color samples for you customers
Hi Everyone,
Nice to see the disscusion going on here. As a Ready Seal distributor, I answer many of the questions, daily, being disscused here. One point I'd like to address is the color sample issue. We at Sun Brite have been making our own samples for years now that work very well to show off the product. We get some 1"x2"s and cut them down. Score two saw marks on the face, then dip each end in one color. That gives us about a 6" piece, divided into three parts. One end is uasually dipped in dark red, the other in Natural Cedar, the center is left undone for contrast. We leave these with the customer at the time of the quote. We even get some back when we come to wash. The expense is minamal and we more than pay for them when they help us get a job. Please remember, Ready Seal can look different on different wood. "Wood is like people, every one/piece is different." Therefore having one color book would still have your customers telling you the deck doesn't look like the sample. Having a piece of wood in front of them is the BEST way to have them see (the closest) what Ready Seal will look like on thier wood. It can be shaded slightly different depending on age of thier wood and age of you sample,but you'll be relativaly close.
As for color selection, let me just say these few things. We offer two choice to our customers for no other reason than to help them make up thier minds easy. The more choices they get, the longer they take to tell you what they want. As for the colors we use on our samples, the dark Red and Natural Cedar seem to be our more popular choices, but if the customer expresses a need for a different shade/color, we can then move to that. Ready Seals color choices are: Gold; Natural Cedar; Light Brown; Med. Brown; Dark Brown: Medium Red; and Dark Red. By all means, use the colors you want for your samples. I just wanted you to know what we do, and what is available. Ready Seal also comes in a "REDWOOD ONLY" formula, also in these colors.
Ready Seal and Sun Brite try very hard to offer product support to the contractor using the product. We are always here to help.