Sri Rajeswari Colours & Chemicals

Sri Rajeswari Colours & Chemicals is sitting at Plot No. 42,/C on Velayutham Road. We are right in the Parasakthi Colony area, which is quite close to Guru Colony. Most of what we do involves selling different types of paints and some industrial chemicals. The shop has shelves reaching up to the ceiling filled with different tins and containers. It smells like paint thinner and chemicals most of the time, which you get used to after a few days. I spend a lot of my time mixing shades for people who bring in a small scrap of cloth or a piece of old wood they want to match. We don't have fancy automated machines for everything, so a lot of it is done by eye and experience. It’s a bit messy, and my hands usually have some blue or red stains on them. We get a lot of local painters coming in before they head to their jobs. They usually know exactly what they want. Sometimes homeowners come in and they are a bit confused by all the options, so I try to explain what the different labels mean. The traffic on Velayutham Road is pretty constant, so there’s always noise from outside. It’s just me and one other guy running the place. We keep things moving and try to stay organized, even if it looks a bit cluttered to an outsider.