Painter Calculator Bundle — 8 Professional Excel Calculators
The customer is paying for the finish. You are losing money on everything before the roller hits the wall. Masking. Sanding and patching. Caulking. Priming bare drywall that soaks up the first coat. Going back for a second coat where you quoted one. That is four to six hours of prep on a standard interior — invisible when the job is done and missing from most painter invoices. Most painters leave $250–$500 per job on the table this way. On 10 jobs a month that is $30,000–$60,000 a year.8 Excel calculators built specifically for painters, pre-filled with 2026 US benchmarks. Yours forever.Anyone can roll a wall. The skill — and the money — is in everything that happens before the roller.Prep is the part customers do not see and do not understand. So they do not expect to pay for it, and most painters do not ask. It gets folded into the day rate and covered. And because it is covered silently, you never notice what it costs — just that the jobs you thought would be quick somehow always are not.The fix is not faster prep. It is pricing prep as a line item — every time, on every job, before you start.WHAT'S INSIDE — 8 PROFESSIONAL EXCEL CALCULATORS Quick Pricing Health Check — 4 numbers, 60 seconds: your true cost per hour, your break-even rate, the gap. Almost always, prep hours are the culprit — priced into the day rate and invisible on the invoice. Job Profit Calculator — Quote, materials, hours, rate in. Live profit and margin out, measured against the 25–38% national average. Run a recent job through it at the hours it actually took, not what you quoted. Hourly Rate Calculator — Backwards from your income goal to your real rate — with separate scenarios for prep work, production rolling, and fine finish. Painters who do detail and trim work charge $60–$70/hr in most markets. Break Even Calculator — The job count you need this month. Most painters carry 6–12. At your average ticket, this tells you the line before you say yes to a job that will not cover costs. Quote & Invoice Builder — Professional painting quote in 60 seconds — prep labor, production labor, primer, paint, caulk, and cleanup all as separate line items. Professional quote ready to print or save as PDF from Excel. Includes a recent quotes log — record your last 5 jobs in editable cells. Materials Cost Calculator — Paint, primer, masking, drop cloths, caulk, brushes and rollers — totaled with waste built in. Bare drywall priming waste runs 30–40% more than finish coats. Stop guessing at materials and covering the overage. Pricing Audit Checklist — 12 questions: prep as its own line, primer for bare surfaces, multi-coat premium, surface condition surcharge, paint supply markup, cleanup time. Most painters find $5,000–$9,000 they are covering that belongs on the invoice. Based on industry pricing gap data — individual results will vary. Should I Take This Job? — Conditions and scope in. Instant take it / skip it / negotiate. Catches the job that looks like a quick exterior until you price the surface prep, the primer, and the two coats it actually needs. ALSO INCLUDED — 3 PROFESSIONAL TEMPLATES Professional Invoice Template (.docx) Email Quote Template (.txt) Job Proposal Template (.docx) PRE-FILLED WITH VERIFIED 2026 US BENCHMARKSRate: $40–$70/hr or $2–$6/sq ft | Target gross margin: 25–38% | Jobs/month: 6–12 | Avg job: $800–$2,500Every number unlocked. Update any cell for your state and market.Instant download. Optimised for Excel 2016+. Compatible with Google Sheets for basic use. No subscription, no login, no app. One payment, yours forever.GUARANTEERun the Health Check. If it does not show you prep hours you are giving away, refund within 30 days. No questions, no forms. The risk is ours. Refund within 30 days. No questions, no forms. The risk is ours.tradetoolcalc.com
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