1.  Get Estimates 2.  Don’t go with the lowest bid. 3.  Check references. 

4.  Don’t hire anyone whose paint clothes have more paint than fabric. 5.  Get records from his eye doctor. 6. Purchase your own paints for him to use. (The color may actually match with this method.) 7.  There is no shame in saying you picked the wrong painter… if you discover this, get him out of the house as quickly as possible. (okay, so there’s a little shame in it but still better to admit the mistake than have a blind painter in the house.) 

Oh the little lessons of life….