You have to pass it on when you have met the best!

     Our painter was by far the most skilled, most polite, most thorough painter I have ever seen.  Now this is coming from a gal (me) who is married to an ex-professional painter who had his own painting company for 5 years (til the bottom dropped out in the early 80's economy).  I was the painter's helper on many occasions so we have both seen good painting.
      But, we're older now and we can afford to hire the work done, so we did.  Both my husband and I stood with our mouth gaping as we watched a real pro paint our entire upstairs.  The prep work was the most impressive.  He moved furniture, taped off and cleaned until I was embarrassed.  He said, "I tell people I'm really just a glorified cleaner!"   Then he painted PERFECTLY - no runs, no drips in a few hours.  I thought we were done but NO -- He sands his primer, re-cleans, sands the first coats, re-cleans and then put on the final paint coat.  Now our job wasn't just an easy one color situation.   We love white, flat paint ceilings (it hides any errors from the sheet rockers).  So he had to cut around the entire ceiling with the wall color and I thought my husband was going to cry at the perfection of his cut line - and the ceiling looks flawless: smooth as a babies bottom!
   So here is the shameless plug for a talented painter:  Cody of "Cottonwood Craftsman" out of Salt Lake City, Utah.  If you are interested in him, send a comment and I'll give you his phone number!