College Works Painting
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Mission Statement
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To provide highly motivated individuals with a premier hands-on leadership development experience, in a safe, competitive, profitable, challenging, and fun environment; and to grow our customer base, level of support, and customer satisfaction, while providing the greatest learning experience to all our team members
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Mission Statement Vision
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Driving force behind achieving our mission - provide a leadership development opportunity at all levels and to be the industry leader, wherever we operate
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Values
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Relationships are everything, work hard play hard have fun, results economy: pay everyone what they earn, four refer-ability habits: 1) do what you say 2) be on time 3) say please and thank you 4) finish what you start, one must earn the right to work here, growth in existing and future opportunities, balance: do what you need to do now to do what you want to do later
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CWP Warranty
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1 year warranty or premium 5 year warranty
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CWP Different from its Competitors
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1) small business service, combined with big business security 2) top-quality materials at the lowest prices 3) quality prep work 4) a service-oriented experience 5) reasonable deposits 6) unparalleled safety program 7) EPA lead-certified renovator
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Stucco
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cement and plaster mixture applied to the outside of homes and buildings
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Stucco most commonly found on what coast?
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West Coast
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Stucco is _________ to cracks
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susceptible
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Two different types of stucco
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1) medium-textured stucco which is smooth and easier to paint 2) heavy-textured stucco (Spanish-style), denser texture
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Spanish-style stucco is more ______ because
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expensive - requires more time and materials
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Wood siding
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made up of pieces of wood that cover the exterior of the home
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Wood siding can come in the form of
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shingles, shakes, plywood, panels, vertical boards or horizontal boards
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Why is painting paneled wood sliding, shingles or shakes more expensive than painting smooth or flat wood siding?
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Requires more time and material
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Vinyl Siding is more popular on what coast?
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East Coast
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How can vinyl siding be painted?
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Use special vinyl paint and using vinyl safe colors
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Terms of a house
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Shutters, woodsiding, window, fascia, dormer, eaves, extra trim, paneled woodsiding, door trim
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Front door is always considered a what door?
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Hard door
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Front doors have to be _______ because
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Perfect because entire paint job judged by the quality of the paint job on the front door
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CWP does not warranty ____ because
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Decks because it is a horizontal surface
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Two types of paints
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water based and oil based
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Work with ______ based paint because
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oil based is not eco-friendly and is also outlawed in many cities and counties
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CWP only uses _____ because
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100% acrylic, water-based paints because they're stronger than regular latex paints or paints with a latex-acrylic mixture
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What makes water-based paint different?
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Different sheen or degree of shine to them
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Flat (no shine) sheen is used on
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body of a home, especially stucco, can be used on trim, recommended for trim that has lots of \"character\"
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Flat (no shine) sheen hides
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imperfections in the wood and covers the best but is not very washable
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Satin (slight shine) is used on
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wood siding, can be used on trim, body is almost always painted with flat or satin paint
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Satin (slight shine) appears to be
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almost flat but is slightly more washable than flat
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Semi-gloss is used on
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trim, windows and doors, generally all trim that is not painted in flat or satin is painted with semi-gloss
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Semi-gloss is highly
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washable but doesn't hide imperfections in the wood
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Gloss is used sometimes on
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trim but more often on front doors
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Gloss really shows
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imperfections in the wood, and it doesn't cover as well - CWP recommends this only for front doors and other limited areas
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Stains are products applied to
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wood which soak into and actually color it, as distinguished from paint which merelly coats the surface of the wood
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stains are what give
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most wood its \"wood\" color
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Stains are most often used on
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decks and fences
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2 major types of stain
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full body and semi transparent
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Rarely use which type of stain?
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Semi-transparent
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Wash down
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remove loose dirt and debris from the surface of the house
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How can wash downs be done
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high-pressure nozzle or a pressure washer
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If you don't trench, you can
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accelerate damage at the base of the home
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Trenching
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entails digging a 3-4 inch trench around the base of the house where the dirt meets the body and painting all the way down below the ground level
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Trenching ensures
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house is completely protected at the base and also gives the paint job a clean finish at the bottom
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Scraping and feather sanding is
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over areas of peeling paint, the loose paint is removed by scraping the area with a scraper or 5 in 1 tool
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After scraping, you
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feather sand the edges using power sanders to make the surface smoother and prevent further peeling
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100% acrylic primer over bare surfaces
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paint does not stick to bare wood
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CWP requires all bare wood and repairs to be
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primed prior to application of the finish coat
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caulk all large cracks
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untreated cracks allow moisture to penetrate the surface, eventually causing damage
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Cracks commonly found on
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joints of fascia boards, window edges and in old stucco
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Wood putty
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repairs minor damage on existing wood
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mold avenger
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CWP uses an enzyme based product - eco-friendly and discourages future mildew growth
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Glazing
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mostly older homes with wooden windows have and holds individual window panes in place
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One pace is how many feet
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3 feet
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10 vertical feet estimates
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height of each story
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easy fascia
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on first story and completely flat
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hard fascia
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2nd or 3rd story
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easy windows
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1-4 panes
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medium windows
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4-8 panes
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hard windows
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8-12 panes
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spraying
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fastest way to apply paint to a surface
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sprayer shoots out
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10 inch fan of paint, highly pressurized hose and gun
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spraying costs
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less
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spray whenever
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possible and appropriate
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Rolling
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fastest method for painting fascia, trim and windows - whenever possible
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Brushing
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only wooden windows or small trim pieces that cannot be rolled
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each unit is equal to
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one hour of budgeted time for one novice painer
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Neutral or earth-tone colors are
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grays, beiges, khaki colors, browns
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Neutral or earth-tone colors cover in how many coats?
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1
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Bright colors require how many coats?
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2 or more
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Bright colors are
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yellows, reds, purples, deep greens, or pretty much any color of the rainbow
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Drastic color changes are
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dark colors over light colors or light colors over dark colors
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Drastic color changes require how many coats?
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more than 1
