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How to Make 100% Profit Selling Plaster Painting Paint

April 30th, 2010 |

This is one time the $2.00 shops are not the best way to go. Although they sell packed acrylic paint at a very low price you can do very much better by repacking your own. Plastic vials are less popular than glass ones with screw on lids among the successful plaster painting studios as they have found they have a tendency to leak.

We have been searching and testing many plastic containers with push on lids which are around the size of a 50c coin. We have found these to be quite easily filled and are usually larger than the glass vials. Previous versions did leak, however the latest version shows no sign of leaking and are very reasonable in price.

The children can now use either glass or plastic type containers. You may be wondering what the best type of paint to use on plaster is. The obvious answer is an acrylic paint. Acrylic paint is water based which makes it really easy to clean up if you are quick. If you let it dry however it can be a different story. This type of paint when dry can prove very difficult to remove from clothing. Supplying a basic apron to your regular clients is recommended.

After much searching we have sourced a quality acrylic paint from one of our suppliers in Melbourne packed in 2 litre containers that can be set up to pump fill your containers without spilling a drop. These paints come in the primary colours and can be mixed to produce a full palette of colour. With the attractive price of $11.95 per bottle including GST you can get the price down even lower by purchasing a set of six colours which will reduce the price as low as $9.95 per bottle. If you sell about 100 to 200 vails of paint to your clients for about a dollar each you will only be spending 10c for the paint it conains. And that is worth getting up for in the morning! You can purchase paints here.

To make life easier it is worth getting the pumps that fit on each 2 litre container. A simple push on the pump and paint is drawn out of the bottle and into the container. The only remaining thought I can give along the road to making some money out of plaster painting is to check out the brushes.

Many have told me the $2.00 shops have cheap brushes but they only come in assorted sizes, most of which you don’t want. We have found the Chinese white pigs bristle size 6 to be the best brush for a plaster painting setup. Any smaller and it will take too long to paint and become tedious. Any larger and you will lose detail and waste too much paint.

As a result we carry bulk stocks of this very size at a reasonable price. Remember to wash the brushes out after the students leave to keep them in good condition and they will last for years.

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Enjoy your plaster painting.