LibrePaint hides everything. Your photos shouldn't.
Substrate condition, prep, containment, coats — the stamped record that defends your warranty and your RRP compliance.
A paint job, documented substrate to final coat
The shots that matter — most of them taken before the color shows up.
Before — substrate & setup
- Peeling, chalking, dry rot, cracked drywall — as found
- Lead test results on pre-1978 homes
- Containment up: sheeting taped, signage posted, HEPA on site
- Approved colors and products, photographed with the sign-off
During — prep & coats
- Scrape, sand, patch, prime — each pass photographed
- Wet scraping and dust control on RRP jobs
- Primer down before color goes up
- Product labels and batch codes by room
After — walkthrough
- Cut lines, trim, and closets in good light
- Cleanup verification and containment teardown
- Before/after pairs per room
- Walkthrough link for the client sign-off
The prep photos that defend the warranty
When paint fails, it's almost never the paint — it's the substrate. If the homeowner declined the wood replacement, a photo of dry rot under the old coat separates a warranty claim from a paid change order. On pre-1978 homes the stakes are federal: RRP violations can run past $40,000 per day, per violation, and the cheapest defense is a dated photo of the containment — sheeting taped, signs up, HEPA running — on every job. Make it a checklist, and pair every room with before/after shots for the next referral.
Built for painting crews
Every coat, on the record
Prep, primer, finish — photographed as they happen, with hours between the timestamps. The two-coat question answers itself.
RRP, documented by default
Containment, signage, cleanup — the same checklist on every pre-1978 job, so compliance is a habit, not a scramble.
Before/after that sells the next job
Same angle, same room, transformation in one frame.
Captions from the ladder
'South wall, second coat, satin' — said while you roll, saved with the photo.
Walkthrough by link
The client reviews room by room from their phone and signs off without a second trip across town.
Frequently Asked Questions
The substrate: peeling, chalking, rot, cracks, water stains. If it can cause a callback, it goes on the record — especially anything the client declined to fix.
Dated photos of the containment setup — plastic sheeting, warning signage, HEPA equipment — plus cleanup verification, on every pre-1978 job. Federal penalties run past $40,000 a day.
Yes. Photograph each pass per room — prep, primer, each coat. The timestamps put hours between them.
Yes. Share a link and they review room by room — before/after pairs included — from wherever they are.
Nothing. LibreCam is free for the whole crew, every job.