All Forum Posts by: Cipriano Ayala

Haven't quite finished it yet James, waiting for the general contractor to finish trim in the last two rooms and working around the homeowners schedule and stuff for final t/u of completed rooms, been doing some smaller jobs in between. I'll call you this week, I should have some time toward the end of the week.

James, spoken like a true pro! Tried that Super Spec for the first time for the ceilings on this 7800 sq. ft home I'm doing and have never had as many problems with a flatpaint in my life! Tempted to respray all ceilings.By the way going on 10 yrs. with my Graco 695 and 6 yrs. with my Speedflo! Two best pumps I have :D

Here's a good link to buy reconditioned sprayers, http://www.gleempaint.com/airspray.html great for do-it yourselfers, I buy the small ones for trim, doors and cabinets, the gun and hose would cost about the same as the complete rig if bought individually, I use it for about a year on my jobs, toss the unit when the packing goes out, because it cost the same to repair it, keep the gun and hose and order another.

Whats up brother, glad to see you finally on board. Iv'e learned more here in the past couple of months then I have in the past 2 years, hit me up on the cell, I think we should both take Ryans advice and check out a few clubs, gotta get you and the family over to the house also soon for some food and :beer: , call me.

King Solomon stated, " Mere oppression may make a wise one act crazy", now we know what it does to a stupid person!

It used to be real easy when I was younger, but each year it gets harder and harder. I used to get up at 5 every morning and lift like crazy, now I find myself on this forum every morning, and doing most of my lifting at night :beer: At least I have my arthritis to remind me of the good old days, besides I've lost my desire to lift weights, those things are heavy!

Thats good to hear Flipper, I work hard to make most of my customers happy, KM is definitly getting hit hard like the other paint stores and contractors, some good guys I know getting hurt right now, went through it myself sometime back. I stopped using 1240 awhile back, just had to many problems with it, I heard they reformulated but have'nt tried it, it's not the most affordable product either. As for REO's out here I really don't see any slow down in price drop anytime soon, I'm looking to start investing out of state, Indiana, Mississippi or Alabama hopefully, so if anyone has any advice or insight it would be appreciated

Workers comp is a lot better than it was 3 or 4 years ago though, liability seems to be more reasonable too, payroll taxes make me wench every 14th though, that 15% self employment tax I love, it's like, lets just assume everyone is cheating! But I agree you gotta play by the rules, I'm seeing guys drop left and right, a lot of it is because of the economy but part of it is because they try to cut corners and not treat it as a business, I'm grateful for my contacts and try to do my part to keep them, seems to work well, I am able to stay busy without advertising :D

Liability cannot be stressed enough, especially in California, it only takes one time. Remember you get the best, you only cry once. :D

Specialty or general?