Introduction to Professionalism in Painting

[Music] This is Chrisy Idaho Painter here on Paint Life TV. Today I'm here in a room doing a Venetian plaster wall how-to video, but this isn't about Venetian plaster. This is about painters wear, looking professional, not acting professional, but looking professional on the job site. I get all kinds of questions and comments on my YouTube channel, social media um platform, Instagram, Facebook. What pants am I wearing? I get that a lot because I think people um notice the knee pads in the pants in there. And I get um some questions about my shoes and some about my shirts and hats. And I'm going to just talk a little bit about looking and acting professional. I'm really big on wearing painters wear that makes you look professional and um just gives you um your your clients and customers confidence that you're you're the man to do the job and you're the painter to do the job. I'm really a big believer in you start to get too much paint on there. You just look dirty and messy. It looks like you're putting more paint on your clothes and your walls and that doesn't build a whole lot of trust with your customers. I want them just to have confidence that I'm a neat, clean individual and that if I go into their house, I'm not going to be just getting paint everywhere, not only on my clothes, but on their carpets and floors and stuff like that. I'd say like if I start to get more than 5% of paint on my pants or my shirts or my hats, I switch them out. And the same with my guys. I want my guys looking neat, clean, and tidy. And it's a small expense to building up customer confidence and building your brand. Getting on to the pants. I'll talk about the pants. These