A complete guide to estimating painting costs for just about any type of residential, commercial, or industrial painting, whether by brush, spray, mitt or roller. Shows typical costs and bid prices for fist, medium, and slow work, including material costs per gallon; square feet covered per gallon; square feet covered per manhour. Includes an electronic version of the book with a stand-alone estimating program (National Estimator for Windows "TM" ) FREE on a 3 1/2" high-density (1.44 Mb) disk*. *What Is the National Estimator Program? The National Estimator program combines a large database with a complete easy-to-use estimating program. Cut and paste from the database to your estimate. Change labor hours and rates and customize overhead and profit. Labor and material columns are totaled automatically. System requirements: Microsoft Windows "TM" 3.1 or higher and 4 Mb of system memory.