It costs 20k to have a house painted??? 
Iām in the wrong line of work!
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A 2 story walk out 4,000 sq ftā¦yes about 20k
Here any Hardi plank sided house is usually a lake house worth 500k plus
Well I should say from a legit painter lol. You could find someone for half. You always can
No if i bought a gallon from Sherman Williams id just ooen it up and throw it in their face then tell them i know how to clean it off 
Around here thatās about a 4k paint job. I ran paint crews for awhile.
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One coat primerā¦two coats paint on a 2 story ( 3 story facing lake) 4,000 sq ft for 4 grandā¦holy smokes thatās cheap. I imagine the paint would cost you a grand
No primer. Same color, one coat. 1k for paint/caulk. $1800 for crew. 1.2k profit. I got 60% of profit. Owner got 40%. I ran two crews. Typically a one day job. I did it about 3 months for a painting contractor I washed for when he was in a bind. Decent money but I couldnāt handle having to talk to customers and dealing with picky people
No need for primer unless it going over raw materials.
Are we talking about old Hardie? We have a huge new development here in Louisville and Iāve HW two houses so far with it and they were fine.
I have never had an issue, eitherā¦and have a good many.
It just depends on the paintā¦and normally, a small test spot will tell you.
However, I washed part of a stucco church a couple of months agoā¦kind of beige coloredā¦test spots said I was golden. Put mix on south and east wallsā¦rinsed east wall and everything was great. THENā¦I walked around the corner to rinse the south wallā¦2 red spots about 4x6 feet in the middle of a 30x20ft wall. I almost fainted, recovered enough to rinse it quicklyā¦stopped washing walls and moved on to cleaning their concrete. Took about an hour to clean the concreteā¦went back to check on the south wallā¦all of the red was gone but 2 places about the size of your hand. I left and went back a couple of days later and those spots had turned back the original color. Not sure what happenedā¦but it scared the crap out of me.
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I wash hardi nearly everyday with sh & elemonator without issue. 
knock on wood
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Itās not the hardi plank itās the SW paint. They know about it and itās in their data sheets but you have to look for it. Schertz is right, they can match the color it is now. I do this on a fairly regular bases. To get it right, try to take a piece of trim from that side of the house so it will have the same fade etc. That small an area you can probably get a sample size, paint and be done with it.
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Ive done a few too with no problem but for some reason this one turned i had already did the back of the house and both sides with no issue at all. When i came arount to the front and tested it turned within 2 minutes. I normally just test in a small spot in the back but i had notices 3 splash marks where i had washed one side of the gutter when doing the side so i hit it right where the slash marks was and waited.
Im coming back this weekend to look at it and i hope its gone. Otherwise im going to be doing some painting.
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Thatās the correct thing to do. Good for you and your business. 
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It does here. Ive had 2 different customers tell me they didnt paint it that they bought it that way.
Same here in Arkansas. I was just curious if it was pre painted with Sherwin Williams
I donāt know but the condo complex that Iāve been working on is a mixture of brick, vinyl and hardi. I nearly turned it down because of the hardi but its tan and I figured Iāll do a test and if anything happens Iāll just take my time and wash around it and rinse really well. So far (knock on wood) I havenāt had a single problem and Iāve been soaking it lol
My fault for doing a test in that spot lol.
