CONTACT INFORMATION:
Franis Engel
franis@franis.org email Franis
415-868-0420, mobile, (Marin county)
I'm personally available to paint your seasonal windows in the greater S.F. Bay area for Halloween, Thanksgiving and the Christmas holiday
415 868-0420 Fran Engel
(In the area from Oct. until Dec. 10th, 2010)
You're looking at my information page about painting a temporary custom holiday picture on your business windows, mirrors or vehicles.
This year, (2010) you can have me paint up your business windows for a great price!
You can also CALL TO GET ON MY PAINTING SCHEDULE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR HOLIDAY SEASON, 2010 in the San Francisco area, CA.
415-868-0420, mobile, (Marin county)
PRICES & ESTIMATING
If you like, you can choose from the styles and paintings that are on this website and I'll tell you their specific cost. My services start at $40. for the equivalent of a door wreath up to 20" wide and a saying up to 24" long. (Plus a travel charge if you are located out of Marin County.) Additional charges are estimated once I have info your frontage depending on area, with the details of what you want and including access to the windows.
The info I need is: size of what you want and a measure of window area to be painted. (Rough footage area is OK.) Usually sending a picture (with people in it for scale) works fine for this.
Often a business will tell me their decorating budget and I'll explain what I can do for that price to make sure it's acceptable before I begin. If you don't have a lot of window area and you have a generous budget, I can paint you a very charming small high-detail scene.
Custom designed requests, copying pictures or logos supplied by you, cartoons with figures and scenes usually begin at $100 and up, depending on the detail and area.
Once I've done your windows, my prices stay the same for the next three years, (unless I gave you a special off-season deal. )
PREPARING FOR MY ARRIVAL
I can easily accommodate window panes and additional interior window displays and decorations that you do not want to hide. Most often, painting is done on the outside. If you have any items in front of the window where I'll be painting so I can have access, I'll call the day before to remind and before I arrive to make sure this is done. I will also paint on mirrors and vehicles; any smooth surface is acceptable.
CARE, CLEANING & REMOVAL
Your regular window cleaner will remove my painting for an additional charge at the end of the holiday season. I do not offer removal as part of my services.
If you'd like to do this yourself, here's how: A foaming window cleaner works the easiest. If you are just using water, make sure the window is wet for five minutes. If you'd like to take off some of the painting and not other parts, use only water and avoid wetting the parts you want to keep by not touching them. Then take a scrubbee pad to only what you want to remove, (the webbed scrubby works the best) breaking the surface of the paint and smearing it around. Wipe off paint flecks with a cloth or paper towel, then wet again and clean the window in the usual way. Repeat the above one more time, paying special attention to scrubbing off the tiny areas of paint left on the previous round. With foaming window cleaner, you can get it all in one round.
TIMING & WEATHER
Windows are scheduled in order of acceptance yearly. My routine jobs that I do each year come before any new jobs, starting the day after Thanksgiving - so please call early to reserve your time to be painted. Rain cancels my showing up for that day. I'll call you to notify if I must delay your job.
Once the painting is done, rain does not spoil the picture, unless something or someone rubs it while it's wet. Repairing the damage from leaves blown against the window by high winds costs a minimum $20. fee.
Window painting is an effective cover-up for the graffiti damage of glass etching fluid.
I do each job in the order it was reserved after a storm has canceled a day(s), but if it keeps on raining, I've been known to paint under a tarp temporarily taped to your window frame!
Routinely, I count on rain every three or four days, so if no storm comes along, I may be able to do your job earlier. I'll notify to arrange this also.
An extra nominal travel charge will be added for jobs outside Marin County. Usually jobs accepted in San Francisco, Sonoma, Alameda, Contra Costa, & San Mateo counties only. But you can always ask. Sometimes I can provide a reference.
franis@franis.org email Franis
Franis Engel paints windows on the Big Island of Hawaii from Dec. 10th through August. Contact: 808 883-3334
415 868-0420 Franis Engel
Holiday Window Painter
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