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Commissioning a Mural
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| How the process works, and what you can expect. |
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| Phase 1 - Initial Contact |
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This is normally either by email or telephone, and we can discuss any ideas or themes that you have in mind. I can offer a rough estimate for the cost at this initial stage, suggesting a range of options and prices if you wish.
I'm a nice chap who's easy to talk to, so go ahead and give me a call and we can chat about your ideas. I won't give you the hard sell, it'll be just a simple chat about your mural or interior design idea. |
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| Phase 2 - Consultation |
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For larger jobs or local work, a meeting is usually conducted at the site where you wish the mural to be painted. I will bring along any reference material that I feel relevant to the ideas we may have already discussed.
Consultations can also be done over the phone, or using Skype video calls. There is no obligation so an informal chat is offered with no strings.
I make no charge for consultations but in many cases, especially if there is a significant distance involved, I would expect the client to bear the cost of my travel expenses (I'm Devon based)
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| Phase 3 - Design and Quote |
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In this next step I will work on a basic preliminary design. Once this design is approved by you I can then work out a close quote, which will be sent to you. Or, if a quote is too hard to work out, then an estimate based on a daily rate can be offered. There is room for negotiation at this stage, so go ahead if you want to haggle!
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| Phase 4 - Preparation |
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The walls should ideally be either new or old plaster, lined or unlined. Other surfaces are also possible so please ask if you have a special request. The preparation of the walls should be completed before my arrival, or I can do it for an additional charge.
New Plaster should be dried thoroughly, ideally sealed with plaster sealer, then given one coat of thinned interior white matt emulsion to prime the surface, (paint : water ratio about 80 : 20), and then finally one more coat of the same paint, unthinned. Lining paper can also be used and primed with one coat of unthinned interior white matt emulsion.
Vinyl and old wallpaper should be removed. Good condition lining paper can be painted over with one unthinned coat of white matt emulsion.
Old plaster is usually ok to paint on but should be made good (cracks and holes filled and smoothed) and then primed with one unthinned coat of white matt emulsion. A wall painted with a colour may also provide a suitable base, but check with me first for the suitability of the colour. |
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| Phase 6 - Deposit |
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I will require a deposit paid at the start of a job, and this deposit will be 1/4 of the quoted total price, up to a maximum of £500. The rest of the money will be payable in weekly installments, throughout the job. The amount of each installment will be worked out from the total quoted price divided by the estimated work time, with the final installment due on completion.
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| Phase 7 - The Mural |
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Once the design is finalised, the walls ready and the deposit paid,
I can begin to paint your mural... |
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| Phase 8 - Final Payment |
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The final installment is payable on completion of your lovely mural !
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| I like to work closely with my clients to create original work tailored to their requirements, plus
I can also replicate many painting styles so get in touch and give me a fresh challenge. |
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For more information and answers to many questions, please read through my FAQs
if you have any other questions please feel free to contact me. |
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