PAINTED FURNITURE - A PROFITABLE HOME BUSINESS

HOW TO GET STARTED

 Have you considered starting a profitable home business with painted furniture? There will always be a good market for quality painted and refinished furniture. This is an ideal home business and can be started with minimum capital outlay. The skills needed to refinish furniture can also be easily acquired and with some practice, a professional finish can be achieved. There are some basic requirements that have to be met if you want to succeed in this home business. 

The first is that you should have a reasonable size space available to do the stripping and painting. A double garage is ideal to start off with. The painting area and the stripping and prepping area should be kept separate as far as possible.

 Secondly, some basic tools and equipment will be necessary but these can be bought at reasonable prices at any good hardware shop.

 Thirdly, a market must be developed and this will take some time. However, you can start small and gradually grow your business because you will have virtually no overheads and all the input costs can be derived from your client at the start of a project. 

Maybe it sounds over simplified, but I have gone through the process and my experience was that the business just had a steady growth right from the start. The most important aspect is to provide a trustworthy and quality service. Remember, anyone can make a mistake but the crucial point is that mistakes must be rectified quickly and without any arguments. The old cliché of the client that is always right is a golden rule that will serve you well. There are no short cuts in the refinishing business. The processes that I will describe later on, have all been tried and tested by many people in this business, and must be applied without any attempts to bypass or manipulate. This will enable you to be successful in this business.

Refinishing implies that you take an old piece of furniture and strip the old finishing (varnish, paint etc.) and refinish it by re-varnishing or painting the piece. The question is where do you get old furniture to get going? You can start by using any piece of furniture that you can get hold of and start practising the techniques of preparing the wood for painting and then following the process of repainting or refinishing the project. In my book "Refinishing Old Furniture - start a home business" I have set out all the steps that should be followed. Some of the aspects that are dealt with in the book are the following:

• Refinishing furniture as a business
• Tools and equipment required to get started
• Stripping old finish
• How to apply paint with brushes, rollers and by spray painting
• Paint techniques and recipes are discussed in detail
• How to get the business going and how to grow the business.

Whether you are a stay-at-home mom wanting to enjoy a rewarding hobby or a retired person looking for something to keep you busy and earn a handsome extra income or you just want to start a sideline business, this could be the answer.

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