Pal Painter & Board Maker

We run Pal Painter & Board Maker from our little shop at C 101 in Sector 4. We are right across from the Biji Ghar, near the Sabzi Mandi in Harola. It’s a lively area with the market right there, so there is always a lot of noise and people moving about. We’ve been painting signs and making boards for the local shops for a long time. Our hands usually have a bit of paint on them, no matter how much we wash. We make all sorts of boards, some big and some small, depending on what a customer needs for their storefront. We don’t use those giant printing machines you see in big cities; a lot of what we do is still done by hand with brushes and stencils. It takes a bit longer that way, but it’s how we learned to do it. The shop is full of half-finished boards and cans of paint of every color you can think of. Sometimes the smell of thinner is a bit strong, but you get used to it after a while. People from the Sabzi Mandi often drop by to ask for a quick sign or a price board. We just write things down in a notebook and get to work. It’s a simple business. We like being in Harola because we know all the other shopkeepers around here. It feels like home to us.