Painting change order for "actually, can we try the other gray?"
First coat's on the living room and it reads too blue in the afternoon light. The customer picks a new color, which means another full coat you didn't price. Write it up before you open the new can.
Change order
| Item | Qty | Unit | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add: extra coat, living room walls Color changed after first coat from [Color A] to [Color B] | 420 | sq ft | $0.85 | $357.00 |
| Add: ceiling stain, stain-blocking primer and patch Old water stain under the bath, dry at time of work | 1 | each | $185.00 | $185.00 |
| Add: paint two closet interiors Walls, shelf and door, customer request | 2 | each | $140.00 | $280.00 |
| Credit: hallway ceiling Removed from scope | -1 | each | $220.00 | -$220.00 |
Click any text to change it. Rates and the tax rate are examples, so put in your own. Totals update as you type.
What this template covers
- An extra coat by the sq ft of wall, the same way the room was estimated
- Both colors written on the form, product and sheen included, so the next touch-up uses the right can
- A stain-block line that says what you did and what you didn't fix
- Rooms or surfaces added and dropped, by the each
- One more day on the schedule, stated up front
Doing it in Redline
Tell the chat "Brennan changed the living room color, extra coat on 420 sq ft at $0.85, plus two closets at $140" and it builds the change as a quote on her file. Put the new color code and sheen in the job's notes, too. On Team ($129 a month for 3 seats), those notes show up on your painters' phones as office notes in the tech app, so nobody rolls the old color on the dining room.
Redline doesn't take signatures, so have her sign the form before the second coat. When the walkthrough's done, invoice the new total by chat as a card pay link on Solo ($29 a month). If you want to check how the extra day hits your margin, the job profit calculator does the math, and painting estimates shows how the original quote gets built.
Write the color down, then bill the coat.
Redline is free to start. One message builds the change and keeps the color on the job.
Keep reading
- Change order templateAdded work, credits for removed work, the reason, the new total and signatures.
- Painting estimate templateExterior repaint: prep, lead-safe setup, siding, trim, gallons, deposit.
- Painting invoice templateInterior repaint: walls per sq ft, trim per foot, doors, gallons, deposit.
- Painting softwareRoom-by-room quotes, deposits for paint, colors on the job and the final after walkthrough.
- Painting estimate appWalls, trim, doors, coats and prep into a bid with a deposit for paint.