Comparing Innovation Painters and Precision Paint Experts

An Innovation Painters alternative: look closely at the detail work

Innovation Painters is one of the businesses some homeowners in North Central Florida compare with Precision Paint Experts. We keep opinions about other companies off this page. Our focus is on the parts of a house that make a repaint look finished — front door painting, shutters, trim, railings and garage doors — and how to make sure each bid treats them the same.

These items are slow to paint well. They have edges, panels, hardware and hinges, and they're at eye level where flaws are obvious. A bid that says "trim included" may or may not mean every one of them.

Make a detail inventory before you compare

Walk around the house with a notepad and count. Then ask every contractor to confirm each item is in or out of the price.

Hardware deserves a line too. Door knobs, kick plates, house numbers and shutter fasteners can be removed, masked or replaced. Decide which you prefer and make sure every company knows, so a trim detail in a painting bid means the same thing to everyone pricing it.

• Entry doors, side doors and the edges and tops of each
• Garage doors and their trim
• Shutters — fixed or operable, wood, composite or vinyl
• Porch railings, balusters and columns
• Window trim, sills and any decorative molding
• Metal items like rails, gates or mailbox posts

Method and material differences that matter

Are shutters taken down and painted flat, or painted in place? Removal usually gives better coverage on the louvers and lets the wall behind be painted fully. Are doors removed, or painted on their hinges with hardware masked? Is shutter painting on vinyl handled with a product suited to that material, and with a color that won't overheat in direct sun?

Doors and railings take a beating from hands and weather. A durable enamel suits them better than wall paint. Ask each bidder to state the product category and sheen for these surfaces separately. Metal needs rust treatment and a suitable primer; ask how each bid handles any rust you've spotted.

Detail work at Precision Paint Experts

We coat doors and rails with waterborne urethane enamels and trim with premium 100% acrylic, and our free, written estimate lists these items individually. That makes it straightforward to see whether the scope matches another company's. We usually walk the property within 48 hours of your call and send the itemized quote about one business day after.

We're a Newberry-based crew with more than 15 years of experience, licensed and insured in Florida, and we provide a certificate of insurance before work begins. Exterior jobs carry a written workmanship warranty of up to 10 years and the manufacturer's warranty. Learn more on door and shutter painting, trim painting, or about us.