion paint because it is the easiest to apply. My first attempt at painting was a terrible one, I had seen people paint and it seemed as easy as dipping the roller into the paint bucket and rolling it on the wall. Even though this is correct, it happened that the paint type was texcoat (texcote) so by the time I was done with the first bucket, almost half of the entire paint was on the ground; I made a great mess and the level of waste was enormous. As if that was not enough, while trying to be firm on the roller, I mistakenly broke 2 different rollers. At the end of the day, the budgeted 2 buckets wasn’t enough so I had to get another bucket; and with the help of a professional painter, the job was concluded the next day. The project was a small one, just a room which two (2) 20litres buckets of the paint brand would normally cover. However, I ended up using 3 buckets and 3 rollers (2 rollers broke beyond repair).


For a sizable project – Get certified professional help: With a paint project of more than 5 (20litres) buckets or paint types other than emulsion, it is advisable to get certified professional help. Before now, I am sure you probably got painters either via recommendation, off the street or through advertisements and most often than not these actions were regretted. I advise that for your next sizable paint project, you enlist the help of certified professionals; by ‘certified’ I mean, a painter that is certified professional by a paint advisory outfit such as Expert Paint Advice. This is extremely important especially given that we now have major cost constraints. There are so many dubious practices painters indulge in that will leave you in a state of deep chaos. I have taken out the time to under list some of them.
– Stealing: Except you have a trusted supervisor and one that is quite thorough, a painter might just move some paint away from your site without your knowledge. House belongings can also be stolen, this is especially true when you enlist the help of road side painters that you have no trace of.

– Waste: Out of wickedness or just being plain evil, painters have been seen to waste paints on site. This can be done either to justify his inflated estimate, prove a point, or just to be mean to you. Waste is a common practice among some painters.

– Cheating: If you get a painter and agree to pay him on a daily-pay plan; be informed that he could tactically delay the job for days, even when you never see him resting or playing.

These three (3) are the most popular wrong practices of painters that should not be encouraged. Get certified painters to ensure the project remains within your budget and does not overwhelm you even before it is over. There are tested professionals bound by a code of conduct that attracts strict penalties. To employ such painters in your area visit https://expertpaintadvice.com.ng/directory-1/.



Paint visible areas first: Since cost is an issue, you might have to start by painting where people can see. For example, you can paint the living room (parlor) and leave the rooms where visitors hardly enter. The children room should be the least considered when painting with cost in mind considering that it won’t take them long to mess it up. The exterior walls and walls covered by a fence should also be left for the least consideration.


Purchase average quality paints: There are paint qualities that are completely inadvisable; those very cheap road side paints might save cost today but in the long run, when they begin to chalk (bring out dust) and fade, you most likely would need a repaint. This is why it’s better to buy average quality unpopular paint brands. In the long run you will find out they are cheaper than the very cheap brands, popular brand and even the bigger brand names.


Purchase locally made paints: Locally manufactured paints are usually cheaper for obvious reasons. To cut cost drastically, I recommend its use.


Trade empty buckets: Further cost can be reduced if you negotiate to return the paint buckets for a discount; 20 litres can fetch you up to 500naira per bucket and a 5 litres bucket will fetch about 100naira per bucket. It is better to communicate your intentions to the supplier before payments are made to avoid being disappointed. Few companies can decline this offer; so to further save cost, find a company that is willing to trade its buckets. Also, prices might vary in different areas, but to increase the value of the buckets, ensure to wash them clean immediately after use; leaving them to dry will incur additional cost when it’s time to wash them.




Get expert advice: Most of these tips cannot be effectively achieved without the help of a professional paint adviser. Visit expertpaintadvice.com.ng for free paint advice, estimate, a list of certified professional painters and a catalog of local and foreign paint products to choose from. You can further ask for a free site visit, this will assist in increasing the accuracy of the estimate to about 98% guaranteed.
Please drop your comments, questions and observations – I will like to hear from you. Also, Share with your friends, you never can tell who might be in dire need of this.

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