Different Types of Painter and Decorator

Different Types of Painter and Decorator

There are many different types of painter and decorator that all fall under the professional painter banner. As such, it can be difficult to understand exactly which one you require. In this article I will try to explain the difference between these and the best one to use for any particular project.

First up we have the painting contractor. A painting contractor differs from a general painter and decorator in that they tend to specialise in larger commercial projects, where producing large volumes of work in a short space of time is paramount. For example, if you have a factory that requires painting, then a painting contractor should be your first port of call, as they will be able to paint whatever requires painting in a timely fashion, thus negating the need to cause any more disruption for any length of time, other than is absolutely necessary.

The next professional in the list is the specialist coatings painter. Specialist coatings can range from anything from a rubberised floor paint to machine enamel to anti-graffiti coatings. Quite often, specialist equipment may need to be worn while using specialist coatings, such as breathing masks or apparatus, gloves, safety glasses and sometimes even full body detection suits to ensure the paint applicators safety.

Then we have a fire coatings painter. A fire coatings painter will use a wide variety of different fire retardant coatings, with the most popular fire retardant coating being nullifier paint. These paints are designed to withstand a very high amount of heat, thus keeping the structure underneath the coating as safe as possible for as long as possible. These paints have to be applied to a certain thickness, in numerous applications. After the layers have been applied, the depth of the paint must be checked to ensure that the correct depth of paint has been achieved; failure to do so could result in the coating not being able to protect the base materials in an adequate fashion, which could be catastrophic.

Last, but not least, we have the general painter and decorator. A general painter and decorator will usually be more customer focused and will, more often than not, place a much larger emphasis on quality rather than quantity. Sometimes a general painter and decorator will assume some of the roles mentioned above, as will the above sometimes assume the role of a general painter and decorator but they will always specialise in their own sector for the vast majority of the time.

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