unfortunately the monday morning quarterback is not the coach who was
on the job. even if you had work phase movies from the security cameras
you wouldn't see enough detail to determine if each helper was properly
applying the paint. when you must choose between vacation time for
vacations and vacation time for home repairs, sometimes it's easier to
paint one side of the house each year on your weekends and take the
fifth year off. perhaps an expert can determine whether your home has
a particular coat of paint or just a coat of "oops we missed that
spot"...

wrote:
We have contractors painting the exterior of our house. The primer is
on and they have begun putting on the final coat of the trim. The day
they put the trim on, they were here only 2-3 hrs. They claimed they
put 2 coats of paint on within that time frame. The can states to allow
4 hrs drying time between each coat. The painter stated that since it
was 90 degrees that day, the paint dryed quickly. Personally, it was 78
degrees that day. We are sure of this because we have been closely
watching the temperature. I want to make sure the preparation and
painting is done properly. Is it common practice and is it still
acceptable to put paint on so soon after the first coat? The last time
we had the house painted we were burned big time.