diversification
Any odd pairings with your decorating for work. A spark i know drives a black taxi, a spread that drives a bus and remember learning that some funeral directors used to do carpentry for people.
View ArticleLid, trim, tape, walls = nice lines
For those who like them lines straight! F&B: Lichen & Wevet Tape: yellow frog
View Articlesome advice on bennymoore
hi guys going to give bm another go need some advice got h/s/l and small bedroom all going in white dont want to just use cheap emulsion on walls so thinking aura or regal as ceiling paint wont have...
View ArticlePaint choices for kitchens/ furniture
reading on here, trying to figure out peoples system for painting kitchens as i can imagine theirs massive variety on this forum (sure some of you have travelled to tibet to see if their is a paint...
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Fossa Viper Trim Brushes
Brought a few of these, arrived promptly from @decoratingdirect so we'll give them a bit of a work out and report back, well presented brush, solid robust feel in the hand, see how they shape up,...
View ArticleExternal painting at height. Is it for one man bands anymore
I rarely do external work, maybe one a year. I've been asked by a regular customer to do their outside windows. Seeing as it's the law to use scaffolding and it'll be very hard to put up on my own,...
View ArticleMAV Lining Paper - new formula
evening all started lining walls today ready for top paper and as soon as I started I thought this don't feel right done my normal 1 mm gap in case it wants to grow a bit but by god did it grow every...
View ArticleDen Braven Anti Crack Caulk
feel free to criticise how I've used it but this is Den Braven Caulk with Dulux Durable Flat Matt on top... switch to Dunlop?
View ArticleWhat BM paint for exterior Windows.
Hi guys I have ten North facing exterior windows in really beat up condition to do. The client does not mind what paint system I use so as I have never tried BM paints before I think this is the ideal...
View ArticlePre finished trim
Hi, One of the contractors I do work for is using prefinished skirtings, architraves and doors to a load of new builds. My question is does any one know how these are supposed to be fitted and what...
View Articleexterior cut off time.
i've got one more outside to do this year & two more who want me start in november but i've told them that i don't do any outsides after October until April/May..When does everyone stop doing...
View ArticleBrewers/Coo-Var Competition
Hi All, Just to let you know we are running a Facebook Competition with Brewers to win 10L of our Acrylic Floor paint. Here is the link to enter:...
View ArticleFarrow & Ball improvements.
Article here. Farrow & Ball improves paint formula after criticism. Thoughts?
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Plastic scrapers
These are £1 from wilko and very handy. Good for dry flex resin and mixing powder fillers as I find the metal scrapers dig bits of plastic from containers when using. With a nice sanded edge you can...
View ArticleAdvance High Gloss
Has anyone used this on exterior windows? There are 38 windows so I cant afford for this to fail! The Grand Entrance you can only get in quarts so not cost effective. Cheers
View ArticleXvlp...
I'm looking at selling my graco 390 Airless in favour of an xvlp... I only really spray trim so want the xvlp for more control/less overspray. Was looking at the 5000 model opposed to 3500 as looks...
View ArticleAdvice on swimming pool paint.
Hi all.. I swim at a local school pool and they are modernising it all. They are subsidised through grants and really good with letting locals use pool. If they were a private sports centre I would not...
View ArticleFarrow and ball estate wrecking brushes
Has anybody had any issues when using farrow and ball estate emulsion with their brushes and rollers going stiff after washing them out? I've had two blaze brushes and some white dove sleeves all go...
View ArticleF&BB
Shall I go and get some Jonnos high opacity mixed up to the same colour and get a coat of that on the walls prior to Farrow and bl***y Ball? Worth it or not?
View ArticleEdward Bulmer paints
Hello folks, been immersed over my eyebrows in this listed building interior re-dec and the interior designer has specified a mix of Farrow & Ball and Edward Bulmer "Natural" Paints. I'm sure there...
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