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That clip of the swearing bloke smothered in paint in a van

Help please gang. I've tried the search facility but no luck. I'm looking for that thread where there was a decky smothered in paint in the back of a van. Any suggestions ? Thanks

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If you dont want the to use F/B Estate......

Answering Simon O 's string where he said ," I have not found any viable alternative to their colours ". Simon, I have, a perfect match and sheen every time, from Holmans ,Swindon (HSP) 01793 511...

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£60-£100 per day types

On another forum that I often dip into there are regularly the I have hada price to redecorate my what ever room and its so much, then people say well that a rip off as I had this or that done and I...

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Mates knicking work !! Unbelievable !!

Hi all , Hope you are all good and busy , what do you all think about this ?? We have been doing a lot of work for a major company over the last 6 /7 years , always got on well with the buildings...

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Tikkurila / Valtti Ultra Lux exterior

Hi All, Always looking to better my exteriors. Using Allcoat & Bedec at the mo but yet to try the above. its boasting 10 year cycles on a water based system. Go a big sash job on at the mo so gonna...

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Golden syrup

I'm working this morning and cold and fed up so here's one for ya, Man with a bald head and a wooden leg goes in to a fancy dress hire shop to get a costume for a party, He asks the assistant for help...

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Rust stains in Pebbledash

Hi all, I have been asked by a long standing customer to do aone wall of her pebbledased house , (wrong time of year I know but don't want to let ehr down ) she has just had a large bush cut down and a...

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Hello

Hello all, My name is Matt owner of MDS Paint Services based in Dorset. My company is growing at a rapid pace and I am incredibly passionate about painting and decorating. I am always researching new...

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Timberbuild Replacement Putty

Well I was ordering up my usual order of Timberbuild epoxy resin and Repaircare elastic putty. As I was just about to leave the TB page I noticed a new product, TB now do there own version of the...

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Hi I'm Tom

Hi I'm Tom. I'm relatively new to the decorating game. I've done my City and guilds certificates through evening classes at the local collage and have decorated a few friends houses. Not exactly an...

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It's a sunday evening - let's talk about scrub testing!

Can anyone enlighten me as to the whole business of scrub testing? I understand the Americans have their own test for this, but the Brits do not? One of my preoccupations over the years has been the...

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Failing 2011 Dulux Weathershield ???

Looking at an exterior for next Spring, one of those rare ones that has been kept up very well redec wise.The last deccky did a very tidy job but it was in 2011 and he used DL Weathershield. In a few...

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Wear The Poppy With Pride

Great to see the link for the poppy appeal. Maybe a thing with getting older but it makes me so proud to support the service men and women who have sacrificed so much for us. I wear the Help For Heros...

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Only a front door

finished in BM Grand Entrance 'Gloss', door furniture in Owatrol Deco 'Gloss'. The BM, again, what a paint, an idiot can use this and get a good finish IMO.

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Work pants

So I just received some new scruffs 3d pro trousers and they are nice but look insane when they are on, why do people make work pants so baggy? I'm sending them back because I will look a right tit if...

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In Memory of TooledUp

Crikey, where does the time go these days? A lot of you may wonder what I am writing about now, but please read on. This forum was the brainchild of Pete Attenborough - TooledUp is his username (go and...

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Skimming over Artex

Got a few Artexed lids to skim, was going to use Toupret Cachet Blanc, unless of course anyone can recommend anything better

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The painting and decorating show 2016

What date are you chaps/chapette s doing for this years show, where are you staying. If I come I want someone to make sure I don't drink too much. I don't want to want to wake up in a skip, naked, with...

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Happy Birthday to...

... @Michael W Now,,, you cannot reply to this post or blow your forum candles out until you make your forum Intro post in the Welcome Lounge. So hurry up and make that intro or the candle wax will...

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Hycoat grip primer

evening all just done a bedroom /shower room hi gloss shower boards he want a bit daft and used the boards to box in pipes back of bog etc looked naff so they needed to be painted in with the wall...

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