Advice Regarding Painting And Carpentry

[xtac 0]

I have some questions relating to the above and was wondering if anyone else has had such an encounter.

We decided to seperate the renovation to two different people. One contractor for carpentry and another person just for painting. So before carpentry commences, painter comes in to do base coat followed by first layer coat with our chosen color. Then the carpentry begins. After it is over, painter supposed to come back to do touch up. So painter comes back and blames the main contractor that they did not take care of the walls and ceilings and made it look dirty. So he will touch up those areas and informed us that is the outlook looks uneven it is beyond his means and pushes the blame to the main contractor for not taking care of the walls and ceilings.

My question is, does what the painter says is true? Because my main contractor mentioned that the professional painters will do base coat, 1st or 2nd coat, followed by final coat of the whole wall after renovation completes so as to avoid uneven tones on the walls. Also are painters also responsible for wall plastering?

I understand most people went for the whole package deal which includes chemical wash and all that but i am just very curious as to who is actually telling me the truth. I am not finding someone to blame just curious so as to avoid and know in future so as to avoid this awkward situation as i do not want to offend both parties.

Any ideas?

Edited December 12, 2011 by xtac

[Johnson Lee 1]

In normal practice, those are what your main contractor has mentioned as mine was done in this ways.

[jackster 0]

painter will come in and do the base and primer coat only before the carpentry works starts. This is mainly white colour. If any wall rectification work is done, this has to be highlighted so that extra care is taken to avoid problems with the plaster drying. Once the carpentry works is over, painter will come in and do all the colour coats. Doing colour coats before carpentry works might result in "split batches" syndrome. You get 2 different layers with different drying times and will make the walls look uneven. Just my 2 cents....