Painting Software for Finish-Trade Contractors

Paint is the trade everyone else touches: prime before trim caulk, final coat after punch. With multiple coats and multiple visits, 'is this room painted?' has no single answer, and the back-charges land when a coat gets missed.

Scaftra scopes paint per room and schedules the return visits, with photo proof of coat and coverage state per room, so a missed coat is caught before the punch walk, not after.

The problem

Painting is multi-coat and multi-visit, and it bookends almost every other trade, prime early, final coat late. A single room may be touched three times across the job. When coat and coverage state isn't tracked per room, a missed final coat surfaces at the homeowner walkthrough as a back-charge.

Why it matters

Paint is the most-visible finish and the last impression. A missed coat or a coverage gap is the thing the homeowner sees, and the dispute is always 'was this actually done?' Room-level proof across visits is the answer.

Common mistakes

The recommended workflow

1. Scope paint per room

   Set which rooms get paint so coat progress is tracked where it happens.
2. Schedule each visit

   Schedule the prime and final-coat visits onto the rooms, return trips are explicit, not remembered.
3. Proof each coat

   Capture photo proof of coat and coverage state per room at each visit.
4. Coordinate with other trades

   The daily log and schedule make the prime-before-trim and final-coat-after-punch sequence visible.
5. Close the room

   Confirm final coverage, close the room, and roll progress up to billing.

How Scaftra solves this

Scaftra runs paint as a room-scoped trade on the same execution spine as every finish trade. Only the rooms that get paint carry it; scheduling a crew onto the job is what puts them on the project; install progress is captured as photo proof and daily logs room by room; homeowner choices ride Selections that gate the room until approved; and completed work advances the room's install phase, which drives earned value and billing. Because paint returns to the same room multiple times, scheduling handles the return visits and per-room proof captures coat state across them.

• Multi-visit scheduling
  Prime and final-coat visits scheduled per room.
• Coverage proof
  Photo proof of coat and coverage state at each visit.
• Cross-trade sequence
  Prime-before-trim and final-coat-after-punch made visible.

Key features

• Per-room trade scoping: Only the rooms that actually get paint carry it, scope is set per room, not per job.
• Scheduling that builds the crew: Putting a crew on the schedule is the act that assigns them to the project, no separate roster step.
• Install proof + daily logs: Photo proof and daily logs evidence the work room by room, the record that settles a dispute.
• Homeowner sign-off via Selections: Finish and product choices are captured as Selections that block the room until the homeowner approves.
• Progress drives billing: Completed install advances the room's phase, which the financial spine reads for earned value and billing.

On the roadmapComing soon

• Coat-by-coat tracking: Structured per-coat status and a color and finish schedule per room.

Benefits

• Every room that gets paint is scoped, scheduled, and tracked, no whole-house guesswork.
• Photo proof and daily logs make the work defensible when a dispute lands.
• Homeowner choices are approved up front, so remakes don't trace to a verbal yes.
• Completed work rolls up to earned value and billing automatically.

Who this is for

• 1–3 installer shops.Owner-run paint crews who need per-room scope and proof without a back office.
• 4–10 crew shops.Growing paint contractors where per-room tracking prevents missed work and slipped dates.
• 11+ crew operations.High-volume paint operations needing room-level visibility across many jobs at once.

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