Sattar Painting Works

We do a lot of our work with our hands here at Sattar Painting Works. Being located in Hadapsar 12, we are right in the middle of a lot of local activity. The shop is mostly just a place to keep the ladders, the paint tins, and the brushes. You can smell the fresh paint as soon as you step inside the door. It’s a strong smell, but I’ve been doing this so long I don’t even notice it anymore. My shoes have spots of every color you can imagine on them. We take the gear out to different sites, but Hadapsar 12 is where we always come back to at the end of the day. The walls inside the shop are covered in test patches where we were trying to get a color just right for someone. It’s not a very tidy place, but we know where everything is kept. Sometimes a customer comes in with a small piece of wood or a scrap of fabric and asks us to match the color perfectly. We spend time mixing and stirring until it looks right. The lighting in the shop isn't the best, so I often take things out to the sidewalk to see them in the sun. Hadapsar can be a dusty place, so we have to keep the lids on the tins very tight. It’s honest work, and it keeps us busy from Monday to Saturday.