MonkeyLio for painting: setup and tips

Set up for your trade

1. Pick Painting as your trade in Settings to get the starter price list, checklist and equipment types.
2. Review your starter prices, like Walk-through / estimate, Interior painting, Exterior painting, and change them to your real prices.
3. Edit the job checklist in Settings so it matches how your crew actually works.
4. Connect Stripe so customers can pay from their link.

Your starter job checklist

1. Surfaces measured and prep scope confirmed
2. Furniture, floors and fixtures protected and masked
3. Cracks patched, sanded and dust removed
4. Caulking and priming done
5. First coat laid, cut-ins done
6. Second coat laid, coverage and sheen checked
7. Masking pulled, touch-ups and nail holes done
8. Walkthrough with customer and after photos

Equipment worth logging

Track Airless sprayer, Roller and brush set, Ladder / scaffolding, Drop cloths and masking, Sander and prep tools, Lift / staging at each customer's property, with a next service date so MonkeyLio reminds you and the customer.

A day with MonkeyLio

1. 8:00 — Walkthrough of a four-bedroom interior.
2. 8:25 — Rooms, trim, ceilings and patching tapped into a quote and texted from the driveway.
3. 8:40 — Customer approves and pays the deposit.
4. Day one — Crew taps Start; the customer gets a text. Prep ticked off as the house is masked.
5. Friday — Final walkthrough, after photos on the job, invoice paid from the same link.