Painting Tips & Trade Skills

Explore expert painting tutorials, professional trade tips, and step-by-step guides from The Idaho Painter. Learn interior and exterior painting techniques, garage floor coatings, cabinet refinishing, deck and fence staining, surface preparation, spraying, and more. Whether you’re a DIY homeowner or a professional painter, discover the skills, tools, and industry knowledge needed to master the painting trades and grow your business.

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  • Steps Painting A Garage Door

    Steps Painting A Garage Door

    How to Paint a Garage Door Painting a garage door can be intimidating. Unless you live in a castle, it’s probably the biggest door in your house...

  • A knife worth carrying for painters

    A Knife Worth Carrying

    Every now and then a tool comes along made for a painter by a painter that is a must have.  I wish I could say it happens...

  • Happy Birthday To My Father, The Idaho Painter (A.K.A.- The Best Dad Ever!)

    Happy Birthday To My Father,...

    Happy Birthday To My Dad, The Idaho Painter Hello to all you, our Paint Life family. How is your week and even your month been like?   ...

  • SubContracting, Who Wins?

    SubContracting, Who Wins?

    Who really is the winner when painting companies use a subcontractor model?  The Idaho Painter digs deep to find out who is winning and who is losing. ...

  • Tips on painting a house from The Idaho Painter

    Why Back Roll?

    What is back rolling anyways? Back rolling is rolling with a paint roller or brushing over the paint applied by an airless sprayer to cause better penetration...

  • House color design made easy on Paint Life TV

    Learning To Color Consult

    One question that I have got in the past is will I do color consulting for my customers.  This is a good questions as there are several...