OUR BEGINNINGS and Mentality
Peace Painting was started by Anthony Foti in 2006 in Lakeland, Fl. He started off in high end homes and historic restoration in 1999, working for a 3rd generational painter, before he launched out on his own. For the first few years of his apprenticeship he learned the fundamentals for any good paint job, preparing surfaces. He learned spackling, plastering, using bondo, wood fillers, caulking, sanding, trim work and wood replacement, how to clean the equipment, how to identify and treat various surfaces with primers, sealants, paints and stains, etc. He only began to paint after he was thoroughly trained how to properly prepare most surfaces for paint,
Over the years he slowly built up the business focusing more on quality then quantity, acquiring better equipment and hiring only employees who have the same drive and passion. It's an aim of Peace Painting to bring painting back to the skilled trade it used to be. When working on these older homes he began to notice the small details of what caused paint jobs to fail, wood to rot, stucco to crack and crumble, water to penetrate and sun to fade. Unfortunately, most paint jobs fail in 3-6 because the fine details of what make a long lasting job are either ignored or unknown. Its been his obsession to master the craft, keeping up with all the most advance techniques and coatings.
Over the years he slowly built up the business focusing more on quality then quantity, acquiring better equipment and hiring only employees who have the same drive and passion. It's an aim of Peace Painting to bring painting back to the skilled trade it used to be. When working on these older homes he began to notice the small details of what caused paint jobs to fail, wood to rot, stucco to crack and crumble, water to penetrate and sun to fade. Unfortunately, most paint jobs fail in 3-6 because the fine details of what make a long lasting job are either ignored or unknown. Its been his obsession to master the craft, keeping up with all the most advance techniques and coatings.
God and his children are the two greatest motivating factors in his life. One is always watching and his 2 daughters are watching most of the time and mimicking his behavior. So as a father he knows he must show them that integrity is everything, without it we have nothing worth while.