Barrie painting company has wow factor ; promises to finish the job in one day

Instead of bemoaning your spring cleaning to-do list, you can scratch off a couple of big items by yelling WOW.

Two women 47-year-old Cindi Urquhart and 31-year-old Merideth Otten recently started their own one-day painting business in Barrie called WOW 1 DAY Painting.

You can either hire one painter for five days or five painters for one day, Otten said.

Seated in Urquhart's beautifully decorated living room, it's easy to see who is the designer.

Yet, without Otten's in-depth knowledge of all things paint, primer and preparation, even Urquhart admits she'd be lost.

I worked at Dulux, but paint has changed so much in the last 20 years. When Otten walked in, she has so much knowledge about new products, she's just a gem, Urquhart said.

A former model, Otten said she's had her share of coffees sent over to her table at coffee breaks. She said her painting hobby was noticed by a former boss who urged her to continue with an education in her passion.

With a client list that now includes the Ricoh Coliseum at Toronto's Exhibition Place, the basement at the Toronto Eaton Centre, Barrie's surface water treatment plant, as well as private residential customers, Otten knows how to handle large and small jobs.

Using spray systems, rollers and brushes, Otten said she's come to appreciate the devil is in the details of the preparation work before the painting begins.

A lot of customers just want to get to the finished product as soon as possible, but it's the priming that will determine how the end product looks, she said.

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Barrie painting company has wow factor ; promises to finish the job in one day