For painting contractors
Rooms, coats and colours, from walkthrough to paid.
Measure it, price it from your catalog, and put the colours and the prep notes where the crew will read them.
In Optracs
The same job, in Optracs.
The office sends the estimate; the crew opens the job on site. Recreated from Optracs with sample data.
Sample workspace
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An estimate in minutes
Standard line items from your catalog, quantities from the takeoff, and a profit slider that reprices the estimate to your margin.
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A takeoff for painting
On the Crew plan, typed in or imported from a supported report or a CSV.
Wall area Ceiling area Coats Trim Doors Windows
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The crew's day, on the job
Tasks with a person and a due date. Photos, notes and files go onto the job as the work happens.
Mask floors and fixtures Cut in living room trim Photograph each finished room
Documents
The paperwork, on the job.
Written from your own templates, signed by the customer from one link, kept with the job.
Estimate
Coats, trim and doors from your catalog, with quantities from the takeoff and your margin set in one move.
Colour and prep notes
Typed or dictated onto the job, where the crew opens it.
Before and after photos
Every room, attached to the job with the date.
Change orders
An added room goes out for signature before it is billed.
Invoice and payments
Deposit and final payments recorded against the invoice.
A day in the trade
A job, start to finish.
8:00 AM
Walkthrough
Wall area, ceilings and trim go into the takeoff. Photos of every room go onto the job.
11:30 AM
Office
Coats, trim and doors come from your catalog with the square feet from the takeoff. Priced to your margin, sent as one link.
Next Monday
On site
The colour list and the prep notes are on the job. The crew ticks off each room as it is done.
Wednesday
On site
The homeowner adds the hallway. A change order goes out and is signed from the link.
Friday
Office
The final invoice, the payment recorded, and the after photos kept with the job.
The trade, by the numbers.
From the US Census Bureau. More in our research.
38,280
88.8%
Early access
Tell us how your business runs.
Optracs is in early access for contractors in the United States. A person reads every request.