Painting
Painting Tools
Free practical tools for small painting crews and contractors. Capture site conditions, prepare the job, organize colors and finishes, create crew work orders, track punch-list closeout, measure surfaces, estimate labor, and build job prices.
Core painting calculations
Capture the job during the walkthrough, measure surfaces, calculate paint and primer quantities, estimate painter-hours, and build interior or exterior painting prices.
Wall & Ceiling Area Calculator
Calculate gross and net wall area plus ceiling square footage across multiple rooms, with editable opening deductions.
Paint Calculator
Calculate paint for walls and ceilings, subtract doors and windows, set coats and coverage, add primer, and estimate required gallons.
Painting Labor Hours Estimator
Estimate painter-hours and crew time from square footage, coats, your own production rates, crew size, and additional labor.
Interior Painting Estimate Calculator
Build an interior painting job price from painter-hours, labor cost, materials, overhead, and your target gross margin.
Exterior Painting Estimate Calculator
Build an exterior painting job price from painter-hours, materials, access costs, overhead, and your target gross margin.
Painting Site Walkthrough Checklist Maker
Create a customizable interior or exterior estimate-visit checklist for scope, surfaces, prep, repairs, access, protection, colors, and notes.
Painting Prep Checklist Maker
Create an interior or exterior job-prep checklist for materials, surface prep, masking, protection, tools, access, and pre-start checks.
Painting Color & Finish Schedule Maker
Organize room and surface selections with paint brand, product line, color name or code, sheen, coats, primer, and notes.
Painting Job Sheet & Work Order Maker
Create a crew-ready work order with project details, scope, colors, prep instructions, materials, tools, access notes, and special directions.
Painting Punch List Maker
Track final touch-ups, corrections, assigned work, rechecks, and completed items for interior or exterior painting closeout.
A practical painting workflow
Painting work is easier to manage when the walkthrough, measurement, material quantity, labor, pricing, field instructions, and closeout stay as separate steps.
Walk the site
Capture scope, surface condition, prep, access, protection, colors, and unresolved questions before pricing.
Measure the surfaces
Record reliable wall, ceiling, or exterior surface measurements for the work in scope.
Calculate paint quantity
Apply openings, coats, coverage, primer, and other coating inputs to the measured area.
Estimate labor and price
Use your own painter-hours, costs, overhead, access expenses, and target margin.
Prepare & dispatch the crew
Use prep, color/finish, and work-order tools to organize materials, protection, product selections, scope, and crew instructions.
Finish & close out
Track touch-ups, corrections, rechecks, and completed punch-list items before final handoff.
Each tool keeps one job step focused. The calculators do not insert local labor rates, paint prices, or market pricing assumptions.
Need to estimate paint quantity?
Use room dimensions or a known gross wall area, then adjust openings, coats, coverage, ceiling paint, primer, and extra material.