Adjust Painting & Prep Hours

Manually adjust painting hours and prep time on individual substrates when automatic calculations need fine-tuning.

PaintScout calculates painting hours automatically from production rates, but you can manually adjust both painting and prep hours on any substrate when the automatic calculations need fine-tuning.

How do you adjust painting and prep hours?

1. Click the substrate you want to adjust.
2. Make your adjustments in the provided fields:

   

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Things to Note

• The system doesn't automatically calculate prep time; you must add and adjust prep time manually.
• If the variables used in your rate calculation don't involve hours (e.g., sqft/hr, item/hr, etc.), painting hours will not be automatically calculated. In such cases, you'll need to input the hours manually.

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