Walks every storefront before a plan is written, and signs it.
Storefront and retail painting · Honolulu
Your storefront, repainted while the shop is closed
Our crews arrive when your doors lock and plan the work backward from the hour you open. Trade-wind salt, sun and rain are part of every prep step.
The night schedule
One night on your storefront, hour by hour
We plan the job backward from the hour you open. These times fit a shop that closes at 9 and opens at 10; yours come from your hours.
- Closing
Step 1: We walk it with you
The foreman and your closing manager look at the front together: what stays covered, where the cans sit, who locks up.
- 9:30 p.m.
Step 2: Mask, cover and tape
Sidewalk, glass, signs, door hardware, plants and awning fabric are covered before a brush opens.
- 10 p.m.
Step 3: Rinse, scrape and sand
A fresh-water rinse for the salt, then loose paint scraped to sound edges with a vacuum on the tool.
- Midnight
Step 4: Treat rust, prime, caulk
Rust is treated, bare metal and patches are primed and seams are caulked. Primer gets time to cure before the finish.
- 2 a.m.
Step 5: Finish coats
Two coats of finish on each surface, the second after the first has dried enough to recoat.
- Before you open
Step 6: Clear the front
Tape comes off, wet-paint signs go up where needed, the sidewalk is swept and the opener gets a walk-through.
Dry times depend on the paint and the night's humidity; the plan names what to leave alone.
Salt-air prep
What salt does to paint, and what we do first
On a shoreline block, paint fails at edges, seams and fasteners first. Prep goes there, before any finish coat.
- 1
Rinse the salt off
Fresh water, then time to dry. Salt left behind lifts new paint.
- 2
Scrape to sound paint
Loose and blistered paint comes off back to a firm edge.
- 3
Treat rust, prime bare metal
Rust is removed or converted and the bare spot primed the same night.
- 4
Caulk seams and joints
Where trim meets wall and where boards meet, so water doesn't ride in.
- 5
Coat for the coast
A finish chosen for sun, salt and rain. The data sheet names it.
What we repaint
Fronts, shop floors, gates and common areas
Four kinds of job, all planned around when the doors are shut.
Condo common areas
Hallways, stairs, lobbies and walkways, in the hours residents are asleep or out.
Condo boards
Day or night
Painting by night, and what it changes
Night work suits shops that can't close for a day. It isn't free of tradeoffs, so here is both sides.
| Daytime | Overnight | |
|---|---|---|
| Customers | DaytimeDoors stay open, or the shop closes for the day | OvernightNo one at the door while we work |
| Sidewalk and entry | DaytimeShared with customers and deliveries | OvernightCleared and covered after closing |
| Weather | DaytimeHot wall in full sun, and rain can still move a day | OvernightCooler and less direct sun on the wall; rain can still move a night |
| Cost | DaytimeUsually lower per hour | OvernightNight labor is priced on its own line |
| Neighbors | DaytimeNormal daytime noise | OvernightQuiet tools after dark and a plan for upstairs units |
| Reopening | DaytimeWet-paint signs while customers come and go | OvernightFront is cleared and walked before you open |
On file
What we can put in your hands before the first night
Landlords, boards and managers ask for these. Ask and we send them with the plan.
License and registration
C-33 Painting and Decorating contractorVerify
HI License no. 000000 · Hawaii Contractors License Board
Can contract for painting and decorating work in Hawaii.
Lead-Safe Certified Firm (RRP)Verify
US Firm # 000000 · U.S. EPA
The federal rule for paid work that disturbs paint in homes and child-occupied buildings built before 1978.
Insurance
General liability insurance
A certificate of insurance, with your building named as certificate holder, comes before the first night.
Workers' compensation coverage
Covers the crew on your site. The certificate comes with the same packet.
Documents for your file
Certificate of insurance
Your building named as certificate holder.
Sample night plan
One finished plan: hours, key and alarm contact, covered areas and handback.
Resident or tenant notice
A one-page notice for the day before work starts.
Who comes
The people on your night plan
A small crew of about twelve. These three are on every plan.
Runs the crew on site and answers the night line.
Divina Dumlao
Prep lead
Owns the wash, scrape, rust and primer steps on every job.
Sample comments
What shop owners and boards say
“We close at nine and the front was masked before we'd counted the till. The sidewalk was clear when I unlocked, and the sign told people where the paint was still soft.”
Wing K.Cafe owner
“The estimate had a separate line for night work and another for rust on the roll-up door. I could see what I was paying for.”
Jenifer M.Boutique owner
“Residents got a notice the day before and the walkway rails were done in three nights. The foreman picked up when a neighbor called at one in the morning.”
Tetsuya S.Condo board president
Sample reviews.
Oahu, south shore
Honolulu shops and the blocks around them
Most of our work is on the south shore, from Punchbowl to the airport side. If your block is not listed, send the address and we will say.
Downtown and the valleys
- Honolulu
- Chinatown
- Iwilei
- Kapalama
- Kamehameha Heights
- Punchbowl
Airport side and Pearl Harbor
- Mapunapuna
- Sand Island
- Halawa
- Aliamanu
- Foster Village
- Waimalu
We work on Oahu only. We don't take jobs on the other islands.
Questions
Before you ask us to walk it
Will we be able to open on time?
The plan is built backward from the hour you open. It names which surfaces are dry enough to use, which stay behind wet-paint signs, and who walks the front with your opener. If a night is lost to rain, we tell you before you open, not after.
Does night work cost more?
It can. Crews working nights are paid differently, and the estimate says so in a line of its own, so you can compare it with a daytime price.
What happens when it rains?
We don't paint wet or salt-damp surfaces. Rain moves a night; it doesn't shorten the prep. The plan lists the nights we hold and who calls you.
Who is on site at night, and who do I call?
A foreman and crew, named on the plan. The night foreman's number is on the plan, and he answers it while the crew is on site. The office answers by day.
My building was built before 1978. Does that change anything?
Yes. EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting rule applies to paid work that disturbs paint in homes and child-occupied buildings built before 1978. Tell us the year; the firm number is in the footer. Most shops are not child-occupied, but a school, a daycare or a home above a shop may be.
What does the estimate include, and what is extra?
It lists surfaces, repairs, coats, products and sheens, colors, protection, night schedule, cleanup and payments. Rot, failed substrate or extra colors found after the old paint comes off are written up and priced before we continue.
Walk-through
Tell us when you close
Send the basics and the foreman will call to set a walk-through at a time your staff can be there. Tell us if the building was built before 1978.
Office(808) 555-0104
Night foreman(808) 555-0105