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Commercial Resources for Property Managers, Facility Managers, Business Owners, Office Managers, and Multi-Family Communities:

Our current wait times to start your commercial project

Anti-Graffiti Paint – dries to a slick surface so graffiti can be erased with plain water.

Assisted Living Communities – as members of the Massachusetts ALA, we know a few things about painting in assisted living communities.

Budgeting painting:  developing a paint budget for commercial painting projects.

Churches and Religious environments – how we stage a painting project in religious buildings

Commercial Painting Case Studies – learn from our experience in commercial painting with summaries of the ins and outs of some recent commercial projects.

Condominiums – painting for multi-family communities

Corrugated metal siding painting – tips to painting corrugated metal siding and roofing.

Ebook we wrote about Commercial Painting:  New to the industry?  This free e-book explains the lingo, secrets, and things that would take years to experience to learn.

Elastomeric paint – when to use this stretchy paint and tips on applying it.

Facility Managers – how we work with Boston’s busiest professionals

Home Owners Associations:  Tips on how to develop a budget for painting projects

HOAs:  More tips on repainting common areas and exteriors in these 24/7 communities.

Industrial & warehouse painting: our process for painting these busy environments

Insurance:  How to ensure all contractors you hire are properly insured and licensed in Massachusetts

Our insurance, licenses, and Women-Owned Business certifications.  The page links to our licenses, certifications, and insurance policies.

Lifts & Scaffolding:  How we paint faster & more efficiently by renting lifts, saving our clients money

Microbicidal paint to kill germs on high-touch surfaces.

Multi-Family Painting Considerations: How to communicate with residents when a contractor is on site.

Night and Weekend painting – we work “off hours” at no extra charge, so your business stays open.

Office Painting:  Using your brand’s colors to paint your office.

Office painting:  The process is as important as the painting in a 5-day-a-week office.

Property Managers:  How we work with Boston’s best multi-taskers.

Photos of our commercial projects:  Take a look at recent interior and exterior commercial painting projects.

Relationship with your commercial painter:  Why a long-term relationship is key.

Religious:  interior painting for area churches, synagogues, and places of worship

RFPs (Requests for Proposal):  How to develop a good RFP, so all contractors are bidding on the exact same scope of work

Rusted surfaces – tips on preparation and painting of rusted substrates.

Schools:  Painting for colleges, private & public schools, and early childhood centers

Scuff-resistant paint – great for high-traffic areas, including hockey rinks!

Team page:  Get to know who you’ll work with at CertaPro Painters if you hire us.

The ultimate guide to commercial painting – a whole ebook we wrote on commercial painting in New England!

Unusual things we paint for our commercial clients:  Speedbumps, bollards, industrial pipes, scoreboards, and more.

Warehouse painting: Learn from our experience how to help these busy spaces get painted.

Women-owned Painting Business:  CertaPro Painters is a Woman-Owned business and WBE Certified