why is it that the painters wear white? what is the origin of the white clothes thing, does anybody know?
i was looking through a tax avoidance book and there was mentioned that clothes can’t be deducted if they can be worn as regular clothes and the painters tried to get a deduction because it was a union requirement but they got shot down cause union required or no they can still wear them on their personal time. (like anybody would want to wear paint covered whites if they weren’t working)
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Well, like a dumbasss I was priming some woodwork the other day in my blue carhartts and now have white spots on them. If I'd had white ones, no problem.
I thought it was because they work outside in the sun alot, and the white is cooler. Also, much of the paint is light colored, and doesn't show as badly. Really, think about it...other than trim or accent colors, don't you mostly paint shades of white?
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Edited 5/18/2004 9:09 pm ET by Ed Hilton
It's so you can take a quick look at them and see how 'neat' they paint.
TR got it..
it's a neatness thing..
milkbones for the winner!
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It's so you'll think they've been working.
Joe H
SPHERE,
An excessively clean painter is an excessively s l o w painter.
skipj
Wrong!
I ask a painter that question once.
He told me that most of them were left over from the early days of med. school. He was going to be a brain surgon, but decided painting was more challanging....it takes as longer to pickle a brain in alcohol than attending med. school, and is a lot more fun...:-)
Dave
I don't know how your taxes work but I make sure my pant reciepts say "carpenter jeans" it's nice that they seem to be in style now so I have alot of choices. My tax preparer allows me room to declare my clothing as "safety equipment". I think it is obvious that it would be unsafe to work naked....might break your tool ya know.
gk
I don't know how your taxes work but I make sure my pant reciepts say "carpenter jeans"
You just have to know how to talk to your accountant.
Not jeans - "Uniforms"
Not boots - "Safety Shoes"
"Tool Replacement"
"Of course I stop at the union hall when I work out of town"
But then again, you have to subtract 2% of you income from these deductions. Not much benifit there unless you have a lot of miles.You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
Probably the same reason when I went to buy a van. Most were white.
I think it has something to do with predjudice....lol.
Be black
andy
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"I think it has something to do with predjudice....lol.
Be black
andy"
Andy,
Never would have taken you for a racist. What about yellow and red,.........and blue if you're dyin'. LOL.....or green if you're already there.
Andy, just having fun here, take none of this seriously, It's just that it still raining out, and have a little time to kill.
Jon
Jon
Yeh rain still hurts us here but this weeks been awesome. Not boiling hot, no rain and I have three great guys working for me now.
15 minutes early every day. 10 hour days.
Think they like this gig? Or maybe I'm just too easy to work for......hmmmm.lol
BE well
andy"My life is my practice"
So they know who's to blame for tracking paint all over?
How about "Why to carpenters wear flannel?" I wore a flannel shirt to work once and never again. Having every single piece of sawdust and dirt stick to me all day long was miserable.
"Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall white flannel trousers..."