How to Start an Art Restoration Business

Make age defeated artwork look brand new. As the owner of an art restoration business, you can be the person that people will seek to save paintings. Not just any paintings--but paintings that have been passed through the generations. Long gone artists made these paintings. As an art restoration expert, you can resurrect history captured in art.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Read the book, Small Time Operator, written by Bernard B. Kamoroff, C.P.A. It brings you from self analyzation, through starting business basics to book keeping.
2. Take art classes if you don't have art experience. Adult education and college curriculums offer art classes. Take every art class that you can that deals with oil, acrylic, and other types of paintings that you wish to restore. Follow that up with art restoration training. Learn all the chemicals, paint, and equipment that you're going to use.
3. Work for an art restoration business. Get experience working all the positions, getting familiar with the equipment and getting the necessary certifications. What you learn comes in handy when you start on your own.
4. Call your chamber of commerce and let them know of your plans to start a business. Ask for their Small Business Development division. Attend business related classes that they send you to. They also host networking events so that you could get the word out about your business after you open.
5. Decide if you're going to do this on a freelance basis or work from an office. Search for a good work location if you plan to operate from an office. Gravitate toward places with heavy foot and vehicle traffic. Avoid competition saturated locations.
6. Obtain your business license. Get a fire inspection, building inspection, and other inspections you're required to have. Market your services--you can save allot of money by hiring a freelance that writes promotions within your budget.