Blog, cleaning, Eco

Krudkutter is a citrus based cleaner, comes in many forms for many dirty occasions and is a favourite with many decorators (and several homeowners now, who have seen it in action). This was a brass handle from an oak sideboard I am rescuing. It was in a right state. I’m sure Brasso would have done [...]

abranet, Blog, cleaning, Equipment, Numatic

I was reading a post by master painter, Jack Pauhl, where he deconstructed the humble vacuum cleaner and showed how to upgrade a shop vac . These are a couple of the tips I have put into practice to make it even easier to keep a site clean. Extra long hose I added a 7m [...]

Blog, brushes, cleaning, posterous

I run a painting tips blog on Posterous and this is an update on a post from a year ago about cleaning emulsion paint out of brushes and rollers. Basically, if you don’t have a sink and / or you want to reduce water consumption, which we all should, I explained how you can clean [...]

abranet, Blog, cleaning, Equipment, Mirka, Numatic

As far as I am concerned, quality comes before quantity and speed. However, if you can program yourself to work as efficiently as possible, while maintaining the highest standards, you have arrived! If you take a long hard look at everything you do and all the kit you use, you begin to see room for [...]

abranet, cleaning, Equipment, Mirka, Numatic

When I first came across the Mirka Abranet products, I couldn’t quite get my head round what was involved with the whole abrasive-sanding-dust extraction system. But this video joins all the dots between marketing bumf like polyamide netting, 10000 holes, interface pads… Check out @BurtonTDSDerby on Twitter and ask Sarah about their trial and buy [...]

Blog, brushes, cleaning

I recently wrote about How to clean Emulsion brushes and promised to post the evidence of the water required to clean four 2″ / 3″ brushes. As you can see, well under 2 gallons, if done in a bucket. In the era of hose-pipe bans and eco-sense, I personally think that is a good use [...]