Sparr sits in Marion County, the Horse Capital of the World, ringed by hundreds of thoroughbred farms.
Sparr is a small place, and proud of it. ZIP 32192 counted only 94 residents and about 41 housing units in the 2020 census, which is part of what makes the town feel like everybody knows everybody. The name most people tie to Sparr is Sparr Building & Farm Supply at 13033 NE Jacksonville Road, family-owned since 1947 and woven into the town's story ever since. Around it sit the modest single-family homes, manufactured and mobile homes, and horse-farm residences that make up the town. It's a town you drive slowly through, waving at the porch, and that pace suits a place where a paint job is meant to last for years, not seasons.
Bing's Painting Plus is a Marion County family company, and Sparr is the kind of town we like working in. An older rural home and a newer build each call for their own prep before fresh color goes on. Interior and exterior painting, cabinet work, deck and fence staining, and commercial jobs all fall to one crew, and we're licensed and insured. We write the full price down before any work begins, we leave your home cleaner than we found it, and we won't call the work finished until you've walked every room yourself and you're satisfied. If anything needs another look, we'll return and set it right.
Interior painting is our steady work in Sparr, where the indoor air matters as much as the paint. Indoor humidity above 60 percent invites mold and slows a water-based paint from curing, so the goal in any Sparr room is to hold it in the 45 to 60 percent range while the coats go on. Manage the humidity and let each coat cure, and interior color lands clean and dries the way it should, room after room.
No two Sparr homes ask for quite the same exterior work. Metal, siding, wood, and trim each ask for their own primer before a topcoat goes on.
Kitchen and bath cabinets take more handling than any wall in a Sparr home, so a lasting cabinet finish depends on thorough prep and thin, even coats that cure hard. Done right, painted cabinets in Sparr look factory-smooth and wear well.
Out on Sparr's horse-farm residences and the homes tucked into the northern Marion County belt of thoroughbred and pleasure-horse land, a good deck earns its keep. On a Sparr deck, a lasting finish starts with a clean, dry surface and a stain that soaks in rather than films over, so it sheds sun and rain instead of peeling. A well-stained deck in Sparr keeps the wood protected season after season.
Fences have deep roots in Sparr — Sparr Building & Farm Supply, founded here in 1947, grew into the largest farm fence dealer in Florida by 1998. Any wood fence in Sparr holds up best with a little care. A good fence finish in Sparr means cleaning the wood, letting it dry, and working a penetrating stain in so it resists the weather.
Sparr is strung along the NE Jacksonville Road and CR 329 corridor, beside the CSX Wildwood Subdivision rail line, and the buildings along that stretch keep the town running. Commercial painting along that Sparr stretch calls for durable coatings and tidy edges to hold up to daily use.
The Bing's Painting Plus Process
Every job runs the same seven steps, in the same order — from the written estimate to your final walkthrough. No steps skipped.
We walk the job, note what prep it genuinely calls for, and hand you a written quote with scope, materials, and price all on the page. The number you agree to is the number on the invoice. No rounding up at the end.
We confirm the schedule, nail down your color or stain choices, and answer any site-specific questions before we arrive. No one should be surprised on day one. Not you, not us.
Before anything opens, everything that needs to stay clean is covered. Floors and furniture inside. Plants and pavers outside. Careful setup is how we avoid callbacks, and how we treat your home with the respect it deserves.
We clean, patch, caulk, sand, and prime before a drop of color goes on. In Marion County's humidity, prep is where the finish is decided, so we never rush it. Mildew-resistant primer in bathrooms and laundry rooms. Moisture-aware products on older plaster. The right base for the surface.
The right product for the surface: premium washable paint on walls and trim, UV-rated stain on decks and fences. Applied in the number of coats and dry times the job calls for. No one-coat shortcuts, no rushed cure times.
Drop cloths out, hardware reinstalled, debris gone. We tidy the worksite before we leave each day and clear out completely at the end. The only thing that changed is the finish.
We walk every surface with you before the job closes. If anything needs attention, we address it then, not later. That's what the 100% fix-it-free promise actually means.
What Our Customers Are Saying
75 Google reviews, 5.0 stars. Here's what people around Marion County say after we've packed up.
Bing's Painting Plus
Based on 75 Google reviews
liz jones
July 2026
D: Dependable- meets as agreed and arrives early! O: On schedule- provides accurate, realistic delivery and completion dates for each project. N: No request he… Read more
Kris King
May 2026
We really were impressed with Bing Painting Plus, His crew showed up ready to work, Painting skills are top notch. The painter that did all of the cutting in wa… Read more
Kim Watts
September 2025
Needed our new French doors painted and had trouble finding anyone to paint them. Called Don and he came out same day, looked at them and gladly accepted the jo… Read more
Erin LaRose
October 2023
Donald and his crew were amazing! Had my house repainted and I am so impressed and happy! They were so friendly and professional. Went above and beyond. Thank y… Read more
Shawn Mcmillan
December 2025
The owner was an awesome guy all around. He painted my house all around and did an outstanding job! Couldn’t be happier with the work and how pleasant the guys… Read more
Jaime Pinero
August 2021
Thank you for the fantastic painting of the outdoor of the house and interior. You and your coworkers diligence hard work and always on time, the job was comple… Read more
Why Bing's Painting Plus
After years of work across Ocala and Marion County, FL, we've found people just want it handled. Quote it straight, cover the furniture, show up when we said we would.
Seven steps on every job, estimate to walkthrough. You'll know what happens next because it's in writing.
The team stays in touch from estimate through final walkthrough. No silence, no guessing.
Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore lines, matched to the surface, with mildew-resistant finishes where Marion County's humidity demands it.
Up to 3 years on our painting, in writing. If something fails because of our work, Bing's Painting Plus makes it right.
If something isn't right at the final walkthrough, we make it right before the job is considered done.
We cover all of Sparr, from the homes and working buildings along NE Jacksonville Road to the properties out on CR 329 and the farms in between.
Questions Sparr homeowners ask us before a painting project.
In Sparr, the calendar mostly matters for exterior work, since Florida's rainy season from June through September regularly rains out outdoor painting. Those same wet months are a fine time for interior projects, which stay on schedule no matter what the sky is doing. Planning the work around the weather is one of the simplest ways to get a longer-lasting finish.
Many rural homes in and around Sparr draw well water from the limestone aquifer, and that hard water carries iron, sulfur, and minerals that can leave staining on interior surfaces near plumbing. Left unaddressed, that kind of staining can bleed back through fresh paint, which is why a stain-blocking primer is the usual answer. Handle it that way in a Sparr home and the finish stays clean instead of ghosting back.
We back our work in Sparr with a three-year warranty on interior and exterior painting, and a one-year warranty on cabinet, fence, and commercial painting. We treat every Sparr project as personal, because it's your home and the rooms where your life happens.
Older homes in Sparr often carry popcorn and textured ceilings that are due for repainting, a job worth planning for before you pick up a roller. Textured ceilings soak up paint and hide flaws differently than a flat wall, so they need the right coating and a careful hand to look even once they're recoated. That older rural housing stock rewards an unhurried touch, since texture shows every shortcut. Bring those ceilings and walls back to fresh color and an older home in Sparr can look decades younger.
Good prep is what makes paint last in Sparr, and it's mostly the work you never see once the job is done. Degreasing surfaces, caulking gaps, and choosing the right primer for each room all happen before a single coat of color goes on. Skipping those steps is the fastest way to end up repainting sooner than you should, while doing them well is what keeps paint on a wall for years. On a Sparr home, that unseen groundwork is what carries a finish through Florida's heat and damp.
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