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"nothing beats actually getting out there and working with the experienced painters." Hi Spice. Thanks for your input. I have had so much good feedback from this forum and now that I am talking to friends about it as well they are being really good too. I have two people who are happy to...

"are you hoping to corner a niche market of single female customers". Hi. Thanks for the thought. I cannot see that it would be an advantage to market myself to any single section of the market in particular and at this point I don't intend to. It may be that there is a small section of...

Thanks Fred. All of this is helpful to me. I have taken the plunge and sent my cheque off for the P&D course. It's a starting point, but, as you guys say, it's nothing without...experience, experience, experience! I will see how it goes and maybe follow it up with a carpentry course. Of...

Thanks Neil. It's good to find people on a forum that have a cheerful and helpful disposition. I know my current experience is limited but that doesn't lessen my ability to learn more about the trade. We all have to start somewhere. Helpful, encouraging and supportive comments are all it...

Thank you. This is very useful, constructive feedback. It is so good to get positive responses. I realise any career change is risky but I have spent too long in a 'respectable' job that pays the bills but quite simply makes me miserable. In answer to the questions raised in the feedback...

Hi. I am calling on all the professional painters and decorators for help and advice. I have been working in the corporate world for too long and I have had enough. A complete change is called for, so having been decorating my own homes for 27 years now, loving it and, I think, quite good at it...