Professional Painting Franchise Provides Retired Marine with Job of a Lifetime, Paints Gate Surrounding the 18 Acres of White House Property.

CINCINNATI – When retired U.S. Marine Russell Johnson purchased his Fresh Coat franchise, he just assumed his new assignment would be catering to homeowners in Eastern North Carolina looking for professional painting services. He could have never imagined that his entrepreneurial endeavor would take him to the most historic home in America – the White House.

But that’s exactly where the 20-year military veteran who served two active-duty tours in Iraq recently returned from.

Johnson recently completed a two-week project painting the black wrought-iron gates that surround the 18 acres of White House property. The job required approximately 75 gallons of Sherwin Williams primer and paint to cover the 14 vehicle and 17 pedestrian gates.